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Entries for December 2015
| Thursday, December 31, 2015 |
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December 31, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:04 PM :: 4653 Views
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- First Hawaiian No Longer Servicing OHA ‘Malama Loans’
- State of the State Budget 2016
- New High School? What is DoE’s top priority?
- Man OK With Pedophilia Loses Bid to Teach Kids
- 2015 Wrapup Stories
- 14 new state laws to take effect on New Year's Day
- Honolulu Charter Commission denies proposals for public vote on rail
- Hawaii Medicaid Fraud makes Top Ten Government Waste List for 2015
- Report: Hawaii’s Phony Hi-Tech Tax Credit Schemers Not getting any Venture Capital
- State Negotiating New IT Contract in Wake of Obamacare IT Debacle
- Kakaako homeless moving into HCDA areas to Evade enforcement and Stay out of Shelter
- Minimum wage hike could mean higher prices for consumers
- NCAA appeal due or dead Jan 6
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| Wednesday, December 30, 2015 |
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December 30, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 5182 Views
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- Only Moments Left to Stop Fed Wreck
- Last Day: Say "No!" to Interior Department Rule
- Grassroot Comments on DOI Proposed Rule
- Real ID Begins Jan 10: Will Washington State Residents Need Passport to Fly to Hawaii?
- Hawaii’s Expensive Green Energy Program Saves No Energy
- KOLEA: After Burning $155M, Hawaii’s Other Obamacare Eligibility System Falls Short
- Report: Return County TAT Deal to Status Quo Ante
- Hawaii Visitor Arrivals Set New Record for November
- Jones Act Unions file protest over crewing of APL Guam
- Champagne Taxes? Hawaii Ranks #3 in USA
- Overrun by Solar, Wind Scammers, Does HECO need NextEra Bail Out?
- Judge Tosses Solar Scammers Suit out of Court
- Telescope: Hawaii Supreme Court invalidates lower court documents
- Local Food Win: Enviros Fail to Kill off Ahi Fishery
- City’s explanation of discrepancies in real property tax assessments don’t satisfy
- Caldwell’s Repaving Project Continues to Slip
- Star-Adv: Homeless Tent Cities are Not a Solution
- After Six Years, Homeless Man Decides to Accept Shelter
- AG: Woman Collected Welfare Illegally for 7 Years
- Center for Food Safety – Luddite of the Year?
- Anti-GMO Councilmember Concerned About Marijuana Strains with ‘Strong Hallucinogenic Properties’
- Vandals set fire to Ewa Beach church lawn, destroy religious statues
- Advocate of sex with minors kept from becoming Hawaii teacher
- Dispute continues over aerial shooting that’s killed thousands of goats, sheep on Mauna Kea
- Dengue Hits 190 Cases
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| Tuesday, December 29, 2015 |
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December 29, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 5110 Views
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- Green Party v Nago: ‘Mistakes were made, Election Office Fell Short’
- Hoopili: Is the State Prohibited from Rezoning "Potential" Important Ag Land?
- Obama Vacations Cost Nearly $500K per Day
- Survey Designed to Push for Long Term Care Insurance Mandate
- Top High School Teams to Compete in Lifesmarts Hawaii State Championship
- Hawaiian Humane Society restores services under city contract
- Lifting US Oil Export Ban could substantially change Jones Act dynamics
- Bill to drop American Samoa flight fee reaches Senate
- Former Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona appears to set stage for mayoral run
- Loophole: Legislators Made marijuana dispensaries tax free
- Hawaii County to Hire Dopers for 97% of Jobs
- Crushing Defeat for so-called ‘Innocence Project’ as Federal Judge Rejects Tweeker’s Effort to Re-try Murder Conviction
- Giant New Year’s Party Moved to Accommodate Homeless Tent City
- Lack of Recycling Centers May Drive Homeless out of Rural Locations
- Oil Still Accounts for 71.3% of Hawaii Electricity—Dropping Prices Panic Green Energy Profiteers
- State regulators roll back the net-metering electricity scam
- Alt-Energy Schemers Publish new Rent-a-Poll
- Upheaval at KITV
- Former med student sues University of Hawaii for sex harassment, termination
- Dengue Fever Case Count Holds At 181
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| Monday, December 28, 2015 |
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December 28, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:30 PM :: 4246 Views
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- Gov. Scott Walker to Speak at Hawaii Lincoln Day Dinner
- 5 minutes to stop federal creation of a Hawaiian tribe
- Housing: Cheaper to Rent than Buy -- only in Honolulu and Silicon Valley
- Hawaii Democratic Presidential Caucus Date Changed to Help Clinton beat Sanders
- Rewarding Failure: NCAA Bans UH, UH Compliance Director Gets a Promotion, Gib Arnold Gets $700K
- Leader of almost 260 meth addicts wants to lease Waianae site for Homeless Tent City
- How Can We Get our ‘Medical’ Dope onto Airlines?
- Wind Schemers Chased off of North Shore, Focus on Waikiki for Offshore Wind Facility
- University Of Hawaii Seeks A Speedier Path To Graduation
- We Need More Transparency In Our Public Boards
- Hawaii-Made Dengue Vaccine Deployed in Philippines
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| Sunday, December 27, 2015 |
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December 26, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 4011 Views
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- Delays Upon Delays at DHHL
- 5 minutes to stop federal creation of a Hawaiian tribe
- KPD implements first body-worn camera program in state
- Joint Hearing Set for Marijuana Dispensaries
- Big Q: 83% Say Nai Aupuni Must Stop
- Telescope project stalled ‘for years’
- Aiona for Mayor?
- HSTA, UH to Claw Back Millions from Ige Budget
- KPD officers 1st in state to use new body-worn cameras, despite SHOPO disapproval
- Ignorance: Anti-Pesticide Superstitions Allow Banana Disease to Wipe out Crops
- Does Pesticide Exposure Cause Anti-GMO Activism?
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| Saturday, December 26, 2015 |
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December 26, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:53 PM :: 4165 Views
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- Jones Act unfairly hurts Hawaii while jeopardizing security of U.S.
- DHHL Funding: Ige to Appeal Court Order?
- Gov. Ige goes big on budget for buildings
- Prosecutor: Legislature Must Close Baby Killer Loophole
- Defending GMOs ‘Right thing to do’
- Police Memorial to Begin Construction
- Leasehold: State to Loosen its Grip on Hilo Businesses, Resorts
- What's next for marijuana in Hawaii?
- Obama: “I Feel Small”
- Dengue Hits 181
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| Friday, December 25, 2015 |
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December 25, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:47 PM :: 4837 Views
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| Thursday, December 24, 2015 |
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December 24, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:35 PM :: 4165 Views
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- How Christmas Came to Hawaii
- Leaked Email Reveals Aha Agenda
- Need a Job? OHA is Hiring
- Judges Lead Grassroots Effort to Help Landlords and Tenants Curb Evictions
- 2016: Unemployment Taxes to Drop 26%
- Airport Division Turned Blind Eye to Sex Harassment
- Nai Aupuni Leaves Rowena Akana, two others out of Oprah Aha
- 2016 Legislative Calendar Released
- HART Didn’t Pick Lowest Bid For Rail Stations
- Unfunded liabilities for Hawaii's state pension increase this year and will keep rising until 2023
- Anti-GMO Activists Act Without Giving Much Thought
- Family Flees Honolulu Finds Paradise in Houston, Texas
- Child Molester Exploits Homeless Teen—Gets 10 Years
- Allow ride-hailing, taxis to innovate
- Milner: Ige should hand more money to Profligate UH Administrators
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| Wednesday, December 23, 2015 |
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December 23, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:02 PM :: 8114 Views
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Mafia Godfather Larry Mehau Dies
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NCAA Suspends Gib Arnold – UH Regents Then Award Him Another $700K
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5 OCCC guards accused of smuggling drugs—back at work after 30 Day Suspension
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UH Coverup: Did Asbestos Litigation Shake Down Fund UH Cancer Center?
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State hosted Obama’s roots but (fortunately) isles don’t reap his fruits
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Founder of Kamehameha Schools would almost certainly have supported the telescope project
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Those wary of Monsanto’s aim should tour its property
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What Could $1.5 Billion Buy You (Besides More Of The Rail Project)?
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HART awards 3 Station contract to Nan, Inc.
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Jones Act great for some but most of us here suffer
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Marijuana Grow-Op Faces $1.5M Electric Bill
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Espero Still Pushing For More Citizen Oversight Of The Police
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Kenoi Staffers Claim he is Going to Make Appointments to Ethics Commission
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Residents to challenge property assessments
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Hawaii: 11,000 New Residents for 2015
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Lawyers Show Homeless How to Evade City Sweeps, Stay out of Shelter by Moving to State Parcels
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Ige’s homelessness plan just a start
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Businesses blame King Street bike lane on drop in sales
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LEDs Produce 40% Electricity Savings
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CPA mobility bills unlikely to gain traction next year
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| Tuesday, December 22, 2015 |
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December 22, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 PM :: 5222 Views
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- What Is The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs?
- Akina, Chang, Lilly: Is Nai Aupuni State-Sponsored?
- Ige Presents Supplemental Budget--$31B in New Spending
- OHA Publishes 2015 Annual Report
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 21, 2015
- GAO: Freeze Funding for Littoral Combat Ship Building
- NCAA: Arnold violated NCAA ethical conduct rules, UH Program Banned
- Ige Budget Coverage
- Will Duke Aiona Run For Mayor Of Honolulu?
- Half of Nai Aupuni Candidates Fail to Register for Oprah Aha
- ‘We got crushed’: NCAA hands down sanctions against UH
- Gov. Ige puts lump of coal in UH’s coffers
- $250 million for Rail part of a year-end Congressional spending bill
- Airports Division 3 years Behind on $2.7B Modernization Program
- NextEra Testimony: How Lawyer Planted ‘HECO as a Snack’ Remark in Media
- NextEra-HECO to put almost all intervenors on the stand
- Federal Budget: Corporate Welfare Continues to Flow to Wind Farms, Solar Contactors
- Why is island hopping so expensive?
- State has yet to lend out one penny of $150M in solar loan funds
- Investors’ claim triggered Hoana Medical bankruptcy (Latest Act 221 Debacle)
- Hawaii’s flawed ‘concealed carry’ law makes us easy victims
- Dengue fever outbreak in Hawaii has global impact
- GMO Primary: Ilagan vs Idiot Ruderman in Puna
- City Crew To Sweep Kakaako — Again
- How City Charter will Provide Kyo Ya End Run
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| Monday, December 21, 2015 |
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December 21, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:30 PM :: 4536 Views
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- Report: Hawaii Youth Drug Overdose Deaths Double
- 2018: Hanabusa vs Ige?
- HART Plays ‘Big Game of Chicken’ With Council
- Billionaire’s Website Favors HSTA Plan to Make Peasants Pay 25% More GE Tax
- After Decades of pandering to Filipino WW2 Vets – Hirono asks Obama to finally Let a few 80-year olds into USA
- ‘Natural’ Supplements Industry Behind Overharvesting of Sea Cucumbers
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| Sunday, December 20, 2015 |
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December 20, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 4489 Views
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- How Christmas Came to Hawaii
- The Racial Spoils System Invents a Tribe for Native Hawaiians
- HRC: Hawaii Counties Not Gay Enough
- UH Manoa #1 in Eyes of Chinese Communists
- GEMS: Gets Everyone’s Money Swiftly
- Lawsuit: OHA Paying Lawyers Millions of Dollars to Evade Sunshine Law
- Na‘i Aupuni convention unlikely to craft anything credible or legal
- Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus -- So far, GOP’s nominee for president is anyone’s guess
- Ige Budget Constrained by Act 268
- NextEra hearing delayed Until February
- Hawaii reading scores improved after ‘preschool to third grade’ initiative
- States Are Struggling To Keep Medical Weed Safe
- Church opens Work Farm for the Homeless
- Bill 85 Requires Taxi meters for Uber, Lyft
- Aloha Stadium study waiting on direction from Gov. Ige
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| Saturday, December 19, 2015 |
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December 19, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 4575 Views
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- A new test on Hawaii’s future?
- Latest On The Hawaiians-Only-Oprah/Costco-Everyone-Wins Election
- The U.S. Constitution Still Applies to Hawaii
- VIDEO: Law & Corruption in Hawaii
- TAT Already Applies to TVRs—but DoTax Not Enforcing it
- State Quietly Approves Oceanic-Charter Merger
- Video: Millennials as Free Market Champions
- Hawaii Poorly Prepared to Resist Infectious Disease Outbreak
- Wastebook 2015: The Farce Awakens
- HECO Overstaffed, Underskilled—1,000 Deadwood Employees Boost your Electric Rates
- New law: Tax Credits for Alt-Energy Projects to Begin Before the Projects are Built
- Ige: State Had trouble getting Truth from Health Exchange
- Treatment of troubled youth better in Hawaii
- Should Hawaii caregivers receive training in-hospital?
- Gun permit applicants denied over medical dispute
- OCCC Overcrowded, Fobs Prisoners off on Feds
- Military tops isle spending gains
- Obama Returns Again
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| Friday, December 18, 2015 |
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December 18, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:23 PM :: 3969 Views
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- Hawaii Family Advocates Geared up for 2016 Legislative Session
- Fake Energy Savings? Airport Division Lets Contractor Write its own Check for 20 Years
- Audit: Old Contracts Tie Up DHHL Special Funds
- HHSC, DoH: Nineteen special funds and two trust funds did not meet criteria
- Judiciary: Six Funds out of Compliance
- Vegetarian Questions
- Obama to Arrive Tomorrow
- Decision to forgo election toxic for Nai Aupuni
- Rail costs rise another $12M—and More Overruns Expected Soon
- Building Costs Day by Day--Rail Contracts Delayed Until Tax Passes
- NextEra Energy expected Hawaii's governor to favor sale of Hawaiian Electric
- Kauai utility's members have each saved nearly $1,000 in 2015
- Obamacare: Hawaii Insurance Rate Hikes Among Top 4 in USA
- Obamacare: Only 8,000 re-enroll for 2016
- Caregiving mandates could cost Hawaii hospitals an extra $23M
- Covanta Contract Reeks of Corruption
- City property appraisal not legal, attorney says
- Dengue Cases up to 160
- Kauai Pesticide Report Delayed to Jan 6
- Ala Wai Sewage Spill—Caldwell Had Nobody Watching Largest Sewage Pumping Station
- State's largest prison over capacity, with plumbing and cell lock problems
- Feds Fine Hawaiian Air for Cheating Customers
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| Thursday, December 17, 2015 |
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December 17, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:41 PM :: 4924 Views
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- VIDEO: Hawaii Could Still Get the Fed Wreck
- 5 minutes to stop federal creation of a Hawaiian tribe
- Science--The Life of the Land
- Feds: ‘Organic Farms and General Opposition to Chemicals Present Insurmountable Obstacle’ to Dengue Eradication
- Lawsuit: Deadly ‘Natural’ Supplement contained “methamphetamine-like chemical”
- Desperate: Obamacare Deadline Extended 48 Hours
- Honolulu Awarded Sexual Assault Justice Initiative Grant
- Honolulu: Average Small Business Invoices $105K per Year
- Class Action Suit Filed over Canceled Soccer Game
- With TMT project stalled, heavy equipment removed from Mauna Kea
- Ige: Telescope Waiting on State, State Waiting on a District Court Judge
- Peter Apo Debunks Claims of ‘Sacred’ Mauna Kea
- Williamson Chang: Nai Aupuni Convention Contrary to Supreme Court Order
- Kauai Council—$800 per Year GE Tax Hike to pay for Plan to Force you out of your car
- Honolulu Charter Rewrite Just for Kyo Ya Developers
- City Puts 465 Homeless into Homes
- City says number of documented homeless could grow in new year
- HPD chief outlines body cam plans, challenges Police Commission Discipline
- Kakaako Street ownership dispute clouds rail acquisition
- Honolulu, Kahului rank low in airport survey
- Dengue fever outbreak in Hawaii biggest in 60 years—thanks to anti-pesticide activists
- How the Fed's rate hike makes Hawaii’s biggest problem even tougher
- Amicable Divorce? Hawaii Ranks #11
- Poll: Hawaii 3rd Most Desired State
- Hawaii: 2nd Fewest Gun Dealers Per Capita
- Eco-Shysters Study Fisheries Agreements for Path to Total Shutdown
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| Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
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December 16, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:21 PM :: 5611 Views
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- Nai Aupuni’s "Oprah Theory Of Elections"
- Grassroot: Nai Aupuni is undercutting its own efforts
- Hawaii Ranked in Bottom Five States for Economic Freedom
- Word with Ward: Portnoy, Kato Discuss Shield Law
- Honolulu Is the 11th Best City for Singles
- DoH Posts Interim Administrative Rules For Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
- Study: Honolulu Lowest Per-Patient Health Spending in USA
- Criminal Hee Claims ‘Food Allergies’ Should Exempt him from Prison—Sentencing Delayed Again
- "Nai Aupuni has the integrity of a Costco membership at this point."
- Ritte: “Bad Joke -- It’s not going to Work.”
- Nai Aupuni Devolves into Embarrassing Circus
- Big Island Delegates May Take $4000 Bribe
- Nai Aupuni: Dwindling Time Left for Tribal Cronies
- New Lawsuit Challenges Nai Aupuni Blood Quantum
- Honolulu Charter Commission Exempts itself from Ethics Disclosure, Plans Kyo-Ya Amendment
- Obamacare Deadline Extended 48 Hours
- Health reform's escape hatch may be too narrow for states seeking to use it
- Kohala: Existing Pot Growers Demand Protection from State-Controlled Corporate Crony Marijuana
- Anti-Dairy Obsessives at Kauai Meeting with Governor
- ‘Deficiencies’ found in dengue effort—More Pesticide Needed, anti-Pesticide Activists Remain Silent
- DOE tackling shortage of special education teachers
- Charter School Paying $110K/Month for Portable Classroom
- Criminal Al Hee Sentencing Delayed Until January 6
- Kauai police chief explains body camera usage, despite union protest
- Lawyer Targets Police After Arrest of Monk Seal Harasser – Caldwell Panders
- Criminals, Thieves Cleared out of Kewalo
- Hawaii Renters Among Most Cost-Burdened
- State's unclaimed property pot exceeds $200M
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| Tuesday, December 15, 2015 |
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December 15, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:04 PM :: 4949 Views
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- Nai Aupuni Terminates Election—$5000 Bribe Offered to Delegates for a Self-Appointed ‘Aha of Cronies
- Internet tax ban could offer relief for Hawaii businesses
- 87 Times More Homeless in Honolulu than Las Vegas
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 14, 2015
- Trump Files to be on the Ballot in Hawaii
- Another Triumph of Jones Act Shipbuilding: USS Milwaukee breaks down on Maiden Voyage
- HSTA Taxes Without End—$750M / year Forever
- Kauai Council Considering Massive GE Tax Hike
- Caldwell Turns on Kealoha—But Still Claims he has no Authority over Chief
- Micronesians Face Long Waits as ObamaCare Deadline Today
- Feds to Stick Hawaii With 3% Obamacare Fee
- HPD detective arrested on suspicion of abuse of family member
- Maui Jail Overcrowded
- Hawaii a model for how to improve K-12 education
- Others have shown interest in buying Hawaiian Electric, Gov. David Ige says
- 70 Pages of Secret NextEra Documents to be Made Public
- Excuses: Ige Claims lack of infrastructure on state-owned lands stymies development
- Kakaako Homeless Sweep—One More Decides to Accept Shelter
- Governor turns his back on Hawaii football fans
- Honolulu Council Dumps P-Cards in Wake of Kenoi Scandals
- Hawaii County Council to Reform Kenoi-Controlled Ethics Commission?
- Hawaii County Council Wants to ‘Loosen’ Sunshine Laws
- How Casinos Fiscally Impact Counties
- Anti-Gun Nuts Disappointed to Report only 16 Gun Deaths in Hawaii
- Ivory: Animal Liberation Nuts to Renew Harassment of Antique Dealers, Musicians, Gun Collectors
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| Monday, December 14, 2015 |
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December 14, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:38 PM :: 3959 Views
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- Audit: H-Power Contracts Designed to Hide Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
- Court Of Appeals: Pig Hunting is a Traditional Hawaiian Practice (In This Case)
- Nai Aupuni, Telescope: If not this, then that. So settle.
- Nai Aupuni Undermines its own Legitimacy
- Has the ACLU Tied Homeless Sweeps up in Red Tape?
- Hawaii County Police body cameras still in the works
- State Energy Bank costs money but has no loan portfolio
- Dopers to Run up Multi-Million Dollar Electric Bills
- NINBYs, ENVIROs Sue to Block Affordable Housing
- Hawaii Republicans Majority-Minority, 50% Female
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| Sunday, December 13, 2015 |
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December 13, 2015 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 4532 Views
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- Law & Corruption in Hawaii
- Why you should oppose the DOI Proposed Rule—And How
- Charter Commission Agenda: Defer all ‘Proposals to Dismantle HART’
- Jonesing for a Fix? Delving into the Merchant Marine Act of 1920
- Chained dogs on Legislative Agenda for 2016
- An Early Christmas Present from IRS to Heald Students
- Star-Adv: Cancelling IT Contracts is Ige’s Only Real Accomplishment
- How Many Federal Billions has Hawaii not Spent?
- TAT already applies to TVRs but state lacks ability to ensure compliance
- ‘Worst state for doing business’
- Mountain’s sacredness seems a recent thing
- Ige: UPW, HGEA to Represent Workers at Kaiser-Controlled Maui Memorial Hospital
- Bunda Lined up to Take Ernie Martin’s Seat
- City Lets Varona Village Decay for 20 Years
- Dengue outbreak largest in US State in more than 60 years
- Report: Hawaii Best State for African-American Students
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| Saturday, December 12, 2015 |
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Letters to the Editor, December, 2015
By Letters to the Editor @ 9:41 PM :: 5435 Views
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Chained dogs on Legislative Agenda for 2016
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