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Entries for July 2013
| Wednesday, July 31, 2013 |
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July 31, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 6622 Views
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- Hanabusa: Obama Considers Creating Akaka Tribe Without Congressional Approval
- President of National School Choice Week to Speak in Hawaii
- Simplified property taxes
- UH New Pres Lassner Makes Excuses for Multi-Million Dollar BUZZEO Disaster
- Gay 'Sheriff' corrals legislators who stray from party gospel
- Cross-Dressing Accused Murderer Employed by Pacifist Center
- 'Progressive' 2nd CD is Full of White People
- Kauai 100 Gather for Push Back Against Anti-GMO Hype
- Lawsuit: State mental Health Cuts Behind Suicide of Teen
- Homelessness in Hawaii Hits Drudge Report
- $10,000/mo Electric Bill Pushes Farmer to Go Hydro
- Tall Buildings, Cheap Rent and Hawaii's Ability to Manage Development
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| Tuesday, July 30, 2013 |
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July 30, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 5233 Views
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- Feds: Hawaii DoE no longer 'High Risk'
- Photo Essay: Skeletons of Dead Windfarms
- President of National School Choice Week to Speak in Hawaii
- Honolulu Ranks 62nd in Per-Capita Public Employees
- Reporter Protects Numerous Hawaii Politicians from Exposure
- Progressives Instruct Media How to Help Schatz against Hanabusa
- Progressives Complain Hanabusa Raises Embarrassing Question About Schatz' Gay Marriage Position
- Okabe: HSTA-DoE Contract to be Model for Nation
- HECO Customers Subsidize Solar $12M/year
- Kauai: Genetically Modified Marijuana top trouble for law enforcement
- How a Former Soldier Continues his Battle in the Classroom
- Flossie Produces $350K Paid Vacation for Hawaii Co Employees
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| Monday, July 29, 2013 |
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July 29, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 4291 Views
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- Hanabusa: Obama Considers Creating Akaka Tribe Without Congressional Approval
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 29, 2013
- Big Cable Could Cost Consumers 12 cents per Kwh
- UPDATE: Flossie Steers for North Shore of Maui, Oahu
- S&P loves state’s debt plan, but it might not be enough
- Hawaii Rep. Awana's Broken Record of Campaign Spending Fines
- Profitable: Non-Profit Exec Allegedly Steals $700K from Waianae Homeless Shelter
- City must clear air on ethical issues involving ORI funds
- Homeless Ticket Program to run thru nonprofit?
- Almost half of all new babies are born to unwed mothers
- Windward District Schools Launch Massive Attendance Campaign
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| Sunday, July 28, 2013 |
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July 28, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 4931 Views
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- Onerous Burden of Doing Business Goes Beyond Taxes
- Flossie Strengthens as it Moves toward Maui, Big Island, Oahu
- Forum to Outline Changes to State Mental Health Care System
- Hooser: Bankrupt Tax Cheat Leads Kauai Council Anti-GMO Effort
- WaPo Deploys Hit on Hanabusa
- Sandwich Isles Scam Company Grabs for Hawaiian Tel, Hanabusa Pledges to Help
- State's modesty is blown by its preening politicians
- 10 Punatics Agree Geothermal not Safe Yet
- PRP Rail Survey Plagued with Glitches
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| Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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July 27, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 3793 Views
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- Kauai Farmers Mobilize to Save Agriculture from Anti-GMO Protesters
- Why I’m Going to Hawaii to Defend the Maize Winter Nurseries
- HTA: Arrivals, Spending Up
- Paradise lost: Honolulu taxpayers drowning in crystal clear sea of debt
- VIDEO: Rep. Ward discusses the Jones Act
- Gays to Block Rep Har from Seeking Office for 6 mos
- Star-Adv: Gays Place One-Party System at Risk
- KNOW GMO: Friends of Ag launch ‘Save Kauai Farms’ campaign
- Electronic health records increasingly used in isles
- (de)Occupy ousted from Thomas Square during Bill 7 enforcement
- UHWO Selling Land to fund Expansion
- Hawaii Seeks to become Drone Testing Center
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| Friday, July 26, 2013 |
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July 26, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:49 PM :: 4926 Views
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- Caldwell's TOD Pick Connects Smart Growth, Active Aging
- Pierluisi introduces Puerto Rico Jones Act exemption legislation
- Abercrombie Signs Ocean Resources Management Plan
- $217M: Fake Bribe Offered to Hawaii for Fake ‘Marriage’
- Djou considering options as next election nears
- Obamacare: If nobody Signs Up, System Will Fail
- Gay Atheists Refine Focus: Target Har, Gabbard
- Charitable Contributions: Abercrombie Bows to Laffer Curve
- TMT partners sign ‘master agreement’
- Solar Scammers Reach for Slice of Your Electric bill
- Complaint: Former Oahu Principal Abused Power While Leading School
- Developers Not Waiting for TOD Rules
- State has big backlog of guard applications
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| Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
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July 25, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 4883 Views
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- Jonesing for Relief from Port Protectionism
- CNBC: Slash Fuel Prices, Repeal Jones Act
- Full Text: Stop Rail Files Comments on Rail DSEIS
- KSBE, ML&P, Grove Farm Plan to Chop Down Thousands of Trees
- PETA Attacks Hawaii Man Nearly Killed by Ahi
- Abercrombie: Obama Speech Gives Me Excuse to Double Down on Pre-K Scheme
- Hawaii Ranks #3 in Solar Installations Per Capita
- Hawaii, Guam, Am Samoa, NMI Question Proposed Listing of 66 Coral Species
- McKenna: Being Gay is Big Advantage for Judicial Appointments
- Lawsuit: State Diverts Water, Wastes it
- State Rips Up APEC Decorations
- Sidewalk clearing: Objects get a talking-to
- Rules for license-plate scans should be set by legislation
- Now that Rail Has Been Approved, Critical H-1 Freeway Section Will Be Repaired in a Year Long Project
- City to Unveil New Pedestrian Safety Initiatives
- Lawsuit: Defective Pipe Used on Ala Wai Pipe Fix
- Oahu Master Specialist designation given to incarcerated criminal
- Progressive Activists Thrilled by Opportunity to Hit Hanabusa on NSA Spying
- RIMPAC 2014: Chinese help plan for huge war game near isles
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| Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
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July 24, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 4804 Views
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- Interim UH President Scores 'F', Responsible for Data Breaches
- S&P Pleased by Tax Hikes, Concerned About Abercrombie's Spending
- For the Sake of the Keiki
- Lanai: OHA Wants a Cut of Ellison's Action
- Hawaiian Homes Commission Votes to Reform Revocable Permit Program
- University of Hawaii regent calls for investigation into tuition hikes
- Malpractice: Trial Attorneys Take on Negligent Abortionists
- Hawaiian Airlines: Strengthening Dollar Undermines Results
- House 'Only a Bare Majority' for Gay Marriage
- Ige: We Can Do Better Than Neil
- State DHS Conspires to Steal Homes from Elderly
- The Breakfast Club Poor Children in Hawaii Won't Join
- Did Hanabusa's Campaign Violate Disclosure Law by Not Reporting Poll?
- Hawaii Forests Would be Cut to Feed Biofool Scam
- Solar power giveaways come with a cost
- Electric Bill $28,000/mo
- Autopsy reveals new details about Kaneohe man who died in police custody
- Honolulu Worst in Nation for Pedestrian Deaths
- Star-Adv: Keep School out of Kakaako options
- DOE accepts that students improve with digital tools
- Kakaako HCDA: Two public meetings will be held in August
- Takai, Chang Risk Seat for Shot at Congress
- Hawaii open to Pro Bowl deal
- You’re going to kill my business’
- Allegiant: Hawaii Routes not as Good as Expected
- UH Study Fails to Find Any Plastic bags in Fish Stomachs
- Every sign continues to point to the Obama library being located in Chicago
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| Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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July 23, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 5685 Views
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- Life of the Land? OHA Trustee Seeks to Change State Motto
- Survey: Hawaii Most Honest State, DC Least Honest
- KOS: Hanabusa ‘Sockpuppet’ Hits Schatz for ‘Homophobic Hubris’
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation to Discuss Akaka Tribe with Obama
- Abercrombie: For Non-Activist Seniors, Why Prolong Life?
- Legislature, DoE getting nervous about plans for Kakaako
- Teacher Pleased by House Republican Vote
- Civil Beat: Schatz is Taking High Road by Forcing Boylan out of Job, Denying It
- Auditor Soaked: 1200 Water Bill Complaints Per Day
- SB1197: DoTax 'Special Enforcement Section' to Harass Farmers Markets
- Latest Green energy Scam Bankruptcy Locks Electric Car Users out of Charging Stations
- City pays $1.3 million annual mortgage for nearly-empty garage
- Despite Honolulu's Own Investigation, Questions Remain About ORI
- Homeless in Hawaii? State Will Fly You Back to Family on Mainland
- State Takes More As Recycling Tax Rises
- Health Information Exchange to Connect EHR Systems Statewide
- Gabbard: Congress Idiotic
- Entire Hawaii Congressional Delegation Voted for Sequestration
- NYT: Dope Minister Christie Challenges Definition of Religion
- Hawaii Law Obligates Crime Victims to Run
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| Monday, July 22, 2013 |
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July 22, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:18 PM :: 4171 Views
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- Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted July 22, 2013
- Study: Cruise Ships Contribute $386M to Hawaii Economy
- Rusty Humphries Speaks at HIRA Luncheon
- George Zimmerman rescues victims trapped in burning overturned SUV
- Trayvon Martin Rally: 14 Arrests after Protesters Attack People in SUVs
- Modest life for families in Honolulu costs $78K
- Got an Exceptional Tree? Save $3000 on State Taxes
- Honolulu just outside top 10 in economic rankings
- Espero Launches Campaign by Groveling Before Gay Lords
- Obama's Big Mouth Helps Alleged Homosexual Rapist Evade Justice at Pearl Harbor
- Data show improvement in use of mental health system
- Priest hopes to widen understanding of Micronesians
- Star-Adv: Jet Pack Must be regulated Because Humans Flop on Fishes
- Revamped deals for school buses seen as Model for Entire State
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| Sunday, July 21, 2013 |
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July 21, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:03 PM :: 4051 Views
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- Solar Scam: DoE Overpays $612M for Athletic Supporter?
- Neil Abercrombie Conspiracy Theory Claims Inouye Letter Conspiracy
- On-Going Need to Examine Who Pays for County Government
- University of Hawaii Pres gets Sweet Deal to Leave Early
- Abercrombie v Ige: Senate on 'Road to Chaos'
- Obamacare Bottom Line Still Being Negotiated--Secret 'til October 1
- Ruling Sets Stage for October Hearing in DHHL Suit
- UH is sweet on salaries and studies, but not sports
- No Joke: Al Gore endorses Schatz for Senate
- Espero to tout experience in primary candidacy for U.S. House seat
- Star-Adv: Don't Let Homeless get too Comfortable on the Street
- Caldwell to sign bills banning smoking at beaches, parks
- Challenges could not slow down Molokai activist Larry Helm
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| Saturday, July 20, 2013 |
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July 20, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:41 PM :: 4898 Views
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- President of National School Choice Week to Speak in Hawaii
- State Spending $9.4M to Move Out of OHA-Owned Kakaako Building
- Asian Pacific Voters Republican Initiative
- DLNR Names Interim SHPD Administrator
- 3 months to go: Obamacare Still a Mystery
- Kakaako Project Slowed by High Water Table
- What's up with DLNR boat with tree growing out of its engine?
- 8 Schools to Get 1:1 Digital Devices This School Year
- Protect rights when scanning license plates
- Hawaii Dodges Bullet, Not Critical Habitat for Loggerheads
- 'Civilian' might have aided detained man's death
- Killer Gets Probation, Threatens Woman with Knife
- Helping Hawaii Make Sense of Micronesia
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| Friday, July 19, 2013 |
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July 19, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 6552 Views
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- Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach Harasses Combat Disabled Veteran, Apologizes
- Kamuela Hui to Put Telescope on Moon
- Joe Trippi to Speak in Hawaii: "Better Schools Aren't a Partisan Issue"
- Abercrombie Fears Hannemann, Will not Call Gay Marriage Special Session
- Schatz Operatives Force Inouye's Boylan out of Job
- Star-Advertiser Coverage of Rail is Fundamentally Dishonest
- City offers HUD $1.88 million to Make Ernie Martin Scandal Go Away
- Buying Justice? James Pflueger Strikes a Deal with Prosecutors in Notorious Manslaughter Case That Victims Say Isn't Right
- Police Raid 'Loud Party' at Hawaii Assoc of Counties Meeting
- Hawaii general fund tax revenues up 10 percent
- Laborers Union Fears ‘Destructive Consequences’ From Obamacare
- Akaka Gang Discusses Plans, Three of Four are Criminals
- Espero CD1 Campaign Announcement Sunday
- Musical Chairs at BoR
- Homeless Sweep Pushes 13 Into Shelters
- Your Tax Dollars at Work: Helicopter Sharpshooters Target Miconia?
- Plan to Regulate Drone Spying in Next Legislative Session?
- 47 Ethics Violations: Liquor administrator to resign, Commission Rewards Him with 7 months paid Leave
- Rep. Cynthia Thielen encounter with a burglar at her home
- Soft on Crime: Rapist Gets Probation, Allegedly Molests 13 year old Girl
- Former school security guard charged with sex assault of 14-year-old girl
- Mayor’s proposal could bring Maui County to ‘a halt’
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| Thursday, July 18, 2013 |
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July 18, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 5394 Views
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- Tax Watch: Honolulu Property Taxes
- Godzilla invades Waikiki, devours tax credits
- How to end the Jones Act’s protectionism
- Honolulu 1990 to 2010 Trends: What Do They Mean for the Next 20 Years?
- Governor Releases $3.09 Million in Capital Improvement Grants
- Alm to Retire from HECO
- Phony Checks: Hawaii Better Business Bureau Warns About Green Energy Scam
- Wounded Warrior Canoe Regatta
- CDC: Hawaii Seniors Have Longest Health Life Expectancy
- Council passes 9 Tax Increases
- Korean Americans Oppose Gay Marriage More Than Any Asian Group, Survey Says
- DoE: Abercrombie Stole our Kakaako School Site
- Eight Dead at Kaloko, Smiling Pflueger gets Probation
- Consumer Advocate: Lets Make a Deal
- John Morton Leading Candidate for UH Interim President
- Tulsi Gabbard Teams up with No Labels
- State Department Murder Suspect Chris Deedy Was a Benghazi Security Agent
- Dinnan Case: Police custody death ruled homicide
- Union president defends increase in police officers' differential pay
- HPD To Join in License Plate Reading
- Sheriffs Cruise Around in Hummer 'Just Burning Off Gas'
- 13 Years of Tips May be Owed by Hotels, Restaurants
- State and city officials sweeping Kakaako homeless camp sites
- Military families fear cuts to Autism therapy
- Hanabusa adds voice to call for POW/MIA Command briefing
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| Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
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July 17, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 5099 Views
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- Auditor: DoE Rigged Billion Dollar Solar Contract to Favor Chevron
- US News: No Nationally Ranked Specialties in Hawaii Hospitals
- UH Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) Contract Extended
- DoE Bus ‘Reduction’ Starts by Adding Routes
- Star-Adv Joins Push for Tax Hikes
- Schatz is a Wimp, Should Run for Neighborhood Board
- Congressional Horserace
- Ian Lind Pushes Inouye Letter Conspiracy Theory
- Petition for Recall of Legislators
- Mainland Group Doubles Down in Attack on Democrats Closed Primary Suit
- New billing system means not all customers are paying equally for water
- Six Hawaii Co Councilmembers Opted Out of Furloughs
- New $20M city parking garage sits almost empty
- HPD Officers Conspire to Get Drunk Lieutenant His License Back
- Unfair advantage, insider information considered in state ethics advisory
- Grading system for Hawaii restaurants delayed
- GMO critics overlook facts about science, safety and pesticides
- Aim to diagnose ‘financial sickness’ of housing agency
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| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
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July 16, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM :: 4125 Views
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- CNBC: Hawaii Highest Cost of Living in USA
- Federal Court Strikes Down Kauai Vacation Rental Rules
- Lloyds’ List covers the Jones Act debate in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
- Council Res 13-158: Backup Ambulance Services for West Oahu
- Honolulu: 5th Smartest City in USA
- Gay Marriage: Censorship or Equal Rights for Lawmakers?
- Ikaika Anderson forms Congressional Campaign Committee
- VIDEO: Why Hawaii Shippers are Screaming About the Jones Act
- Whistleblower: Solar Scammers Flawed Bid to Cost DoE $284M
- Solar Co Tricks Consumers with Fake $5897.67 'Check'
- Thought Control: Gay-Atheists Challenge Legislators Right to Meet with Pastors
- Gay Marriage: 18-7 in Senate, House Uncertain
- Star-Adv: Feds Can Launch Akaka Tribe By Giving Money to DHHL Claimants
- Borreca: Rail Leads to Promised Land of Kakaako
- Rothenberg: Hawaii Senate a Race to Watch
- Council Comes up With Yet Another Scheme to Help Homeless Stay on the Streets
- Caldwell: Vacation rentals should have a higher tax rate
- Hawaii Supreme Court says hotel tip lawsuits can proceed
- Luddite Lawyer Babbles about Pesticides at Waimea School
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| Monday, July 15, 2013 |
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July 15, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 3641 Views
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- Privatizing Marriage Is Unjust to Children
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 15, 2013
- New Business Immediately Attacked by DLNR
- Gays Expelling 11 Legislators Termed Unconstitutional
- Low income again tied to lack of medical care
- DOE Audit: Hawaii Public Schools Overstate Enrollment Numbers
- Nat'l Parks Service: Ewa Development Plan 'Violates Sacred Ground'
- Taxes are Latest Excuse for Gay Marriage
- Star-Adv: Rail tunnel isn't worth the cost (but Rail is)
- Flood Insurance Rates Could Jump for Thousands of Homeowners in Hawaii
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| Sunday, July 14, 2013 |
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July 14, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 4677 Views
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- After Receiving Campaign Cash, OHA Trustees Give $1.25M to Insolvent Geothermal Company
- A Terrible Week for Rail
- Opportunity to Strengthen Accountability for Tax Dollars
- Ige Part of Hanabusa's Strategy?
- Abercrombie Judgment Not Respected
- Waihee, Danner, Star-Adv Coordinate Attack on DHHL
- Survey: 96% of Hawaii Religious
- Star-Adv: Bad business climate Justifies Corporate Welfare
- Federal Reserve: Hawaii Business Environment Worst in Nation
- Officers Get $3.80/hr for 'Standard of Conduct', Public Gets no Transparency
- HECO: We're Going to Reduce Bills 20% by 2020
- Hawaii's appointed school board: Making the grade?
- Hawaii Roads Bad Due to Skimpy Asphalt
- Larry Ellison to Save Hawaiian from Anti-Trust Problem?
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| Saturday, July 13, 2013 |
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July 13, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:59 PM :: 3845 Views
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- Hawaii Reapportionment: ‘Supreme Court Will be Interested’
- Honolulu rail line neither feasible nor prudent, judges’ letter says
- July 22 Deadline for Rail EIS Comments
- Rusty Humphries Headlines HIRA Fundraiser
- Gay Activists 'Trans-form' First Graders, Aim for Women's Restroom
- Trask's Geothermal Group Defaults on $1.25M Loan
- Green Energy Scammers Shift focus to Maui after Collapse of Lanai Windfarm Deal
- Caldwell Proposes 10 Tax Hike Bills--Hearing 9am Weds
- County finally seeks Food Basket donation accounting
- SHOPO 'Standard of Conduct' $2/hr
- Agent: Deedy Followed Procedure
- IRS' role in health reform doesn't inspire confidence
- AARP Challenges Hawaii Health Connector Communications, Transparency
- Smokers Quickly Outsmart Council, Mayor
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| Friday, July 12, 2013 |
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July 12, 2013 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 4608 Views
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