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Entries for October 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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October 31, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 4105 Views
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- 1998 Admissions: ACLU, Lambda Legal, and Gays Didn't Want 'Marriage' -- Constitutional Amendment Language 'Misleading'
- Experts say Hawaii’s gay marriage bill worst at protecting religious freedom
- How They Voted: Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill 20-4
- DoE Admits Graduation Rates Exaggerated--Disabled Students Revised Down 13%
- NCTQ: Hawaii one of Five States to tie Teacher Compensation, Evaluations
- Schofield 65th Engineer Battalion assumes vital mission in Afghanistan
- Panos 2050: Solutions for a Sustainable Hawaii
- Ken Schoolland Talks to Grassroot Institute
- PDF: Numbering System for House Testimony on Gay Marriage
- KITV: 77% Say Let the Voters Decide on Gay Marriage
- House Votes: Committees to Hear Testimony on Senate Gay Marriage Bill
- House to Amend Religious Freedom Clauses, Set Up Showdown With Hee
- HHSC Loses $55M Thanks to Obamacare
- A statement in response to questions about OHA's stance on same-sex marriage
- Gay-Atheist Steals IRS Records of Marriage Defenders, Protected by Law He Broke
- Hawaii County Officials Score Big Pay Hikes
- $200K: Donovan’s Fake Marketing job at UH remains unfilled since his 2012 departure
- Honolulu Employment Numbers 'Overly Positive, Based on 1000s Quitting Job Search
- Governor’s Land Board Appointment Withdraws Over ‘Challenging Process’
- The Big Stink in Kakaako Won't Go Away Soon
- Senators Call for DOE to Quickly Wrap Up Investigation into East Oahu School Principal
- Star-Adv Lashes out at Random Against Water Bottles
- Navy contract scandal
- City Dumps Chicken Control Contract After 'Wrong Guy' Wins Bid
- Politicize Academia Even More by Counting Citations in Popular Media
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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October 30, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 4690 Views
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- Lawsuit: Gangsters Terrorize Union Members Forced to Fund Illegal Pro-Rail PAC Headed by Hawaiian Homes Commissioner
- HB7 Gets State out of Solemnization Business, Protects Rights of Biological Parents
- House Republican Infighting: Move to Dump Thielen, Johanson Fails
- Six Marriage-Related Bills Proposed in House
- Council Hearing on Kakaako Sewer, Traffic Problems
- Searching for the Searcher: UH Regents to Interview Presidential Search Firms
- DHHL Releases Draft Oahu Island Plan
- Machado: Abercrombie's Assault on Religious Freedom 'Takes Breath Away'
- HB6: Oshiro, Jordan to Propose Religious Freedom Amendment
- Saiki: House Will Address Religious Freedom
- Lesbians Conspire to Steal Child from Biological Father
- Council considers charter amendment to end BWS back-billing
- Civil Rights Commission Helps Litigious White Mainlander Harass Local Family
- Wind Farm Consultant Controls Big Cable Docket
- Solar City Cronies Get Fast Tracked While Homeowners Stew
- Funding shortage puts Kauai hospitals at risk
- Marijuana #1 among Hawaii youth getting drug treatment
- Neighborhood Watch Beats Back Crime at Mayor Wright
- Soft on Crime Policy Gets Crook Shot
- Judge Still Offers Hope Probation after Four Violations, Two Escapes
- Former police sergeant sentenced in child sex case
- Omidyar Buys Two More Progressive Hack Journos
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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October 29, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:51 PM :: 4428 Views
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- "Let the People Vote" Thousands Rally Against Gay Marriage
- HFA: 10,000 at Rally Against Gay Marriage
- Clayton Hee Maneuver Excludes 1000s of Testifiers
- House Cttes to Hear SB1 Thursday, Deadline for Testimony Approaching
- Water bill problems affected 94,000
- HART to receive $63.7 million in GET surcharge revenue
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 28, 2013
- State Releases 10-Year Report on Alcohol and Drug Treatment Services in Hawaii
- Hawaii 3rd Best Place to Retire
- HHSC Appropriation Hearing Nov 1
- 5-2: Senate committee advances same-sex marriage bill, Shimabukuro Excited by Opportunity to Impose Gay Agenda in Schools
- Even Smug UH Manoa Law Prof Admits SB1 is ‘Narrow’ on Religious Freedom
- Hawaii Lawmakers Question Benefits Of Gay Marriage
- Gay marriage leader Still not ready to Tie Knot at Age 60
- Obamacare: 4,000 losing Medicare plan in isles
- Djou: Government leaders fail us, but are never held to account
- Environmental movement rises to power in Hawaii
- Abercrombie Withdraws Salmonson Nomination for OEQC Post
- Several Abercrombie Nominees Targeted for Elimination
- Deadline looms for Bill 2491 decision
- ‘Organic’ Fake-Farmers Demand control of KSBE Land
- Seniors need help with rentals
- Food stamps increase in Hawaii
- Big plans for a big cable
- 2 (de)Occupy protestors sent to Jail
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Monday, October 28, 2013 |
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October 28, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:08 PM :: 3628 Views
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- SB1 Hearing Set for 10am Oct 31
- Law Profs: SB1 Does Not Protect Religious Freedom
- Ethics Commission Gives Instant Response to Demand Hawaii Mormon Church ‘Register Every Paid Employee’
- VIDEO: Expert Testimony at Gay Marriage Informational Briefing
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 28, 2013
- In Search of Frankencorn in Hawaii
- Wealth Ranking Cannot Disguise Hawaii's Status as 2nd Worst Sinkhole State
- Senators: Is Gay Marriage Just a Convenience?
- Machado: Gay Marriage Against Hawaiian Culture, History
- Special Session Like Superferry, PLDC
- Law Prof: Bill puts religious freedom in jeopardy
- Registered Voters to Receive Forms
- Failed Solar Scheme Soaks DoE for $10.6M
- Hawaii State Salaries 2013: HHSC Workers Get Raises, Execs Don't
- GMOs: How Hawaii's laws reach across the ocean
- IDG: County Bill 129 is Bad for Hawaii -- Dispelling Myths About Fracking
- Elderly in Waikiki confront housing crunch
- Thielen: GOP Hijacked by Social Conservatives
- 'Libertarians': Parental Control over Children Should not be Protected by Law
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Sunday, October 27, 2013 |
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October 27, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 4664 Views
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- Hawaii Family Forum: Having Done All Else, Stand!
- Seminar Tackles Healthcare Options for Small Businesses in Hawaii
- Reforming the Tax Law to Recognize New Efficiencies
- Education Committee to Consider Two School Board Nominees
- Hearings: 18 Board Nominees to be Considered
- Emergency Appropriation for HHSC Hospitals to be Considered Monday
- Hearings Set for HGEA Unit 10 & 13 Contract Appropriation
- Judiciary Committee to Consider Poelman Nomination
- October: 165 Marriages, 2 Civil Unions
- McKelvey to Introduce Religious Freedom Bill Monday
- Star-Adv: We Want Churches to Submit to 'Murkier' Public Accommodations Law
- Hate Crime? Pregnant Woman Alleges Intentionally Hit by Car While Sign-waving
- Tokioka: My Constituents Don't Want Same Sex Marriage
- Fundraisers keep Gov warm during the federal freeze
- AARP: Health Connector Must not become State Agency
- Solar saturation proves costly
- HSTA Rep: Standardized Testing is not Fair
- Paradise found: A history of pineapple, sugar and seeds in Hawaii
- OCCC: Another Day, Another Escape
- Sanitarians feel ‘lot of pressure’ with shortage of food inspectors
- Farmers Lose 9% of Crop to Theft
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Saturday, October 26, 2013 |
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October 26, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 3789 Views
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- OHA Chair Colette Machado: Same Sex Marriage Will Affect our Traditional Sense of 'Ohana
- VIDEO: When Marriage is Redefined, People are Punished for Not Agreeing
- Kapolei NB Passes Anti-Rail Resolution
- Senators Use Allowance For Many Purchases
- Cardines: Religious Exemption is All Shibai
- Unconstitutional: Abercrombie Still Pushing for Public Accommodations Law to Create State Religion
- Mainland Homosexuals Eager to Penetrate Hawaii
- Interview: Charles Djou on Serving in Congress and Afghanistan
- Keep tight lid on spending
- Gas prices Drop 29 Cents After Tesoro Refinery Reopens
- Waipahu: Mentally Ill Homosexual Allegedly Exposes Himself to Elementary School Boys
- Enviros on Warpath over Two Abercrombie Nominees
- City prosecutor questions prison reform as serial rapist faces new charges
- Hoku plant might be dismantled
- 30 Days: Protester now 'Occupies' a Jail Cell, 2 more await sentencing
- Census Bureau: Means-Tested Gov't Benefit Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers
- Hawaii Kai Sludge Heads for Cemetery?
- Phone violations pack traffic court Because of Poorly-Written Law
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Friday, October 25, 2013 |
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October 25, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:02 PM :: 4062 Views
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Thursday, October 24, 2013 |
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October 24, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 PM :: 3856 Views
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- Report: Chinese Spy Ship Operating Near Hawaii
- Obamacare Website Mess: 2010 Hawaii Audit Should Have Been ‘Red Flag’
- Two More Sovereignty Activists Convicted of Felony Mortgage Fraud
- HECO Solar Project Pays More Wholesale than Mainland Retail Rates
- Special Session: How to Testify
- Hawaii Christian Coalition: 26 House Reps Who Plan to Vote for Gay Marriage
- Law Prof: Gay Marriage Bill Unconstitutional
- October Complete Poll Results
- DOE executives miserable working without A/C
- Teacher Burned out by Yet Another Curriculum Change
- State workers told accessing office email from “personal devices” is strictly prohibited
- Counties Again Seek 'Relief' From Open Meeting Mandates
- 80% of Circuits Does not Equal 80% of Customers
- Electricians Grab for Solar Work?
- County may raise waste tipping fees 540%
- Arianna Huffington is Now a Tulip Tree
- Gay Atheists Attack Pastor Wayne Cordiero Personally
- Star-Adv: State Should Regulate Ocean Recreation More
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 |
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October 23, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:21 PM :: 4054 Views
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
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October 22, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:11 PM :: 5025 Views
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- Man allegedly scams taxpayers for 14 years, FBI says
- Survey: Hawaii 24th in Opportunity Index
- House Informational Briefing on Same Sex Marriage Oct 23
- Gay Marriage: HIRA Responds to Abercrombie Admin
- House Informational Briefing on Same Sex Marriage Oct 23
- Court Orders Abercrombie Admin to Pay Lawyers who Forced him to Reveal Names of Judicial Nominees
- Judicial Selection Commission Announces Vacancy and Three Petitions for Retention
- Senators, Reps: Abercrombie Lied to us About Special Session
- 50 local Organizations Unite Against Gay Marriage
- 200 Congregations, 179,000 Members say no to Changing Family Structure
- VIDEO: Transsexual Teacher Recruits in Hawaii Elementary School
- Poll: Schatz 38% Hanabusa 36%
- Sen J Kalani 'Powdernose' English Made Taxpayers Fund Tahiti Trip
- Another Abercrombie Fundraiser, This One in Florida
- Progressive vs Moderate Dems Argue over Closed vs Winnowing Primary
- Verdicts conflict in death, injury of HPD officers
- Star-Adv: Water board must institute reforms
- HECO: 80% of Circuits Still Open for Solar
- Foodstamps Only Going up 3.4% this Year
- Hawaii to sell $852 mln of GO bonds Nov 4 week
- The battle over GMO seed farms in Hawaii
- Some Honolulu Harbor tenants miss pipeline inquiry deadline
- Former Waipahu elementary principal pleads no contest to record-tampering charges
- Fired charter school chief charged in $100K theft
- Young law breakers: 75% Reoffend, So We Need Less Punishment
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Monday, October 21, 2013 |
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October 21, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:37 PM :: 3682 Views
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- McDermott: HGEA Contract Should be on Special Session Agenda
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 21, 2013
- Even Excluding Filipinos, Best Gay Marriage Can Come Up with is 44%
- Golojuch: The Ruling Class is Behind Me
- Many Children Face Exclusion from Hawaii Kindergarten in 2014
- Governor's Office Says No Dice to Any Compromise on Travel Records
- Kauai County asking state for more tourism-related dollars
- UH to Fund Construction via Scam-Ridden EB-5 Program
- Search for UH head put on fast track
- Repairs stall out in another UH building
- Dope Dealers plan ‘medical cannabis transfer station’
- Fisheries group speaks out about tuna cuts in Hawaiian waters
- Regulatory woes complicate efforts to stop erosion
- State proposes to change rules for commercial use of oceans
- Auto safety check rules await governor’s approval before Nov 1
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Sunday, October 20, 2013 |
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October 20, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:52 PM :: 5661 Views
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- AARP: Hawaii Health Connector Needs Transparency & Accountability
- Pew: Five States Which Paid to Keep National Parks, Monuments Open
- Installing a Solar PV System? Check with HECO first
- Oversight Hearing to Evaluate Foster Homes, Adult Residential Care Homes
- Raising the Cost of “Affordable Housing”
- Reso 12-149: Where is the Audit of HART Propaganda Machine?
- Hoshijo Announces Plan to Impose Public Accommodations Law on Churches
- Abercrombie's Same-Sex Marriage Bill Unconstitutional
- Exemptions to protect religious freedom are too weak to be effective
- Trash-talking starts early for Schatz-Hanabusa race
- Leaders' failure causes isles to lose out in GMO debate
- Will Mayor Veto Anti-GMO Bill?
- NPR: Kauai Activists Blame GMO for (Insert illness here)
- Star-Adv: Counties can help maintain DHHL homes
- Another look at the Democratic Party lawsuit against state’s “open primary”
- UHH enrollment down
- Revolving Door: First Wind Hires former Compliance officer
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Saturday, October 19, 2013 |
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October 19, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:06 PM :: 3586 Views
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- $381K in Prohibited Gifts: Ethics Commission Compares Kirk Caldwell to Rod Tam -- Then Lets him off Hook
- Kauai submits to mob rule (again)
- Anti-GMO “Leaders”– Is There a Middle Ground?
- The Constituents that Wooley, Hooser & Gabbard Listen To
- 2% of Eligible Population: 1,795 Completed Hawaii Obamacare Applications
- Religious Freedom? Latest Draft of Gay Marriage Bill is no Improvement
- Mainland Homosexuals Spend $226K Buying Favors from Hawaii Politicians
- 75% of Jobs Postponed Under new solar rules?
- Alleged welfare cheat scammed Hawaii taxpayers for 14 years
- Girlfriend of former officer to be sentenced in marijuana case
- Many restaurants support new food safety program
- Dolphin Necropsy May be used as Excuse to Broaden Attack on Fishing Industry
- Ruling over legal fees favors newspaper
- Tourists 8 Times More Likely to Drown
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Friday, October 18, 2013 |
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October 18, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 3915 Views
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- Abercrombie, Legislature Say: “The People Choose on Marriage”
- Hawaii Student Veterans Make Case for In-State Tuition
- Independent producers Contribute to High Electric Costs
- $1,000 Per Head Abercrombie Fundraiser Friday in NYC
- The Marriage and Religious Freedom Act, H.R. 3133 Would Protect Religious Freedom
- Democrats, Transsexuals Plan 'Pride' Rally
- Health Website Woes Widen as Insurers Get Wrong Data
- Kauai Anti-GMO Bill 2491 sent to mayor
- HART gets go-ahead to spend $1.56B on rail structures, land
- UH broaches construction freeze in Latest Scheme to Shift money from Kobayashi to Mitsunaga
- UH agrees to hold off on center for Inouye
- Hawaii's Public Records: Can We Talk About This?
- Former HPD Major gets piddling 8 months in prison
- Dobelle Scores Paid Vacation as 'Punishment' for Latest Escapades
- Hawaii Harbor Officials Tell Port Businesses to Provide Response Plans
- Protesters Trash Park Renaming Ceremony
- Borreca Disturbed by Lack of Explicit Suffering During 'Shutdown'
- Lifelong Criminal, Rewarded with $199K, Heads to Latest Trial
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Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
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October 17, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:34 PM :: 4741 Views
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- Memos: Hanabusa has Failed -- Schatz is a White Ideologue with a Superior Campaign
- Abercrombie Issues Statement Upon Conclusion of his French Vacation
- Survey: Hawaii Health Exchange Worst in Nation
- Rail: Judge Tashima Must Rule on Beretania Street Tunnel
- DoH Proposes Restaurant Inspection Fee Increases to Fund 13 New Positions
- ‘Get on Board’ DoE Adds Bus Routes at Four Schools
- Poelman Appointed Maui Judge
- Abercrombie’s Communications Director Quitting, Fleeing State
- Blabbercrombie Hijacks Own News Conference
- Schatz: White People are Taking over Hawaii
- NYT: Limits Approved for Genetically Modified Crops in Kauai, Hawaii
- Idiots on Hawaii Co Council OK ban on Non-Existent Geothermal fracking
- Developers Use CD1 Campaign to Buy Anderson?
- Hey, guess who set up Hawaii’s failure of an Obamacare exchange website
- Officials Jack Up Charges to Keep Public Records From Being Released
- Teachers still not settled on student surveys
- State Prepares for ‘Ripple Effects’ of Junior-Kindergarten Elimination
- Former Lanikai Elementary PTSA president charged with stealing $50,574
- Danger: Property tax task force to begin work Monday
- DHHL accused of being unfair to Hawaiian businesses
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
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October 16, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:52 PM :: 4467 Views
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- Djou: Afghanistan Casualties Teach Nation a Lesson on Shutdown
- Bi-Partisan House Group to Hold Sister-Isle Hearings on Gay Marriage Bill
- Ewa, Kona, Hilo, Nanakuli, Mililani, Kahului, Lihue: Local Communities Organize Against Gay Marriage
- Abercrombie admin and DOE have no answers for same-sex education issues
- Two Weeks Late, Health Connector Now Claims to Be "Open for Business"--Directs Users to Crashed Website
- Hawaii’s Obamacare exchange re-launches with more glitches
- CPA says hype over Obamacare small business tax credit is misleading
- UPDATE: Feds Shutdown? Obamacare a Mess? Abercrombie Secretly Vacations in France--Adds 9 Days to Trip
- Tsunami evacuation rule established for Hawaiian Islands commercial harbors
- World Food Prize Goes to Monsanto, Syngenta
- Senators: Abercrombie Should Fill HCDA Vacancies
- Supreme Court Asked: Who Owns Geothermal Rights in Hawaii?
- Gay Marriage Vote Hinges on Public Accommodations Law
- Kauai Orders Farmers to Supply EcoTerrorist Target List
- Star-Adv: Connector has much to prove
- Is 'Open Primary” a 'Severe Burden' on Democrats?
- On Way Back from France, Abercrombie stops in D.C. for alleged shutdown talks
- Group wants voters to decide same-sex marriage
- Mainland Homosexuals Excited by Louie Opinion
- HECO Stymies Solar
- Ernie Martin Grabs for More Control of Grants-in-Aid
- Arakawa says he’ll seek new term as mayor
- BOE Gives Charter School Commission Discretion Over Teacher Evaluations
- DOE Gets Heat for Tardy $25M Request for Classroom Cooling
- Hawaii's Public Records: Citizens Are Paying the Price for Disorganized Agencies
- Former Barbers Point NAS hit by thefts, vandalism
- Feds Grab for Kona Water to be Decided Today?
- Mandatory Labeling Of Genetically Engineered Foods Deserves A Warning Label Of Its Own
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
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October 15, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 5292 Views
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- Rally Oct 28: "Let the People Decide on Marriage"
- AG Louie Issues Formal Opinion Claiming Legislature Has Authority to Enact Gay Marriage
- Hawaii LDS Churches Release New Letter on Gay Marriage
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 15, 2013
- Ratepayers Soaked to Enrich Landowners as PUC Approves 10M Gallon HECO Biofuel Contract
- Now and Later: The Impact of the Government Shutdown
- "Where was the Governor?" Grassroot Institute Calls for Greater Transparency on Governor's Travel
- Video: What Gay Marriage did to Massachusetts
- Solar Scammers Con Consumers into Taking out Loans for Non-existent Solar Panels
- Solar Doubles Electric Bill for Hundreds of Scam Victims
- State AG Refuses to Save Counties from anti-GMO Mobs
- State to request more inspectors for pesticides
- Heroic Republicans Save Unions, Large Employer Health Plans from Obama's Diabolical $25B Reinsurance tax
- After Two Weeks of Miserable Failure, Health plan connector site Supposed to go live today
- GovTech: Hawaii is Worst-Case Scenario
- Military families mow overgrown grass at shutdown Arizona Memorial entrance
- Shutdown? Most Hawaii federal Workers are Getting Paid
- Hawaii's Public Records: Law's Creators Didn't Expect Cost To Be An Issue
- Matson reimburses businesses affected by spill
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
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Letters to the Editor October, 2013
By Letters to the Editor @ 10:35 AM :: 5308 Views
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- Kawainui Marsh: Outdoor Circle Wrong About Trails, Visitors
- Let’s talk GMOs and pesticides
- Letter from Fiji: Hard to Fathom how Households Will Afford new HMSA/Kaiser Rates
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Monday, October 14, 2013 |
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October 14, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 5093 Views
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- HGEA: Unit 13 Contract Restores Lost ‘Step Movements’
- Hawaii Among Worst States to Start New Business
- Hawaii Campaign Finance: A-1 Challenge Awaits McCutcheon Ruling?
- GMO bill Would Allow Activists to Sue Farmers
- Restricting GMO farming would hurt sustainability efforts
- Kauai heading down a slippery slope
- Personal Freedom? Global Cooling Deniers Censor Letters to the Editor
- Atheists Sling False Accusations Against Hawaii Church
- Tuna Longliners Face 40% Cuts because of Overfishing by Others
- UHWO Costs Balloon as School Fails to Make Money in Hawaii Real Estate
- Abercrombie Hides Travel Records Behind $1016
- Kailua Bike Share Only Gets 1-3 Riders Per Day, Now City Wants to Burn $11.9M
- Could Better Civics Education in Hawaii Boost Young Voter Turnout?
- Michelle Bachman Opens Monument for Hawaii HS Senior
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Sunday, October 13, 2013 |
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October 13, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:28 PM :: 3958 Views
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- Civil Rights: What’s Worse than Being ‘Forced’ to Conduct Gay Marriages?
- Reasons to be Concerned About Obamacare - Taxes
- State Pay Hike Spending Spree
- Fundrace: Hanabusa Still a Big Loser, Looking for Excuses
- Election Day: July 9, 2014?--No, August 9
- New DHHL Home Sits Empty lacking Buyer
- Private Attorney General: Activist Score Megabucks for Litigation
- Anti-GMO law would Allow Luddites to Sue Farmers
- Smart Meters: Kauai Conspiracy Nuts Demand Free Ride
- Matson to Order LNG-Powered Containerships – Sources
- Evan Dobelle came to Westfield State with record of excess
- Isle economy's growth slowing
- Star-Adv: Honolulu Harbor will Drown so we must have some more Conferences or Something
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Saturday, October 12, 2013 |
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October 12, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:35 PM :: 3738 Views
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- Tsutsui Orders Hiring Freeze
- Rep. Fukumoto Calls for Civility in Political Debates
- Pine: "Eliminate the Board of Water Supply's retroactive billing policy"
- Caldwell Announces Town Hall Meeting Schedule
- American Legion: Phony POW/MIA Ceremonies Mislead and Insult
- Same-sex marriage opponents want lawmakers to "let the people decide"
- Obamacare tax credit may not be beneficial to small businesses
- On scams and the sovereignty narrative
- Hawaii Hit Disproportionately Hard by Gov't Shutdown
- Blind-Deaf: Alleged Child Molester faces Extradition from Calif
- 96%: HGEA professional, scientific workers ratify new contract
- Hawaii: This Obamacare Insurance Exchange Isn't Working at All
- Occupy Protester gets 30 Days in Jail
- Deedy Shooting Victim's Parents Blast Prosecutor over Failure to Consider Manslaughter
- Car Dealer Alan Pflueger Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison for Tax Fraud
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Friday, October 11, 2013 |
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October 11, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 4026 Views
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- Audit: City Lets Elite Avoid $1.8M in Property Taxes on 'Historic' Homes
- Federal grand jury subpoenas Matson in Honolulu Harbor molasses spill
- Hawaii churches ask court to dismiss atheists’ baseless lawsuit
- Rep. McDermott asks Speaker Souki for state-wide hearings on marriage bill
- HI lawmakers question Obamacare exchange delays
- Groundbreaking Discovery by the Babes Against Biotech!
- VIDEO: Charles Djou Talks to Grassroot Institute
- Legislative Committee Briefings Slated on Early Education, Solar Installations
- Honolulu 'Affordable' Homes Smallest in USA
- Hawaii Health Connector Site 'Amateur' -- Wide open to Hackers
- Poll: Less than 0.7% Buy Obamacare Coverage
- Oshiro discourages action on gay marriage during session
- AG Louie points to ACLU, Civil Rights Comm for info About Religious Freedom in Gay Marriage Bill
- Star-Adv: Only 247 Sign up for DREAM in Hawaii
- Occupy Protester found guilty, faces sentencing today
- Chang Dumps Another $124K Into His Congressional War Chest
- Why once booming photovoltaic industry is now struggling to stay in business
- Federal trial underway in Hawaiian sovereignty mortgage assistance fraud case
- EU Ambassador in Hawaii, Talks Jones Act
- Farmer says hundreds of papayas stolen off farm in Punaluu
- Hawaii Not Willing to Suffer for Obamacare? May Reopen National Parks
- Hollywood Tax Credits Make for Hawaiian 'Luau'
- Handi-Van starting new policy for chronic no-shows
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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October 10, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 4122 Views
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- Hawaii Health Connector Built by Same Contractor Responsible for Federal ACA Failure
- Obamacare: Hawaii Only State Which Still Has Not Launched
- Gay Marriage Debate Cancelled After Attempt to Stack Meeting Fails
- Report: Hawaii Ranks 30th in Business Tax Climate
- Grading character in school
- Rail: Let Them Eat Cake
- Hickam: Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command held 'phony' ceremonies for MIAs, using planes that can't fly
- Liver Let Die
- Health Connector Can't Say When they'll Be Open
- Clean Elections Activists Nailed by Campaign Spending Commission
- Furlough foul-up: 20,000 Hawaii workers Illegally Laid Off
- 11 groups added to city grants list by Council
- Campaign Spending Commission Cracks Down on Rep. Awana's Illegal Campaign Practices
- Hawaii County employees plead guilty to fuel theft
- Some Hawaii Teachers Aren't Allowed to Fail Kids Over Frequent Truancy
- Panel hears Campaign finance law challenge
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013 |
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October 9, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:58 PM :: 3680 Views
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- Still Not Open, Hawaii Health Connector Apologizes for Being so Sorry
- The UHERO Dashboard Project Jobs Explorer: Occupations in Hawaii
- Kapolei NB to Consider Anti-Rail Resolution
- Consumer LifeSmarts: DCCA Launches 10th Annual Statewide Student Competition
- "Oxyelite Pro" Dietary Supplement Linked to Death, Liver Failure
- Software glitches on the health insurance exchange still prevent price comparisons and policy purchases
- If Gay Marriage Wins, Gay Agenda to be Imposed on DoE
- Star-Adv Claims 28 House Votes for Gay Marriage
- LWV: "Governments Have an Interest in Controlling Political Speech"
- Dozens of Hawaiian homesteads sit empty, boarded up
- Awana, Cabanilla Termed 'House's Dimmest Bulbs'
- City Files 800-page Response in Rail Suit
- Solar Contractor Cries as Tax Credit Bubble Continues to Burst
- Pay in Hawai`i, By the Numbers
- GMOs: Kauai Mayor Pushes for State Solution to Luddite Crisis
- Possible ahi limits for Hawaii could cause price hike
- UH Econ Professors 6th Chattiest in USA
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 |
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October 8, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4303 Views
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- Hawaii Reapportionment Case Presented to US Supreme Court
- AG Louie the Grinch: Subs Won’t get Back Pay for Christmas
- Comparing Economies: Hawaii and Greece -- The Writing on the Wall
- Hawaii Drug Overdose Deaths Soaring -- Now Kill More than Auto Accidents
- Same-sex marriage critics working to rally opposition
- Judge Hints Ruling in Dems Closed Primary Suit Opens Door to Legislative Action
- NYT: Fight Over Genetically Altered Crops Flares in Hawaii
- Star-Adv: Let Homeless Sleep on Sidewalks
- Isle GOP caught between shutdown and a hard place
- Hawaii’s campaign spending laws go before the 9th Circuit in Honolulu on Wednesday
- Why Big Island Beer Costs More in Hawaii Than in Manhattan
- Iwasa: City Council Shouldn't Tamper With GIA Commission's Work
- Financing in place for hospital in West Maui
- Hawaii’s solar PV industry will see consolidation in 2014
- UHERO snapshot shows median salary for all Hawaii jobs is $36k
- Hearing set for vehicle fee hike
- A Tale of Two Cops: One HPD Officer Fired, Another Keeps His Badge
- Hawaii Ranks First in Country for Number of Toddlers Vaccinated
- EU ambassador to US to visit Hawaii, Talk Free Trade
- Mayor says city surpassing road repaving goals
- UH says no to concert featuring Bruno Mars
- Firm seeks silt permit; city unlikely to approve
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Monday, October 7, 2013 |
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October 7, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 4427 Views
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- Ewa, Kona, Hilo, Nanakuli, Mililani, Kahului, Lihue: Local Communities Organize Against Gay Marriage
- Religious Freedom? Panel to Debate Amendments to Gay Marriage Bill
- HI House leader steps down amid campaign spending investigation
- Polygamy: Calif Gov Jerry Brown signs bill to allow children more than two legal parents -- Abercrombie Predicts Hawaii next
- Hundreds Attend Anti Gay Marriage Rally at Capitol
- DREAM Just a Dream? Only 247 Illegal Aliens Apply
- How Government Makes Milk Expensive in Hawaii
- Affordable Care Act and a growing population make Waikiki Health's new facility a critical addition
- Substitute teachers back pay Coming in December
- Tribes Mishandle Funds, Go Unpunished
- News Media Seek Court Ruling on Open Trials
- Alleged Mortgage Fraudster Represented by Disgraced former Legislator
- Permit for telescope faces legal challenge
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Sunday, October 6, 2013 |
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October 6, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 4696 Views
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- Secret Chart Reveals HMSA Individual, Family Rates--$873 Per Person for Non-Smokers
- Raising Debt Ceiling, Cutting Spending is Crux of Issue
- US Commission on Civil Rights Seeks Nominees for Hawaii Advisory Committee
- Grassroot: Poll Favors Limited, Accountable Government
- Hawaii Democrats Finally Eliminate Old-Boys from Party
- Shapiro: Advocates of gay marriage need be generous in victory
- House support for same-sex marriage in flux Over Religious Freedom
- Kauai County Council takes up GMO, pesticide bill on Tuesday
- Star-Adv: Original vision for Kakaako still best guide
- Homeless 1-day tally is too low, study says
- Panel to receive input on home-based business bill
- Maui considers 2014 HSAC legislative package
- Hawaii Co Building Inspections Used to Hasten Transfer of Naniloa to new Owner
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Saturday, October 5, 2013 |
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October 5, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 3573 Views
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- Feel rich? Average Hawaii Resident needs to pony up $40K to pay off state debt
- "Rich States" Also Have Debts -- Hawaii Ranks #5
- Rail Burns Thru $256M in 12 months with no Construction
- UHERO: Furlough Fridays = Less Juvenile Crime
- E-RAT-icate: Cost-effectiveness of Eradication vs. Control
- VIDEO: Aegis Ballistic Missile Intercept off Kauai
- Tentative HGEA deal on Special Session Agenda: Adds $276M to state's price tag
- Slom: Lawsuit May Seek to Block Special Session
- Awana Resigns Leadership Position
- Shutdown: Hanabusa, Gabbard Vote to Starve Women, Children -- Refuse to Fund FEMA
- HECO Running out of Circuits: "Near Total Work Stoppage"
- Council Overrides Mayor's Veto, Property Tax Hike Hits Hundreds on Maui
- UH to seek $54M more from state
- State leaders respond to call for new prison
- UH Exec Who Allegedly Lied About Accounting Credential Still on Job
- Maui: How Kaiser Used An Anti-Consumer Clause To Skirt Payment For Fatal Cancer
- Don't mandate flat cab fee from airport to Waikiki
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Friday, October 4, 2013 |
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October 4, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:46 PM :: 3963 Views
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- Hawaii Health Connector Secret Rates Revealed? HMSA Premium Jumps 44%
- Hawaii Health Connector: Six Legislative Committees to Discuss ‘Concerns’
- ULI Fellowship: Caldwell to Select Land Use Challenge
- Sequestration Report: Reduced Funding is Just the Beginning of a New Reality for Hawaii
- Day 4: $205M Health Connector Still Fails Miserably
- Third Time's The Charm: Rep Karen Awana hit with $8500 campaign fine
- Bill 59: OK to Sleep on Sidewalk only if you Can Prove You Tried to get Shelter Space
- Lege vs Abercrombie? Politicians taking note of worries about HCDA
- Star-Adv: Commission should vet all grants
- Pay Inches Up in Office of Hawaiian Affairs
- Shon: Three Ways to Derail the Common Core Standards
- City prosecutor suggests new prison to reduce crime
- Out Again: Felon who took cameraman hostage faces fresh charges
- Attorneys: Usual Suspects Team up With Anti-GMO Side
- Hu Honua Biomass Plant a Major Source of CO, NO? -- EPA
- Oahu juvenile crime down on teacher furlough days
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Thursday, October 3, 2013 |
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October 3, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 PM :: 4421 Views
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- Hawaii residents, lawmakers frustrated with health connector glitches
- Hawaii Health Connector Claims 1,181 Obamacare Applications
- Religious Freedom? UH Law School Panel to Debate Amendments to Gay Marriage Bill
- Panos: Ten Plus One Reasons Why I Do Not Support The Honolulu Rail Project
- Jones Act Does Not Bar International Trade From Hawaii
- Honolulu Roads 13th Worst in Nation, Cost Drivers $598 per year
- KIUC Seeks PUC Approval for Monthly Meter Charges
- "I'm through with Hawaii Health Connector"
- Star-Adv: Health Connector "Troubled"
- HGEA Sci Tech Settles Contract, Snags 11% Pay Hike
- HSTA to Join AFL-CIO
- Development Agency and Kakaako to Face Lawmakers' Scrutiny
- Hawaii State Salaries 2013: Huge Pay Hike for Judges
- Fracking: Hawaii County Council Ctte Votes 7-0 to Ban Something that Doesn't Exist in Hawaii
- KIUC Asks for Natural Gas Fuels in Latest Bid
- DoE Enrollment Jumps 1%, Charters 2%
- Study: Number of homeless living on Oahu underestimated
- UH Manoa Oppresses Tobacco Smokers Effective Jan 1
- College Rankings get to Bottom Line
- Wonder Scammer to Face Trial March 18
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013 |
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October 2, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 4266 Views
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- Video: Sen Sam Slom and Jim Hochberg on Special Session
- Mainland Anti-GMO money flooding into Molokai, funding “grassroots” protests
- ‘Environmental disaster:’ HI residents want answers over molasses spill
- Feds Shutdown? Obamacare a Mess? Abercrombie Secretly Vacations in France
- HCDA Releases 20 Pg Q&A
- After 56,000 Insurance Policies Cancelled to Make Way for 'Reform', Hawaii exchange gets only 500 applications
- Hawaii Accountants Assn: Over 55? Your Insurance Rates Will Triple Thanks to Abercrombie
- "At some Point the Connector is Going to Have to Start Showing Rates"
- Hirono Still Taking Salary, All Delegates Refuse to Sign up for Obamacare, Abercrombie Staying in France
- Big Island Anti-GMO Bill Advances
- DOE Long Overdue in Improving Hawaiian Studies, Kupuna Say
- DoE Wastes Money, Teachers' Time on 'Revolving Door' of Expensive New Programs
- 2 former Halawa guards accused of taking bribes, helping USO prison gang
- Oxy Elite Pro Supplement Linked to Liver Failure
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013 |
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October 1, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:22 PM :: 3846 Views
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- Taking Effect Today: Honolulu Property Tax Hikes Target Elderly
- Hawaii GOP: Schatz, Hirono Vote for Government Shutdown
- Nominations invited for UH Task Force in support of student veterans
- Global Warming: Abercrombie Signs Majuro Declaration
- Outdoor Circle Questions Plan for Trails Ringing Kawainui Marsh
- Gallup: Less than half of Uninsured say they will use the state or federal exchanges
- Hawaii Obamacare Exchange Fails on First day, May be Down for Month
- "People don't want to Buy Plans Right Now"
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation Unanimous in Favor of Government Shutdown to Save Obamacare
- Star-Adv: Homosexual Rape Gang at Blind-Deaf School Can Be Used to Impose Gay Agenda Thru Anti-Bullying Programs
- 'Wild West Shootout' for Hawaii's 1st Congressional District Seat
- Legislative Salaries: 380 People Siphon $22M Per Year
- HPD officer fired in Las Vegas pot incident reinstated, Assigned to Train New Officers
- UH Doesn't Pay
- State Attempts to Rebut Hawaii Democrats Closed Primary Lawsuit
- HCDA holding public hearing on 801 South St. Phase II
- Hawaii personal income rebounded in the 2nd quarter
- Telescope hearing set for December
- Hawaiian Airlines Profit Based Entirely on Baggage Fees
- Warming: Usual Suspects Claim We Are All Going to Drown
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