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Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
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May, 2011 Letters to the Editor
By Letters to the Editor @ 1:30 AM :: 8109 Views
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Playing Politics: Kapolei Neighborhood Board Rejects $500K Community Benefit Package
Berg: Allow Mobile Home Parks to provide Affordable Housing?
Judiciary to Host new Divorce Law Seminar
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
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May 25, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:27 PM :: 17499 Views
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- Abercrombie’s Medical Homes: Global Budget to control your Healthcare
- Only 53% of House Seats change hands in 7 years
- WSJ: An Anti-Israel President: The president's peace proposal is a formula for war
- WT: Obama’s next war -- President’s ill-considered Islamist backing puts Israel in the cross hairs
- 4 Schofield soldiers killed in Afghanistan bomb attack
- Inouye, Akaka stab Hawaii in back: Call for delay in South Korea Free Trade Pact
- Senator Hee amends latest financial disclosure, questions remain
- DePledge: Nobody cares about Residency
- Rail Math Just Doesn’t Add Up
- Shapiro: Public should win tug of war over control of rail authority
- Will current controversies change public opinion on rail?
- Critics: HPD Chief Isolated, Too Close To Union
- Father says son found gun at Oahu middle school
- Is Restricting Freedom of Movement a Healthcare Solution?
- Filipinos Overtake Japanese As Top Hawaii Group
- Hawaii can play a leading role in America's quest to explore and colonize space
- $2.6M for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
- Hawaii Co Water rates hiked 18%
- Kauai to Regulate Peddlers in Parks
- Robber Baron will not Represent Molokai
- Hawaii Consumers #3 in Credit Card Debt
- Council pursues Obama's library
- Shakedown Fails for Now: Telescope foes lose bid for legal fees
- OHA To publish How To guide for Shakedown Artists
- Argentina: Hawaii doctor nabbed for Medicare billing fraud
- Hawaii woman accused in $50 million Chinese company fraud
- United States for Travel Freedom Caucus Plans to Stop TSA ‘Abuses’
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
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May 24, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:03 PM :: 13117 Views
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- Hirono launches Campaign by misleading public on education reform, clean energy
- DoD raises Worldwide Force Protection Condition to Bravo
- Abercrombie first few months: Anger, secrecy, waffling, and the birther distraction
- AARP: Pension Tax flawed, would balance budget on backs of Seniors
- Inouye to Micros: Get Lost
- Progressives Continue to Obsess over Redistricting
- Hawaii Finance Director: Moody’s GO Bond Downgrade Will Cost Hawaii Taxpayers
- Parents Fume over DoE Response to Campus Shooting
- Child Abuser heads Small DoE Charter School
- Legislation seeks to shed light on operations and spending as DoE Starves Charters of Funding
- Rail Supporters spread Conspiracy Theories about Lawsuit
- SA: Kalihi rentals revamp right way to go
- PVT Launches Waste-to-Energy to power 12,000 homes
- KIUC Sets meeting for Luddites to Destroy Hydropower proposal
- Queen’s MD: Stressed Caregivers abandon Elderly at Emergency Room
- Guam Vets: "For major surgery we would much rather go to the Philippines than Hawaii"
- Hawaii Planned Parenthood Celebrates Teen Pregnancy by demanding more taxpayer dollars for Abortion Mill
- 911 tape for Fireworks blast reveals disdain
- Maui Charter panel eyes voting powers of County Council
- Hawaii's Best High School: Mililani High School
- Native Hawaiian educational programs to receive more than $41M in federal funding
- Charges against HPD officers dismissed
- National Veterans Golden Age Games are coming to Hawaii this week for the first time in 25 years
- Noreen Yamane new chancellor of Hawaii Community College
- UH Manoa: Feral Cat Count In Progress (Your tax dollars at work)
- Why is America the 'no-vacation nation'?
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Monday, May 23, 2011 |
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May 23, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:16 PM :: 12422 Views
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- Bloody Primary: Hirono vs Case vs Hanabusa for Senate?
- Aiona vs. Hannemann for CD2?
- Federal Law Enforcement Foundation: Hawaii Muslims not sanctioned to use our name
- Gulen Cult strikes out in Hawaii Legislature, School?
- Hawaii PUC Stats show Windfarms cause Blackouts
- DoTax still has no explanation for sudden discovery of $134M
- Gov. Tim Pawlenty announces Presidential Campaign
- Larry Mehau associate John Carroll to run for US Senate as Libertarian
- Study: Humans Wiped Out Land Crabs 1000 yrs ago In Hawaii (they were delicious)
- Abercrombie to Democrats: We’re running out of time to Survive
- Abercrombie signs measure for SHORTER school day (180-day law killed)
- Abercrombie teams up with Karl Rove against AARP
- State Auditor Attacks Successful Charter School
- Small Charter Schools kept on Life Support by KSBE in order to use up all the Charters
- Highlands Intermediate student in police custody following gunshot on campus
- Progressive Democrats begin to panic over Reapportionment
- UH Manoa Ethnic Studies Fraudsters: APEC meeting a chance to promote 'Value of Hawaii'
- SA to Council: Allow rail authority to do its job
- ILind: Foreclosure Law will allow Condo Fee Deadbeats free ride
- Odds Against Entrepreneurship In Hawaii
- Hawaii technology office on course for creation
- Groups call on students to challenge themselves
- Special report: youth gangs in Hawaii
- US Wind Installations Dropping Sharply
- Korean TV show a boon for tourism
- Tonga: Hawaiian Kingdom visa scheme is a scam
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Sunday, May 22, 2011 |
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May 22, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:30 PM :: 16219 Views
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- VOTING EXTENDED: SATURDAY was last day to vote for Honolulu Neighborhood Board
- Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels not running for President
- Candidates sought for Hawaii County seat on UH Board of Regents
- Reapportionment: Democrats don’t want to count Military Personnel, do want to count Felons
- Business owner and Consultant? Clayton Hee’s False Ethics Reports
- Maui News Who do you expect to be the Republican nominee in the 2012 presidential race?
- No Audit of the DoE, but State Auditing Charter Schools
- Failing Molokai School converts to Charter, now succeeds. Teachers work longer day get paid more
- Charter School in Tents Whips DoE
- Growth trends like in Ewa will guide reapportionment changes
- VIDEO: Abercrombie “We don’t deserve to hold office if we can’t deliver as Democrats”
- SA: Charities that feed homeless should stop
- Kat Brady compares compares Halawa to Auschwitz as Fat Criminals lose weight, ACLU says system is cracking
- Developers Pitch Hoopili development for Ewa
- Five years after nearly closing, Kahuku Medical Center holds open house
- Kapaia Bridge: After four years of talk and studies, Kauai County decides to do nothing
- Ulua Hunters Needed: Fishing ban in NW Hawaiian Islands is Killing Monk Seals
- UPI: Ultralights need more regulation?
- Government Steps Up Repayment Of Student Loans
- Rump Presbyterian Church votes to allow oral, anal sex for Clergy
- Handi-Van driver accused of sexually assaulting mentally handicapped woman
- “Pacific Gibraltar: U.S.-Japanese Rivalry over the Annexation of Hawaii, 1885-1898,” by William Michael Morgan
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Saturday, May 21, 2011 |
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May 21, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:38 PM :: 10106 Views
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- Maui Armed Forces Day Picnic TODAY
- Israel Day Hawaii Celebration May 29
- VIDEO: Herman Cain announces GOP Presidential Bid
- Abercrombie signs public lands bills into law
- Natural Resource Agencies Collaborate to Help Conserve Forestry Lands in Hawaii
- Hirono vs. Lingle Round 2?
- Rep. Johanson Selected for Prestigious Emerging Leaders Program
- Senator Clayton Hee files false ethics reports for years
- Sen Josh Green Leads Doctors into Medical Jail
- Plata o Plombo? Electronic Medical Records Subsidy Keeps Kona Hospital in Black
- Construction industry worries about fallout from rail lawsuit
- Abercrombie tells Nurses it is their own fault if HGEA doesn’t take care of them
- Honolulu Reapportionment Commission Named
- Hawaii Ranks #3 in Homelessness
- With APEC breathing down their necks, Honolulu Work Crews suddenly become efficient
- State Guests “Disinvited” From Pirates of the Caribbean Screening
- State Supreme Court issues rules to accompany foreclosure proceedings
- Hawaii human trafficking suspect appeals civil case loss
- FBI Adopts Waipahu School
- Hawaii County Illegal Smokers being ticketed
- High hopes for ignition interlock
- Windward bike-sharing program promotes government waste
- E-Waste Recycling program falling apart as trash piles up
- First Wind issues $200M in notes for new wind projects
- Latino Community Grew Almost 40% in Hawaii Over Last Decade
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Friday, May 20, 2011 |
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May 20, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 PM :: 14547 Views
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- VIDEO: Abercrombie squares off with Maui Nurses
- Djou responds to Hirono Campaign Announcement
- UHERO County Forecast: Uneven Recovery Continues
- SA: Abercrombie off to rough start
- Police Roust Kenoi, Chang from Drunken Party
- Hawaiian Home Lands Owes $2,500 for Treadmill
- HTA: Tourism set for near-record year
- Dead on Arrival: Obama Admin to ask for $250M for Honolulu Rail
- District Pork Hard to Track at the Ledge
- Legislators raise GE Tax $350M, proud of …uh… not raising GE Tax
- Surprise, surprise: Maui hydro proposal causing controversy
- Long-awaited Kuhio Park Terraces revamp begins
- Castle doubles down on schools (good money after bad)
- DoE employee arrested in first child enticement case involving 'live victim'
- Study: HIV on the rise with Asian and Pacific Islander Women
- Less Federal Funds: Hawaii's anti-terror funding cut despite APEC
- Geothermal: How Much will OHA make after theft of Wao Kele O Puna
- Were Kings and Queens of Hawaii Really Hawaiian?
- Hawaiian Rights vs DLNR at Supreme Court
- US judge fines contractor for human trafficking
- Regents Split on Research Center's Future, Punt Decision to UH President
- Cayetano: 14 years, 10 dogs, and Salmon
- Maui Chamber needs more donations to continue Fourth of July fireworks
- Maui selected for smart-grid demonstration
- Castle Foundation commits $10 million to public education
- Transsexual Farrington HS Student now edits website
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Thursday, May 19, 2011 |
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May 19, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:44 PM :: 15578 Views
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- Hawaii WW2 vet to Obama: “Shape up and start acting like an American”
- FRIDAY Last Day to Vote for Honolulu Neighborhood Board
- Larry Mehau Associate Mazie Hirono Announces Campaign for US Senate
- Hawaii Judges Cannot Be Impartial About Rail Project
- US Census: Hawaii home ownership only 57.7%
- DBEDT: State Forecasts Remain Optimistic
- RESULTS: Cain tops Hawaii GOP Presidential Straw Poll
- Courthouse News: Watchdogs & Ex-Hawaii Officials Aim to Shelve Mass Transit Project
- Not to Rule over Hawaii: Obama's 9th Circuit nominee Goodwin Liu heading for Defeat Thursday?
- To Rule over Hawaii: Obama nominates former Planned Parenthood Board member for 9th Circuit
- Social Security Admin releases Top 100 baby names for Hawaii
- Your Private Information Public? HHS Audit finds massive Security Gaps in Electronic Medical Records
- Victory: Senate Republicans Save Hawaii from Berkeley Liu
- Cabanilla, Wooley, English among Least Effective Lawmakers
- Neighborhood Board Voting ends Friday
- Homelessness Industry Admits 75% would go to shelters if we stop feeding them on the Streets
- Three Weeks After Rail Fact-Finding Trip, Still No Report
- State forecasts increase in jobs
- AP, ABC Weigh in on Moody’s Hawaii Downgrade
- BOE wants single, more rigorous track to earn high school diploma
- Common Cause Targets Instant Runoff Voting for a Comeback Next Year
- Kauai Resort property tax hike fails
- Kau: Modest version of Hawaiian Riviera Resort envisioned
- Council to chop W. Hawaii golf subsidy
- Oi: Bill to ban texting in crosswalks won't work, but changed attitudes would
- UH Board of Regents To Vote on Major Research Center's Closure
- "Interim" is the Title for 8 of 19 Deans at UH Manoa
- Daily KOS Claims Lingle has no future
- Bank Lobbyist Served on Hawaii Fore closure Task Force
- Big Save stores sold to Times
- Hawaii Libertarian Party Convention to meet Saturday
- Accused Murderer Walks after Two Mistrials
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
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May 18, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 10413 Views
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- Abercrombie’s Medical Homes scheme rejected by Mayo Clinic, other top clinics
- HGEA to Nurses: State not Responsive to Negotiations
- APEC Prep: Abercrombie Reveals 90-Day Homeless Plan
- Schatz still trying to find “More Federal Funds”
- Top Abercrombie Fundraiser Endorses Republican Presidential Campaign
- HCDA Hearing on Future Development of Barbers Point/Kalaeloa
- Moody’s Cuts Hawaii’s Bond Rating
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 16
- Analysis: Budgets Swell for All but Two Hawaii Depts.
- Abercrombie copies Waihee: Secrecy led to Broken Trust
- Ward: 18 Bills which were originally Republican Ideas
- Shapiro: Senate race a re-run of 2002?
- Council, Mayor Threaten to Sue Each Other Over New Rail Agency
- What if Honolulu Rail Fails?
- Moody’s Downgrades State of Hawaii’s General Obligation Bond Rating
- Could add 0.2% to interest rate on Bonds
- Hawaii Pacific Health touts Financial Incentives agreement with HMSA: Make OUR patients more healthy—by throwing the sick ones out
- Lawmakers as Bait to Lure Lobbyists
- State aims to clear out homeless for APEC
- Abercrombie: Don’t feed the Homeless
- Hawai‘i federal judges look like poster kids for rail suit
- The EA Rip-Off: Why Hawaii’s Environmental Policy is Failing
- Hippies found Squatting in Back of Washington Place
- Free Ride: Council rejects plan to end Free Bus Fares on Big Island
- APEC Targets Pacific Wide Free Trade Zone in Upcoming US Summit
- DARE Funds Cut
- New Fraud Claim Against Missing Bank of America Employee
- Stalled Once, Developer Returns With New Master Plan For Ewa, Kapolei
- Breaking: Koolauloa politics heat up, physical assault alleged
- Record number earn Native Hawaiian law certificate
- Sun Yat-Sen’s Views About Overthrow?
- BOOK REVIEW: Man who added Hawaii to the map
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
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May 17, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:29 PM :: 16243 Views
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- Moody’s Cuts Hawaii’s Bond Rating
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 16
- Study: Hawaiian Islands Feudal system in 1400 AD
- Lingle Pushes Senate Decision to Summer
- SHOCK POLL: Labor unions ranked high in influence
- VIDEO: Abercrombie Bickers with Maui Nurses
- Nurses group questions MMMC rent payments for empty structure
- HPD's 2 deputy chiefs intend to give up posts
- Honolulu inflation ranked No. 4 in nation in 2010
- SA: OIP has public duty to issue opinion
- Fact Check: Abercrombie wrong about Medicaid Enrollment Growth
- Beacon Communities' birthday emphasizes 'journey' ahead
- HMSA, Kaiser in the black so far this year
- Unity House tries to sell Lotus hotel
- Wind Farms get a pass while Enviros hammer KIUC over dead birds
- Property taxes 180% higher after Supreme Court rejects Kauai Ohana Amendment
- Crisis? Council: $200K trash haul study waste of money
- Kauai Councilman Votes Money for his own Non-profit
- FACE Rallies for illegal migrants
- Star-Advertiser makes room for Democrat Campaign Commercial
- Obama’s sister: Private schools should share resources with Public Schools
- Court rejects appeal of Kamehameha case
- VIDEO: Hawaii Law Enforcement Memorial ground breaking
- Dopers fire back at Green, Shapiro
- Akaka introduces foreclosure overhaul in Senate
- Hawaiian Crab Extinction Linked To Ancient Human Presence
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Monday, May 16, 2011 |
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May 16, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 8989 Views
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- Hawaii GOP sets March 13 for GOP Presidential Caucuses
- Hawaii Republicans Pass first-ever Resolution Against Akaka Bill
- Abercrombie: Nurses must suffer to pay for Medicaid Expansion
- Abercrombie: I am right and people are ungrateful
- CB: Abercrombie Says He Will 'Roll Over' AARP—Pension Tax coming back
- Democrat Senate Primary: Hanabusa, Hirono, Hannemann duke it out over chance to defeat Case
- If She Runs, Lingle Wants 'Strategy for Victory'
- Poll: Concern grows over rail's cost
- U.S. Supreme Court declines Kamehameha admissions case
- HR: Hawaii GOP Resolutions Oppose Rail Project, Akaka Bill and All Tax/Fee Hikes
- Calvin Say: ERS Reform is most important accomplishment
- Medicaid Cuts to affect 50% of Molokai
- Survey: 93% of Molokai Residents say no to Wind Farm
- The rise in the cost of petroleum will not stop the recovery, Hawaii experts say
- Local Psychiatrist Says Hawaii ready for APEC
- Crisis? State peddles program for renting of bicycles
- Traceability expert leaves Hawaii
- Meda Chesney-Lind chosen as commencement speaker
- Gingrich endorses Obamacare
- ABC: Trump Not Running for President
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Sunday, May 15, 2011 |
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May 15, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:00 AM :: 8038 Views
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- VIDEO: Huckabee announces he is not running for President
- Lingle: “Seriously considering” Senate Run
- Poll Heavy with Democrats but Abercrombie Approval still Drops to 50%
- Bombastic, In your face Abercrombie is Out of Control
- Pension: Reigning in Hawaii's labor costs
- Lawmakers Should Have Taken Own Pension Medicine
- SA: Address costs of elder care before coping turns to crisis
- SA: Placing needy in housing costs millions
- Does OIP have the legal authority to “punt”?
- Who is making these judgment calls in the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office?
- Telescope opponent says Hawaiian goddess will testify
- After decades of paying $1 a year, Bowfin girds for big rent increase
- Maui Lawmakers sorry film tax credit on cutting room floor
- TheBus No. 1 in rides to work
- Officers' memorial to break ground
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Saturday, May 14, 2011 |
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May 14, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:44 AM :: 13192 Views
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- Hawaii State Republican Convention to Meet this Weekend
- HMSA: Mail-order Pharmaceutical plan losing support of Hawaii Physicians
- Seeking Development Approval, Kyo-ya easy mark for Abercrombie’s Free Sand Shakedown
- Legislative Wrap-up Video: Rep Ward, Sen Slom Town Hall meeting Hawaii Kai
- If CoR cuts forecast, Abercrombie will demand Special Session
- Transit Case Assigned To Mainland Judge
- Hall Stepping Down as Hawaiian Homes Deputy after Treadmill Purchase exposed
- New OIP refuses to challenge governor on judge names list (Quid pro Quo)
- Price of Rail Environmental Study Doubled To $156 Million
- Protesters Hound Alternative Energy Projects Statewide
- HMSA, Straub, Wilcox, Pali Momi sign agreement to ration care
- Hyperbole: Abercrombie promises Gov’t Spending will Cut Kauai Unemployment in Half
- Hawaii Muslims help State Department Brainwash International Students
- Unpaid wages mount for hundreds in job city says wasn't for rail
- Bed bugs and superbug bacteria linked
- $349 Million In Lost Revenue: The Economic Cost Of Violence In Hawaii
- VIDEO: Yagong counters mayor’s budget plan
- HOPE Probation Works: Why Choosing Research and Facts Over Sensationalism and Anecdotes Make for Better Criminal Justice Policy
- First Wind unable to find location (so sad)
- Reporter gets dirt on Elected Official, but does not use it
- Hawaii's sex offenders Part 3: Protecting your children
- Wanted for Rape in Hawaii, Fugitive busted in Oregon 11 years later
- Deputy police chief's son arrested in alleged theft
- 442nd vet changed Hawaii through politics and law
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Friday, May 13, 2011 |
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May 13, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:47 PM :: 10460 Views
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- Obamacare: HMSA announces statewide scheme to cut costs
- Honolulu Cellphone Ban: You can Walk the walk, but don’t talk the talk
- Hui files federal lawsuit to stop rail plans
- Council member wants 'Plan B' to raise taxes, raid Bus funds in case rail funding is short
- Rail transit rolls forward with stops for questions
- Abercrombie: Put Multi-Member Districts on ballot for 2012
- Shapiro: Senatorial Pique forces Special Session
- Say, Oshiro Best in Hawaii House at Passing Own Bills
- Impact of New Retirement Rules: Smaller Pensions
- PBN: ‘Frustrated’ Abercrombie is good CEO because he uses Twitter, and gave an excuse for not releasing Judicial nominees
- Civil Beat Shares Hawaii Legislative Agency Salaries
- Efficiency? Cost Cutting? Hawaii's largest health insurer will raise its premiums by 3.7% in July
- Crisis? $4.5M for new Judiciary Building
- Fear of being politically incorrect strangles UH Athletics
- Aulani to hire 800 "cast members" to fill "roles"
- Update: Nordstrom will pursue theft charges against HPD deputy chief's son
- HNN: Sex Predators Among Us
- Why Trial Lawyers Love Enviros, OHA—and fear Mainland
- Psychos, race baiters duke it out on Hawaii County Council
- Luddites, Anti-Superferry protesters prepare to defeat Hydro Power on Kauai
- A Grandmother Speaks Against Wind Farm
- Political Correctness Tours to begin in Honolulu
- Last bale of Hawaiian Waste trash disposed of
- Honolulu Mulls Phone Ban for Pedestrians
- Hawaii's newest public school fills fast
- Regulators lift consent order against Central Pacific
- Omidyar won’t say how long he will pay for Civil Beat
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Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
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May 12, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:08 PM :: 9409 Views
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- Plaintiffs Seek Injunction to block Honolulu Rail Construction, Contracting
- Brookings: Honolulu The Bus is #1 Transit System in Nation
- Honolulu’s Frieda Takaki to head US Employee Stock Ownership Foundation
- Porn Pastor to appear at former Wahiawa XXX Store
- VIDEO: Newt Gingrich announces Presidential Campaign
- Psychiatrists Boycott Honolulu Meeting Over Desmond Tutu Invitation
- Council puts rein on rail spending
- General Fund Deposits down 2.3% or up 2.9%, depending…
- Hawaii’s agencies outspend private business on Washington lobbying
- Convention Center May Not Host President, Other Leaders During APEC
- Honolulu mayor: possible prostitution spike for APEC
- APEC Practice Run: 10,000 Psychiatrists
- Nanny City: Bill would outlaw holding iPads and cellphones while crossing city streets
- Hawaii foreclosure decline is mainly due to major lenders holding back on new filings, experts say
- Trust in supervisors cited in Police overtime scam
- Council ends discount on tipping fees for recycling
- Money for Candidates: 9-11 trooothers thank Hawaii Co Council
- Lawmaker Carroll fined for late filing of reports
- Pflueger asks appeals court to dismiss manslaughter charges
- Abercrombie demands Turtle Bay owners give ag land to Trust for Public Land
- Kailua Fireworks Group Seeks Support from Businesses, Residents, for 4th of July Show
- Hyphen APA Heritage Month Profiles: Cindy Adams, Executive Director of the Hawaii Meth Project
- Coal, Eucalyptus chip in to generate power
- Oi: No “screaming invective” for traditional marriage
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 |
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May 11, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 PM :: 14272 Views
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- Berg: Allow Mobile Home Parks to provide Affordable Housing?
- Hawaii Nursing Home Care costs 58% more than National Average
- VIDEO: Rep Gene Ward’s Sine Die Speech
- SA on Hawaii ERS Debt? Nothing to see here, just move along
- Harimoto on Rail: “There Will be Problems”
- Hawaii to limit Medicaid eligibility, reduce benefits to save $75M
- DoE Loses only $16M in budget
- AG Louie, ACLU team up to allow Delivery of Medicated Marijuana
- Their incompetence could give lawmakers a pay raise
- Abercrombie upset after Star-Advertiser identifies him as failure
- Federal Judge Calls Legislature’s Inaction “A Terrible Thing”
- Legislature Fails to fund settlement for DoE rape Victim
- CB: Hawaii Republicans Strike Out at Legislature
- Not dissuaded by rejection of Pension Tax - Abercrombie
- After dropping Vaccination Funding, Schatz tries to talk insurers into paying for it
- Isles' long-term care costs high, survey shows
- Carlisle Admin repeats Hannemann and Harris Admin calls to divest Affordable Housing
- Berg: Put Zoo in Diamond Head Crater
- Crisis? Counties pour money into Swampland, Open Space, Vacant positions, Reserve Fund, Swinging bridge
- Kauai County auditor hampered by external delays, influences
- Kam Schools is top Spender on Lobbying
- Schatz prepares for APEC: 200,000 Japanese Hula Dancers showcase Hawaii’s legitimacy
- Former Ag Bennett Defends State’s Manslaughter Case Against Jimmy Pflueger
- Honolulu is Only City in America with Increasing Home Prices
- Kakaako: Open Space preferred to Presidential Library
- Cabanilla pushes Democrat Takeover of Public Housing Agency
- Facebook Post blows Liquor Inspectors’ Cover
- Dispute Over Hawaii Kai Marina Association’s Financial Management May Go to Court
- Coming to Hawaii Soon? Fishermen Attempt Suicide after “Catch-Share” Regulations Destroy Industry
- Alarming combo: Bedbugs with 'superbug' germ found
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
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May 10, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:03 PM :: 11867 Views
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- Coverup: DoE changes tests, surveys to create illusion of progress
- UPDATE: Hawaii Right to Life PAC endorses more Honolulu Neighborhood Board Candidates
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 9
- Borreca: Abercrombie will face a day of reckoning
- The Table of Shame - can we afford everything we wish for?
- Nails in the Coffin: Legislature approves 252 bills this year
- As Redistricting Looms: Abercrombie touts Return to Multi-Member Districts
- Hawaii Ethics Commission Hasn't Issued Advisory Opinion Since 2006
- ACT 221 Scammers on Big Wind: Governor must Seize Molokai Ranch and Give it to us!
- Higher Electricity Sales mask Effects of Decoupling
- Crisis? Kauai County Begins Hiring
- Recycling subsidy in danger
- Murkowski welcomes U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka back to work after rib injury
- APEC Preparations: Weak start for state’s homeless initiative
- APEC Preparations: Prostitution expected to surge for APEC
- APEC Preparations: Free plane ticket to Texas for homeless woman in Waikiki
- Point Panic Homeless Camp proposed as Site for Obama Library
- Expensive Private School Brainwashes Manoa Children
- Pot-Heads, State of Hawaii team up to soak landowner for $15,000 a day
- Hordes of Wildly Posturing Activists block Appointment of Kauai Archaeologist
- Sellers’ Remorse: Maori get head back
- Hitler Poster Child Changes Life, Finds Hawaii Home
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Monday, May 9, 2011 |
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May 9, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:28 PM :: 7802 Views
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- Medical Homes: Will Medicaid patients suffer to save HGEA, UPW?
- Opening Pandora's Box Of Hidden Tax Increases
- DHHL outlines plan to reduce number of leases, keep beneficiaries waiting
- Special Session? Rep Belatti outlines Legislative Payraise Scenarios
- SA: Students do better when they spend less time around the DoE
- SA: Authorize and Sell Rail Bonds Now
- JAL: Golden Week visitors to Hawaii down 41.7%
- Aloha Cargo, part of Young Bros Monopoly, reaps benefits of Superferry’s demise
- NYT: Hawaii Captive Insurance Laws help create “Shadow Insurance Industry”
- Hawaii Tax Credits behind Obama Admin scheme to Tax Drivers by Miles Driven
- Hawaii Foreclosure Law could weaken Mortgage Securities Market
- OHA’s Robert Klein helping Gold Coast Residents make State pay for their Seawall
- Session Wrap: Agriculture, Aina Fail to inspire Taxes and Subsidies
- Petition to Require an EA for EA Exemption Lists
- UH Tree Ring Study: Global Warming started in 1700s
- Crazy Scene: 10,000 psychiatrists gathering for annual meeting in Honolulu
- Samoa to jump forward in time by one day
- FP: Inouye threatens Cut-off of Palestinian Aid Money if Hamas Joins Gov’t
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Sunday, May 8, 2011 |
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May 8, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:27 PM :: 13035 Views
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- Honolulu GOP Releases List of Republican Neighborhood Board candidates
- UHERO: Hawaii’s Government Pork feeding frenzy coming to an end
- Abercrombie to Democrats: We are to blame for all of Hawaii’s Problems
- Huge Success: Duke Aiona’s Drug Courts 1/3 of National Recidivism Rate
- Nonaka: New Taxes cost $2400 for family of four
- Abercrombie Declares War on AARP, promises to bring back Pension tax
- Abercrombie may call Special Session to balance Budget on Backs of Seniors, Employees
- Pension tax idea galvanized potent voting bloc
- HB865: Abercrombie doubles Freight Tax to hire more HGEA
- Maui Budget: Spending, Taxes Both Hiked
- Oily Characters: Robin Danner studies North Dakota Indian Reservation to learn how to set up government
- New Hawaii law signed last week makes it harder for lenders to confiscate people's homes
- Abercrombie-Schatz Initiative to help homeless fails to get even one person off streets
- Environmentalists rally against proposed beach hotel tower
- Invasive Species Control Threatens Endangered Native Birds
- Kauai County’s energy savings flicker
- Taiwan sponsoring exhibit on Hawaii-educated Sun Yat-sen at Honolulu's city hall
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Saturday, May 7, 2011 |
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May 7, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:18 PM :: 13492 Views
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- Feds may prosecute State employees who carry out Medical Marijuana Program
- Abercrombie Imposes Obamacare: Medical Homes are future of Health Care Delivery
- Inouye Introduces Bills to Imprison Fishermen, seize boats
- SB120: Legislators authorize raid of more than $17 million in special funds
- Abercrombie: “Political Status quo strongly in place--We did not get all we wanted”
- Abercrombie signs Foreclosure bill, Vetoes two others
- HGEA Hiring Re-started: Bigger state budget restores some jobs
- Obamacare: Governor announces ‘medical home’ concept
- State to cut funding for Ohana, Evercare
- How Legislators will get their pay raise after voting against it
- Ever optimistic, lawmakers hope for veto of pay-cut bill
- More public schools drop out of summer sessions
- Session Wrap: Hawaii Gets New Appointed Education Board, Not Much Else
- Session Wrap: Energy Bills Pass, But Little Spark
- Undersea cable bill sunk by lawmakers
- Legislature votes to force Ratepayers to bail out biofuel project
- Rolling in Dough: Kauai FY12 supplemental budget $21 million higher
- Yagong displeased with mayor's plan to delay retiree insurance premiums
- Hawaii Legislature passes bills to help Hilo lessees
- Hawaii to receive more than $47 million in Title I education money
- Install Waikiki street cams
- Just in time for APEC, Environmentalists continue to allow Spread of Bedbugs throughout Hawaii
- Four Castle students arrested on suspicion of burglaries
- Clayton Hee kills effort to fix flawed DUI law
- Kakaako homeless man is the King of Clean
- HMA teams up with mainland company
- Among The Truthers
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Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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May 6, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:14 PM :: 13578 Views
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- Panos to Council: Floating Rail Bonds before federal funds are secured is dereliction of duty
- Video: Kahuku Wind turbines don’t even turn on windy day
- SA: Dick Rowland: The Grassroot Institute founder promotes the cause of liberty
- High Turnout in Neighborhood Board Elections
- How Abercrombie suckered Senate into Creating GE Tax Bogeyman
- Will Force Special Session to raise taxes more: Abercrombie expected to veto Flawed Legislative Pay Cut Extension
- CoR, Unfinished Business Could Bring legislature Back For More
- Hawaii kills undersea power cable bill (For now)
- Solar power firms fight for subsidies
- Hawaii Lawmakers Agree to Pension Reform for New Hires
- Freight Tax Doubled: Hawaii Consumers forced to pay for HGEA Jobs
- Kenoi's budget cuts 2%
- Geniuses: Kauai Co figures out that it doesn’t make sense to sell bonds and not use the money
- Treadmill Mystery At Hawaiian Home Lands
- Palafox gives up UH medical school post
- Police officer found not guilty in false-overtime case
- Law Stops Non-Judicial Foreclosures For 12 Months
- Sen Akaka recovering after breaking 2 ribs while preparing to denounce Special Forces
- CB Poll: Only Obamabots think Obama gets credit for Killing Bin-Laden
- Is Councilmember a Radio-Controlled Robot?
- Homeless Tent City in Waianae: They don’t do anything, leave loads of trash behind
- Dopers: Obama Reneges On States Rights on Medical Marijuana
- Visitor industry gives back to Maui County troops
- Gambling With Hawaii: The fight over legalizing gambling
- Hawaii hotel occupancy slips; room rates rise
- New Deal for Hong Kong and US trade
- 7-Eleven plans to add 46 stores in Hawaii
- Oahu H-POWER plant expansion reaches halfway point
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Thursday, May 5, 2011 |
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May 5, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:50 PM :: 15028 Views
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- Hawaii Christian Coalition to Pray over Capitol May 5
- Study: Hawaii has most expensive rentals in Nation
- VIDEO: House Republicans speak up on Taxes, Budget
- Marumoto: State becoming addicted to Marijuana Money
- Berg on Transit Authority: Mayor, Council Leadership put Cronyism ahead of qualifications
- Cam Cavasso: Family and the Future
- Hawaii Right to Life PAC endorses Neighborhood Board Candidates
- Slom: Business freeze hiring in response to Legislature, Non-Profits may close doors
- Hawaii citizens missed some lawmakers’ bullets; bit others
- Marumoto: Retirees have won the Day, Pension Tax is Dead
- Political Correctness: SEALS who got Bin Laden also captured Jihadi murderer of Big Isle man—and were prosecuted for it
- Inouye, Akaka votes: A ticket to USA for Guantanamo detainee who attempted attack on Honolulu
- UH Medical School to lose Tobacco Settlement Funding
- Akaka, Inouye to hold hearing to complain about ‘racist’ language used by Special Forces killing Osama
- Hawaii Legislature poised to approve broad changes in public worker retirement benefits
- Slom Questions If State Legislative Budget is Balanced
- Its Party Time! Jobs Available Soon At Some State Agencies
- Abercrombie, BoE, Obama’s Sister put on Education Reform Dog n Pony Show
- Hawaii lawmakers to vote on massive pay hike
- Race Hustlers Recognize State Akaka Tribe is Illegal
- Conklin: Best for Process to fizzle once again
- Bond sales for rail work get preliminary approval
- Honolulu Council Learns Rail Contractor Gave A Gift — Two Months Later
- Abercrombie sends out Lawyer to Argue for Judicial Secrecy
- UH Manoa Perfesser gets no jail time for Rape of Child
- Hawaii Conspirator in Thai Laborer Trafficking Case Admits Guilt
- Hawaii lawmakers kill proposal to end Medicare Part B reimbursement benefit to public retirees
- Hawaii Hotel Room Revenue up 19%
- REAL ID: Hawaii Not In Compliance, Residents may be blocked from flying without Passports in January, 2013
- Schatz: Feds Will Provide APEC Funds
- Legislators seize Tobacco Funds, cut $4 million from medical school fund
- After 30 Years of Failure, Legislature votes to re-fund Aloha Tower Development Corp.
- Proposal would require developers to provide warning sirens
- Kauai Bus Shelters $50K Each
- Hawaii Co Ending Free Bus Fares
- $40 Million Revenue Bond Bill Benefits Energy Venture
- Pork Project: Inouye delivers $5.5M for Green Energy and Pig Slop
- Guam Mayors Concerned About Possibility That Marine Buildup Won't Happen
- Oahu elementary school accredited as International Baccalaureate World School
- Maryland suspends Hawaii autism doctor's license
- HPD Officer Had 2x Legal Alcohol Limit
- Trial opens for HPD officer accused in overtime pay scandal
- Kau: Convicted Killer Occupies Million Dollar Shoreline Parcel
- Michigan Republicans Threaten to cut off Michigan Welfare Card use in Hawaii
- Gambling with Paradise: Illegal activities in Hawaii
- 'Million-dollar sharks' a boon to eco-tourism, says study
- Legislature praised for work on Dogs, Peacocks
- Donald Trump's lawsuits could turn off conservatives who embrace tort reform
- SA: Championship series needs reform
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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May 4, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:18 PM :: 16589 Views
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- Double-Digit Spending Increase and Taxes to Match: Senate Passes Budget 24-1
- STATEMENT FROM ABERCROMBIE ON PASSAGE OF LEGISLATIVE BUDGET
- Sewer Line Back Up Closes Capitol Toilets
- Big Victory for Abercrombie’s HSTA/DoE/BoE: Legislature stalls 180 day law
- First Item on New BoE Agenda: Take Care of Matayoshi
- Online shopping tax bills die in Hawaii
- ILind Looks at 14 Bills Passed by Legislature
- State's Flu-Shot Program Threatened
- Stanley Chang caught lying about Support for Gas Tax Increase
- Debt Service on Rail Bonds $380M/year
- Hawaii House-Senate committee backs health care reform conformity bill
- FACT CHECK — HGEA: Public Nurse Pay 'Woefully' Behind Private Sector?
- Hawaii Loses Substitute Teacher Class Action Suit, Could Owe $70 Million
- Price of Tavares: Battle over permits doubles cost of center for Molokai veterans
- KIUC Pursues Real Renewable Electricity, so Enviros Mount Opposition
- Luddites push Kauai Co to Harass Seed Industry
- Homeless Bills Miss Deadline
- Attorney General Louie confirmed by Hawaii Senate, completing Gov. Abercrombie's Cabinet
- Inmate sues state and prison guards fired for beating him
- Shapiro: Green on right track to make medicinal pot rules more rigid
- Trailer Parks for Homeless on Ag land?
- Kahuku Village managers Ousted
- Developers may be shut out of cash for affordable housing
- Mid Pacific Institute Enviros brainwash Preschoolers
- HPD Releases Cost for President’s Hawaii Security Detail
- Book Reviews of Biography of Obama’s Mother
- CBS chief calls 'Hawaii Five-0' next billion-dollar franchise
- Hawaii attorney general may join BCS lawsuit
- The Oracle Nation Of Islam Answers The Call To Hawaii
- “Khalid Shaikh Mohammed basically gave up nothing until after he had been waterboarded”
- Tight security at Obama granny's Kenya home
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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May 3, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:11 PM :: 15167 Views
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- SB1274: Obamacare being used to Weaken Right to Appeal Insurance Coverage Denials
- Abercrombie signature gives special rights to Men who wear Dresses
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission looking into Depleted Uranium paperwork violations
- Maritime Industry Leader: Throw out Jones Act requirement for US Built ships
- Poverty Pimps Thrilled about State Akaka Bill
- After they raise our taxes, legislators will be seeking cover
- Pay raises for legislators not dead yet
- Abercrombie, Obama’s Sister and Omidyar cronies to discuss how to protect HSTA/DOE/BoE from angry parents
- Abercrombie Donor Kelly Hu Hosts Poker Tourney
- Pork Project: Hawaii Legislature Finds Money to Help Oahu Slaughterhouse
- Money for Inter-Island Cable, Credits For Clinton Crony Studio Dead?
- Governor Lobbies Lawmakers to pay for dark cable to Lanai, Molokai Big Wind projects
- Wind farm, ACT 221 scammers, push back against Geothermal expansion
- PUC denies First Wind's request for 'Big Wind' extension
- Michigan Welfare Money being Spent in Hawaii
- Do you know how long I’ve been in Government? Honolulu Councilmembers shout at testifiers
- WHT: Kenoi Campaign Manager cancels no-bid Police Services Contract after media Inquiries
- Kyo-ya Hotel: Three of Five Zoning Board Members have Conflicts of Interest
- Hawaii Trial Judges Worst Paid in U.S.
- Crisis? 16.9% More Spending for Kauai Human Resources Dep’t
- Crisis? $30M Projects for Kona
- Hawaii homeowners threatened by foreclosure would have options to stay in homes
- Hawaii Muslims painted as Victims by Islam Day Proponent
- Six decades after death, Maui man receives Medal of Honor
- State Court Employees Contribute $19,489 to Japan Relief Fund
- Hawaii Seeks to Prohibit Sale of Intact Pets
- With Enactment of Hawaii Employment Non-Discrimination Law, One-Quarter of U.S. States Ban Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity
- Program nurses a need
- Work resumes at Oahu's oldest church for construction of a multi-purpose center
- Obama’s friend pleads no contest in prostitution case
- Rasmussen: No Osama Bounce for Obama
- Donald The Mole
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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May 2, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:06 PM :: 19941 Views
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- Special Forces exterminate Osama Bin-Laden: Hideout was mansion next to Pakistani Military Academy
- Legislature to vote on $350M Increase in GE Tax
- Whirlwind legislative session draws to a close May 5
- Abercrombie signs Eight More Bills into Law
- Local Reaction To Osama’s Death: Relief, Worry
- Threat Level Raised At All Hawaii Army Installations
- How Much Hawaii Legislature’s Tax Hikes Will Cost You ($600M)
- Hawaii Legislature Increases Taxes, Spending, but Some Controversial Tax Measures Die
- Pay Raises for Hawaii Lawmakers Still on Table
- Law Lets Session Draw to a Close With Few Legislators Filing Disclosures
- Legislative Session Schedule for This Week
- Mortgage Foreclosure Bill Makes Cut
- Obama's close friend to appear in Honolulu court on Prostitution Rap
- Bill to protect victims of abuse nears OK
- Hawaii has nation’s Highest Teen Suicide Rate
- BoE Chair Horner continues to abuse Audit word
- APEC conferees will see greener Nimitz Highway
- NYT: Standing Up for Guest Workers
- Project could help Nanakuli
- Honolulu Should Not Give Corporate Welfare Through Favoritism in Recycling Contracts
- Councilmember Tulsi Gabbard to drop use of Tamayo
- Four Seasons Resort reopens, recovered from tsunami damage
- Kauai Co Auditor surprised by county’s skyrocketing electric bill in 2010
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Sunday, May 1, 2011 |
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May 1, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:47 PM :: 6992 Views
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- Hawaii spending to increase despite down economy
- Contractors Fear GE Tax Hikes Will Hurt Business
- House, Senate Reach Deals on Tax Increases
- County looks ‘OK’ despite cap on TAT: If tourism picks up, any excess will go into state’s general fund
- Bailey: Why are we struggling so hard with the concept of the importance of instructional time in Hawaii?
- DoE: 66% of class of 2014 won’t be taking Algebra II
- UH pays teachers more than nearly 40% of other PH&D universities
- Casino: Midnight at The Sausage Factory
- SA: Panel must assure openness to Democrat groups in redrawing voter districts
- Obama not immune from state's twisted bureaucracy
- Failed Solar Water Heaters to be replaced by On-Demand Hot Water heaters at Mayor Wright…
- …meanwhile Hawaii Energy to hand out more Solar Water Heater rebates with federal funds
- It Begins: Snapshots of 1930s Japan add “context” at new Arizona Memorial Visitor Center
- Parks Statewide Get Sprucing From Thousands Of Volunteers
- Medical? Behind backs of Doctors, Doper slips cannabis oil into feeding tubes of cancer stricken child
- State Health Officials Declare Latest Dengue Outbreak Over
- Land titles expert wrote 'Mahele' book
- Hawaii UPW was trailblazer in Communists’ quest for Government Unions
- Republican Lawmakers push back against Democrats’ Birther scam
- Food shortages and a frigid winter intensify pressures in North Korea
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Saturday, April 30, 2011 |
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April 30, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:04 PM :: 18303 Views
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- Friends of Lanai Calls for Big Wind Bidding Process to be Reopened
- 'Birther' Myth First Spread by Hillary Clinton Supporters in 2008
- Capped Out: Conference Committee Seizes Some TAT Revenue from Counties
- GE TAX Raised: Will reverberate throughout the economy as higher prices for consumers
- Bill Would Raise Hawaii's Production Tax Credits by 20%
- Proposal to start a casino in Hawaii dies
- Foreclosure aid bills advances
- Reefer Madness: Medical marijuana bill dies at the Legislature
- Native Hawaiian Recognition Bill Moves Forward in 2011 Legislature
- Homeless Hotline Tally So Far: 100 Calls, Emails
- Supreme Court Picks Reapportionment Chair
- Kailua High teacher charged with throwing hammer at student
- Hauula Charter School plans under way
- Hawaii residents victimized in ponzi scheme
- Horizon Lines reports loss, cites Hawaii slowdown
- Is Obama trying to anoint Trump?
- Golden Week volunteers help earthquake victims in Japan
- Celebration to mark Day of Prayer
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Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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April 29, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:37 AM :: 11064 Views
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- Crisis? Arrivals up 9.1% spending up 16.9%
- Conspicuous Gallantry: Medal of Honor for Kaho’ohanohano, Svehla
- British Hawaii: U.K. flavor in the former 'Sandwich Isles'
- Immigration Files: UH Manoa Counseled Obama Sr. “about his Playboy Ways”
- Taxpayer Giveaway to Billionaire Clinton Cronies among Key Measures Being Voted Today
- Legislators cross swords with voting seniors at own peril
- House Wants Pension Tax, Senate Doesn’t
- Arrivals up 11.8% despite calamity
- Hawaii lawmakers reach deal on state budget, Required $500M in New Taxes
- Legalized Gambling Proposal Gains New Life at Hawaii Legislature
- HSTA/DoE Wins Big! Longer school day requirement in Hawaii delayed
- Big Win for Obama, Enviros: Maui town faces $6 gas amid record price surge
- Tax Set at Ten Cents, But Passage Not Yet In The Bag
- Crisis? Kauai County declares fiscal position sound
- City Lawyers Told Council Members What Not To Ask On Rail Fact-Finding Trip
- Redistricting panel's rules inhibit public's participation, groups say
- Legislators extend shield law protecting journalists' sources
- Hope Probation Strains Hawaii Criminal Justice System
- Lawmakers Finally Agree On Anti-Prostitution Bill
- Working together, we can break cycle of meth addiction
- Tsunami all clear put boaters at risk
- Arnold’s contract ordeal points to problems at UH
- Hanabusa Hosts Art Competition from which she is Excluded
- Relic of 'Blessed' nun to return to Hawaii
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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April 28, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:20 AM :: 13514 Views
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- Hawaii Rated Worst State to Earn a Living
- Hawaii Anti-Trust Adventures: Investigating Big Five Control of Matson
- VIDEO: House GOP Caucus Hosts Balanced Budget Summit
- Abercrombie signs Six More Bills into law
- House saves the day after Senate votes 24-1 to dishonor Polynesian Discoverers of Hawaiian Isles
- Profitable Rhetoric: Mililani Trask signs Geothermal Deal
- Senate Run? Hanabusa’s got her hand out again
- Start over on Big Wind Bidding, group tells state
- Legislators May Finish Spending this Morning, Taxing Next
- Will Hawaii Legislators Take 5% Pay Hike???
- Bag Tax: Enviros Fight Amongst Themselves over how much to steal from Consumers
- Golden Week Travel Falls 5% to 30% after Quake
- Caldwell/FACE: Mortgage legislation should address only 'bad actor' lenders
- Court dismisses challenge of Hawaiian Homes exemption
- Suspect Killed by Police had long record: Would be alive today if he were in prison where he belonged
- Helping the homeless is byproduct of preparing for APEC
- Insurers, Contractors still arguing over who will pay Trial Lawyers
- Hawaii Kai residents upset over proposed sewer rate hikes
- St Francis Medical center confronts Chapter 11 Again
- Bill would add teeth to domestic violence law
- Peter Boy is still missing, and his case remains inactive
- Dopers in Frenzy over Elimination of “Medical” marijuana for those who just want to feel medicated
- State driver’s licenses, ID cards do not conform to federal rules
- Big Foot: Hawaii County carbon footprint report released
- Hawaii Endangered Bird Conservation Program Recognized For Propagation Achievements
- Kill The Frogs?
- 3 Hawaii employers among semifinalists for award recognizing support for Guard, reserve troops
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
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April 27, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:23 PM :: 11893 Views
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- Abercrombie: HGEA Settles “without accusations and confrontation”
- HB1405: Lawmakers attempt an end run around the public in order to pass State Akaka bill
- Birthers vs. Truthers: The Double Standard on Conspiracy Theories
- White House Releases Obama’s Long-Form Birth Certificate
- Ignored Locally: Hawaii Investigative Reporter Gets National Recognition
- BoE says “Audit”, but No FINANCIAL Audits are planned
- Now that a Democrat is Governor, it is Time for Legislature to undo its “mistake” on UH regents
- Conference Committee Still Considering More Spending
- Abercrombie to Legislature; Just Ignore my AG on Medicare Pt B
- $150M Medicaid cuts risk care, opponents say
- Hawaii Legislative Conference Committee Working Hard on Instant Runoff Voting Bill
- HB688: Transsexual Agenda For Hawaii Schools
- Trial Lawyers seek Profit from Mass Release of Criminals
- Hawaii Human Trafficking Bill One Step From Governor's Desk
- Japanese Tourists 'Will Be Back Soon' to Hawaii
- Another Australian Airline to Fly Hawaii Routes
- No Hawaii Lawmakers Disclose Dependents With Stocks, Mutual Funds
- Josh Green finally figures out Medical Marijuana is a Scam, Pushes for Big Island Dope Dispensary
- HGEA vote fell well short of a mandate
- Nurses Head for Arbitration?
- HGEA Nurses underpaid compared to Private Hospitals
- SA: Don’t give more to nurses
- Bag Tax: Legislators plan to screw Retailers after luring them in with Revenue Sharing
- Coffman Screws Residential Solar Installers, Homeowners
- Hawaii to Drain Hurricane Fund to Cover Shortfall
- Obama Friend Titcomb Pleads Guilty In Traffic Court Case
- He’s No ‘Birther’ but Hawaii Senator Tackles Issues Surrounding Obama’s Birth Certificate
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
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April 26, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:51 PM :: 17938 Views
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- Back to bargaining Table: HGEA Nurses Reject Contract, other 6 Units Ratify
- Djou: Oahu has nation’s Highest Gas Taxes, City may raise higher
- Honolulu Pacific Office Properties could be De-listed by Stock Exchange
- HCR135: Special Interests hijack ALOHA Resolution
- Abercrombie signs Eight More Bills into Law
- Abercrombie announces Homeless Hotlines
- Birthers vs. Truthers: The Double Standard on Conspiracy Theories
- Panos for Mayor Again? Decision waits until after APEC in November
- Shapiro: Sam Slom moves to the fringe
- HSTA/DOE Join to Push Back against 180-day Law: Legislators want to fudge it
- Legislature resists governor's 'transformation of politics'
- Conference Committees To Focus on Tax Hikes Today
- Lawmakers still assuming fantasy returns on Pension Investments
- SA: Don't borrow to build rental-car facility (Capital converted to operating!)
- 7000 Join AARP tele-Town Hall, Protest Pension Tax
- Department of Taxation suddenly decides cutting GE Tax exemptions will produce $41M less
- Amazon will dump Hawaii Affiliates if Legislature imposes GE Tax for online purchases
- The Price Is Wrong: Legislative Disclosures Undervalue Real Estate by $100,000s
- Hawaii County Property Valuations better than anticipated
- Kokobun’s Pork Project: State purchase of slaughterhouse key to food security
- Morita, Coffman team up with HELCO to deny Homeowners Solar Funding
- Slavery: Another supervisor pleads guilty, Cooperating with Feds?
- Kalapa: Nudging Government Toward Reform
- City & County of Honolulu Details Rail Bond Financing
- Schatz: Homeless 90-day Plan all about APEC
- Failed former Senator Ron Menor still out there pushing Gas Cap
- Another Honolulu Police officer to be arraigned on another drunken-driving charge
- Former TSA screener admits to stealing
- Act221 Scammers look to China
- Stockbroker Kimura Pleads Guilty
- Hawaii Government Employees Association Negotiations Not Authentic
- Abercrombie Rejected 2x: Selection Process for University of Hawaii Regents is Suddenly ‘Broken’
- Caesars CEO: Poker indictments present opportunity
- Judge halts foreclosure; others vulnerable?
- Stalinist Media Council still trying to seize HNN Broadcast License
- Plans for wave energy on Oregon Coast progressing
- Carter and other ex-leaders in North Korea on 3-day visit
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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April 25, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:09 PM :: 14196 Views
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- Hawaii, Other States, Form Caucus to Oppose TSA Intrusions
- Will legislators share in the pay sacrifices?
- Taxes On Plastic Bags, Rental Cars, State Pensions, Alcohol Considered
- A User's Guide to Hawaii Conference Committees
- Hawaii Disclosure Law For Government Officials Not Transparent
- Honolulu Department's OT Jumps 49 Percent, Director Won't Talk About It
- Real ID: Unfunded federal mandate to increase county costs
- Will Animal Liberation Nuts Torpedo Hawaii’s Collectivized Pork Slaughterhouse?
- Do Native Hawaiians Have The Right To Break Rules?
- Schools use Financial Aid to replace Family with Government
- Do it for the children: Hawaii's Sex Abuse Treatment Center is truly a lifeline for child victims
- Abercrombie plans new initiative to finance Homelessness Industry
- On-bill Financing Would Make Clean Energy Accessible to Everyone
- Queen Lil Trust pays $100 Tax on $9.9M property
- Indicted Scammer makes one last sales pitch … in Hawaii
- Sun Country Airlines is Making Profit – Looking at Hawaii
- 'Spice' traps troops
- Forty-Four Years Later: Worthless dope smoking Bums not welcome at Haight-Ashbury
- Why The "Birther" Conspiracy Is Great For Obama
- Human Events: Birthers are Best thing Obama Has going for Him
- Hawaii senator questions Obama's true birth father
- Blessed Marianne Cope Returns to Molokai
- Christians save Students from latest DoE Mess, 75% to graduate
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Sunday, April 24, 2011 |
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April 24, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:27 PM :: 14866 Views
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- Battery-Back Up system catches Fire at new Kahuku Windfarm—Haz Mat team called in
- First meeting promises new direction for BOE (promises, promises)
- Unlike Dods, Horner gives to Dems and GOP
- Some Worry Dead Excise Tax May Come Back
- Deadline looms for lawmakers struggling to balance budget
- State's spurious financial crisis has prompted legislators to look at funds previously off limits
- Calif-Hilo flights projected to bring in $50M, begin June 9
- New tuition hikes loom: State’s deficit delays decision on a price increase for UH (Tax Hike Propaganda pt1)
- Funding for dams and reservoirs should be restored
- SA: Oahu's rail panel needs technical expert aboard
- Utility lines to be moved for Honolulu rail
- Federal contracts come to women and minorities
- Your Tax Dollars At Work: Groups Sue over use of “Wailuku Main Street” Name
- Big Isle redistricting to begin
- Obamanomics: Teen Unemployment hits 27%
- Fish farms struggle as DC-based Luddites try to stop them
- As Gays lose interest, Oahu Co Democrats demand State promote Gay Sex Tourism
- POLITICO: More than half of Democrats are 9-11 Trooothers
- Reality: Donald Trump Is President Obama’s New Best Friend
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Sunday, April 24, 2011 |
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April, 2011 Letters to the Editor
By Letters to the Editor @ 1:48 AM :: 11893 Views
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- Sentencing reform creates liability issue
- No Development Moratorium in Kau
- Romy Cachola threatens Barbers Point Park Deal
- Habitat for Humanity accepting applications for Homes
- Honolulu Rail isn't that much different than Wisconsin
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Saturday, April 23, 2011 |
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April 23, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 15117 Views
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- About the Birth Certificate
- Newsflash: DAGS releases comprehensive fiscal report for 2009
- SA: Feds need to ensure integrity of Hawaii's health care law
- HHSC Nurses rejecting HGEA Contract
- Hawaii lawmakers to decide on taxes and spending to balance projected $1.3B deficit
- Maui Chamber of Commerce: We’re TEA (taxed enough already); cut government instead
- High Gas Prices: Just one more excuse to raise taxes
- Measure seeks instant runoffs
- Real Clean Energy: KIUC Pushes Hydro Power
- Nonprofit Directors ask for maintained funding, restoration of grants
- Moana Surfrider: Two Honolulu Zoning Board Members have hidden Conflicts of Interest
- Nanakuli industrial park dead
- Police officer arrested after Kona Street crash
- Herb Kane’s Wisconsin Roots
- Gay-Atheists hijack “Aloha Spirit” Resolution
- Chemophobia: Increasing levels of mercury found in rare Pacific albatross
- Birtherism: Where it all began
- Perfesser: Obama provides glimpse of future U.S. leaders
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Friday, April 22, 2011 |
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April 22, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 12463 Views
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- Killing the 180 Day School Year: HSTA caught in a lie
- GOP: Legislature putting Prepaid Health Care Act at risk
- Berg: Cut the Golf Subsidy, no new taxes
- TEA Party: Support Sen Slom’s No New Taxes Budget
- Applicants Sought for Chair of Hawaii Reapportionment Commission
- Former California Mayor Jumps Into Hawaii Election Legislation Controversy
- Don Horner: “Just like Walter Dods”
- Shapiro: Legislature should democratize itself before meddling in city elections
- Hanabusa Still hasn’t moved into District, wants District to move to Her
- Solomon, Galuteria push State Akaka Bill in Conference Committee
- Borreca: A balanced budget is nice but it's not really required
- Fontaine: Conference Committee could slip 1% GE Tax hike into HB793
- Bill would lets 1000s of Criminals out of Prison Early
- Green Energy Scammers offer UH $6M Bribe
- SA: Lower barriers to solar power
- Land officials vote to revert Aina Lea land
- Crisis? Maui Council gives $243K to Nonprofit that has already banked $300K of taxpayer money
- Lawmakers advance 2-year extension of shield law
- Transit Authority: Council Must pay for What We Spend
- New Tech School Model frees Nanakuli from DoE Failure model
- Student Veterans At UH Snub their Own Forum
- Suits Allege “Deplorable” Conditions at Mayor Wright Homes
- Robert Carson Godbey to be named Corporation Counsel for City & County of Honolulu
- Sierra Club: Bag tax Honors Our Religion on Earth Day
- Sierra Club takes stance against Anaina Hou permits
- VP Dan Quayle in Hawaii
- Civil Beat Endorses Censorship
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Thursday, April 21, 2011 |
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April 21, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 16540 Views
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- Shell Game: Rail Costs down, but Handi-van getting $1.15B?
- Honolulu Council Unanimously Opposes Instant Runoff Voting
- Slavery: Federal Suit targets A&B, ML&P Farms
- Missile Defense: Hawaii Five-O
- Gulen Cult trying to bribe Legislators with Free Trip to Turkey
- Conference Committee Starting with Tax Hikes
- SA: Don’t Count Deployed Military when redistricting
- State tax collections fall short of prediction—or do they? (more tax hike propaganda)
- Golden Week loses some luster in Hawaii (more tax hike propaganda)
- House Clashes Over Saving Hawaii Health-Care Law
- True Colors: HSTA Freaks out over last minute Effort to save 180-day bill
- Hawaii Leads effort to Protect Transsexual Preschool Teachers
- Legislators should cut spending instead of increasing tobacco taxes
- Preserve the tobacco prevention fund for its intended purpose
- Rise in city gas tax makes it through Council hearing
- Council members question direction of rail authority
- Fired Honolulu Employee: Lax Oversight Led to Overtime 'Free-for-All'
- Maui Council Member: High Taxes are used to discourage Business (and this is an argument FOR tax hikes)
- The Right Price: A Few Favors For Neil’s Favorites?
- Mufi Launches Column, Discovers Tourism is Big in Hawaii
- Daily KOS: Hirono, Hanabusa start off slow in Senate race
- US, S. Korea Sign Agreement on Missile Defense System Development: Pentagon
- Mainland Firm Accused of Embezzling City Money
- After Obama’s sister Hired, Administration stops trying to cut E-W Center Funds
- HCC Chancellor Candidates Interviewed
- DOH: Waikiki restaurant one of 55 bed bug complaints in state
- Foie Gras Removed from Glamorous Maui Event After Animal Liberations Nuts outdo themselves in Sanctimony
- Married and in Hawaii, paroled killer complies with parole
- Hawaii Defense Attorney takes advantage of clients, is ordered to stop practicing law
- City considers relaxing fireworks storage law
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
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April 20, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:20 PM :: 11885 Views
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- Slavery: Federal Suit targets Six Hawaii Farms, labor contractor
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they Voted April 18, 2011
- SB99: Preserve Young Bros Monopoly on Inter-Island Shipping
- Balance Budget Summit April 20 at Capitol
- Shapiro: HSTA drama could win back HGEA Concessions
- SA: Give DoE an extra $16.4M (more tax hike propaganda)
- Honolulu Seeks $2B Bond Issue to fund Rail
- Berg: Hawaii Profiteering Off Honolulu Taxpayers
- Hawaii Transportation Costs to Climb Again
- Arts Support may dull budget blades
- Crisis? Kauai county Agency on Elderly Affairs seeks more spending
- Tax Increases: Payback Time for the Environment
- Arakawa reduces Tax Hike Request
- Matsuoka, Cayetano’s Director of troubled Office of Youth Services, approved to Head Hawaii Paroling Authority
- Inouye: USDA-UH research aims to rein in child obesity
- CB to Carlisle: Make HPD Obey Open Records Law
- Hawaii's first female narcotics undercover officer shares memories, hardships in world of narcotics trafficking
- Hawaii Legislature grants legal protection to any man willing to put on a dress
- Enhanced solar water heater rebate program ends
- Team of UH West Oahu students to compete in national free enterprise competition
- Hawaii Patient Info to go online
- Nation of Islam Visits Hawaii
- Trump, Abercrombie team up to promote Birtherism
- Media doing excellent Job Promoting Birther Candidate
- Should Radiation from Japan Scuttle Spring Break in Hawaii? A Mom Agonizes
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011 |
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April 19, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:46 PM :: 10263 Views
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- Abercrombie to Conference Committee: We Must Raise Taxes!
- Inouye: Ed Case will not be allowed to Crucify Me
- Inouye claims Lingle supports current version of Akaka Bill
- Carlisle nominates Horner, Okinaga, Hong to Transit Authority
- Redistricting Committee Log jam to be Broken by Recktenwald
- Hawaii, Yes We Can Cut Government and Stop Excessive Spending – Without Increased Taxes
- MMMC nurses protest growing cuts in contract (HGEA Circus to pressure Legislators for Tax Hikes)
- Medicaid cuts of $180M warned (Abercrombie’s DoHS Boss stages Tax Hike Dog n Pony show for Conference Committees)
- State's financial woes could mean fewer options for students in the fall (So we must raise taxes!)
- Businesses suffer from fewer Japanese flights (So we must raise taxes!)
- Another Abercrombie Appointment bites the dust
- 6 transit board nominees named
- Carlisle, Caldwell, Prevedouros: Next year's mayoral race could be re-run of last year's
- Hirono Steps up Fundraising after Akaka Announcement
- Rally today to support HB1520 and “on-bill financing” of clean energy solutions
- Sovereignty activist, convicted killer, faces eviction after decade of squatting
- SA: Slaughterhouse none of state's business (your tax dollars at work)
- State, geologists create plan to prevent climate change-induced erosion at Kailua Beach (Your tax dollars at work)
- Kona Farmers: Coffee Bill On Gov's Desk Creates More Confusion, Not Less
- Hawaii Bio-Gasification Project features in Corporate Buyout (your ratepayer and tax dollars at work)
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Monday, April 18, 2011 |
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April 18, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:36 PM :: 12640 Views
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- How They Voted: House approves Pension Tax and GE Tax Hikes
- After lobbying in Hawaii: Online Poker sites seized by FBI, execs Indicted
- Hawaii Windfarms killing endangered Birds: After five years Mitigation Lags
- Kabuki Over: Legislators to meet for two weeks behind closed door, make real decisions
- Losing bidders might delay rail project
- Hawaii tram plan to learn from Edinburgh fiasco
- City Council Nominates Financial, Union Leaders to Transit Board
- STEM: A Private foundation is doing the job the DoE won’t
- SA: Campbell High is too big, so Conference Committees must Raise Taxes
- Senate Bill 249 gives the government rights to purchase Oahu's only slaughterhouse
- Eco-Religion Begins Warm-Up for Earth Day
- In Nine Months, Police Dept. Arrests Just One Pimp
- Your Tax Dollars at Work: State burns $100K on Bicycle-Sharing program
- Hawaii County Building: Roof repair needed just two years after $27.7M renovation
- Parents: Teacher Hit Kailua Teen With Hammer
- Honolulu gas prices near record; Maui at all-time high
- Tsunami flotsam reaches Kauai?
- HNN: Republicans cause Teen Suicide (no media bias here, eh?)
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Sunday, April 17, 2011 |
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April 17, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 10677 Views
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- Democrat Staffer, Obama voter heads Trump’s Birther Campaign
- GET exemptions in peril: Lawmakers want to reap taxes by spreading GE Tax
- Star-Advertiser: Taxes must be raised to pay for Tattoo Parlor Inspections
- SA: Cutbacks cripple many government functions (Propaganda)
- SA: Unions not resisting Pension restrictions for new hires (Propaganda)
- After six months of Abercrombie, and a lifetime of HGEA: Government Employees’ Morale is low, thousands retiring June 30 (Propaganda backfires)
- HECO, Big Wind, Big Solar continue to obstruct rooftop installations
- Crisis: Maui Nonprofit banks $374K from County Grants
- Hawaii Reapportionment Commission starts work
- Naturopathic “Physician” presides over death at Childbirth
- Animal Liberation Nuts flood Leg with Opposition to State-Owned Slaughterhouse
- Bill mandates 'fixing' of cats, dogs before sale
- SA: Homeowners need shield from lenders' mistreatment
- Scammer Steals from Homeowners facing Foreclosure
- Enviro-Religion sees opportunity in High Oil Prices
- Fireworks storage called wrong place to start disposal
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Saturday, April 16, 2011 |
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April 16, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:05 PM :: 10975 Views
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- HGEA Contract: Government Workers get Paid to Stay Home Three Months
- SB756: Satellite TV Tax in omnibus Tax Bill
- Creative Accounting 101: Special Fund Raids
- Akaka’s Whistleblower Bill cited as example of Over-criminalization
- VIDEO: House GOP speaks up on Pension Tax, GE Tax, Internet Tax, Fees, and Special Funds
- VIDEO: House GOP debates Prepaid Health Care Act, Billion Dollar Cable, Foreclosures, Marijuana and More
- VIDEO: Hawaii Tea Party movement protests slew of tax proposals
- HGEA Contract: State creating new haves, have-nots
- ILind: Hawaii Taxes are about Average
- Hawaii Fires 10 Teachers for Misconduct in 2 Years
- Crisis? Hawaii jobless rate holds at 6.3 percent
- Hawaii’s Instant Runoff Voting Legislation – Veto Needed
- More Federal Funds? Not! Reality begins to settle in for pork-fed Hawaii Politicos
- Big Wind and Big Solar continue to resist residential installations
- Heir to Vanderbilt Fortune to Represent Molokai?
- Cachola: Don’t Piss off the Legislature
- SA: Tighten historic homes rules
- Hawaii Dopers giving up on Fake Urine
- Aina Haina gunman released from Prison in January
- Crisis: Hawaii County Unveils $50M Government Building
- Contractors lobby for Insurers to Cover Shoddy Workmanship
- NYT: Waikiki Hotel using RFID Chips to track Stolen Towels
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Friday, April 15, 2011 |
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April 15, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:59 PM :: 15760 Views
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- No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
- HGEA Negotiators: Hide furlough days, recoup losses after Legislature adjourns
- Birthers thank Abercrombie, Obama Thanks Birthers
- Group: Abercrombie using ‘strong arm tactics’ to force Beverage Tax
- Marumoto: Pension Tax is a foot in the door towards taxing moderate, low income Pensioners
- Balance Budget Summit April 20 at Capitol
- How They Voted: SB1329 House passes Motor Vehicle tax Hike
- Honolulu Councilmembers reject Berg resolution, cite fear of retaliation
- Inspecting his cattle: Jeff Stone Polls Democratic Senate Primary
- Hanabusa: Lingering resentment toward Case among “Multi-cultural base”
- Good economic news belies Abercrombie’s Tax Hike Pitch
- Democrat ‘Non-Profits” Demand Tax Hikes
- OHA strengthens grip on Non-Profit sector
- Legislature proposes welfare for losing contractors
- Bombardier: Honolulu Didn't Keep Its Word on Rail Contract
- Breene Harimoto pulls back from Brink in Rail Fight
- NYT: Hawaii Doubles Down on 'Big Wind’
- Online Poker Sites which lobbied Hawaii Legislature Indicted by FBI
- Abercrombie’s Priest rejects Homeless Tent Cities, looks to River Street as model
- Times have changed for the Big Five, big labor
- VIDEO: MauiTime Publisher Tommy Russo Assaulted By MPD, “Dog the Bounty Hunter” team
- Maui Bag Ban: 75% Now Use Paper Bags as tree-huggers become tree-choppers
- Auwahi Wind, Sempra proposes Wind Farm on 18,000 acre Maui Cattle Ranch
- Senate's approval of appointed members marks a major change for school governance
- SA: Reconsider diploma decision
- 3 foreclosure reform bills could pass
- King of Pork Inouye appointed to serve on bipartisan federal deficit reduction team
- U.S. stages "most challenging" missile-defense test
- Hawaii, Other States, Form Caucus to Oppose TSA Intrusions
- Hawaii blast came as workers dismantled fireworks
- Federal Pork: Bill Kills Off Program on Hawaii Whaling Industry
- Forums to be held on 4 candidates for chancellor of Hawaii Community College
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Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
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April 14, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:38 PM :: 8615 Views
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- Crisis? GE Tax receipts up 5.9% in February, TAT up 22.4%
- Abercrombie keeps pounding drums for more taxes, spending
- Senate votes to delay 180-day School Year
- Toothless Resolution: Audit the DoE
- Shapiro: Sen Kim really interested in House Race
- Sixteen Abercrombie Nominees Have Withdrawn
- SA: Legislature should not re-write Prison Sentences to release criminals
- Senators moot requiring tax payments for online sales
- Senate passes HB985 giving money to losing bidders
- Engineering Firm that designed defective $1.9 water tank continues to bid
- State Tax Credits On Chopping Block At Legislature (Plenty of money for Corporate Welfare)
- Honolulu County: Higher gas tax advances
- FTA did NOT require Phased-In Approach For Rail
- Councilman loses bid to stop state from "looting" rail funds
- Hawaii Investigates with Matt Levi: A New Television Series Begins This Week
- Unity House files for Bankruptcy
- Foreclosure counts expected to rebound
- Central Pacific stock down more than 20%
- Anti-GMO Luddites cry about their failures in Legislature
- Fireworks blast victims died from carbon monoxide inhalation
- WSJ: The GOP and the Birther Trap
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 |
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April 13, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 PM :: 8108 Views
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- New Federal Budget kills old Earmarks--Honolulu Rail, Highway, Sewage Treatment Funding in Danger?
- Brookings: Honolulu Rail Cost Overruns inevitable
- Berg: Council could reverse Ansaldo Rail Contract
- POLITICO claims Sen. Daniel Inouye goes silent on Hawaii Senate race
- House votes for Pension Tax, Bag Tax, Liquor Tax, Auto Tax and GE Tax Hikes
- Attorney General says Pension Tax may be challenged in Court, House passes anyway
- Carlisle: HGEA Agreement “an albatross”
- Carlisle: Borrowing Rail Funds could jeopardize rail Project
- Berg: Stop state from using city's rail fund as its own piggy bank
- Shapiro: Schatz is closest thing to a fresh face
- Crisis: City of Honolulu Personal Service Assistants make $65 per hour
- Hawaii Lawmakers Pass Employment Protections For Males who choose to wear dresses
- VIDEO: OHA Cronies now grub for money from Geothermal
- OHA Connection? Fireworks Explosion Contractor tied to Native Hawaiian Affirmative Action Contract
- House Approves Buying Slaughterhouse
- Instant Runoff Voting Heads for Conference Committee
- Honolulu Council Advances Property Tax Bills
- Honolulu Council Special Meeting on State management of Rail Funds
- Want Lingle Back? Holter cites Abercrombie leadership on “Bee Industry”
- APEC Preview: Travelers Review Honolulu Airport
- FACE: Why Hawaii Needs A State Bank
- Symphony accord reached
- A study of single, childless urban workers between the ages of 22 and 30 found that women earned 8% more than men
- Bill O'Reilly Debunks Obama Myths: He 'Does Have A Legitimate Birth Certificate'
- Nearly 300 to depart Marine Corps Base Hawaii for deployment to Afghanistan
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011 |
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April 12, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 PM :: 7879 Views
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- No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
- Djou: Hawaii needs Civil Service Reform
- April 11, 2011 How Hawaii’s Congressional Delegation Voted
- Sumitomo Files Protest: Flawed Rail bid selection may cost taxpayers $900M
- HCR71: HPV Vaccination Mandate Deferred
- Atlas Shrugged to Open In Honolulu April 15
- Abercrombie’s “Open” Administration lined with Campaign Donors
- SA: Abercrombie’s OIP Raid a “preemptive strike motivated by revenge?”
- As vote Approaches, Senators balk at Accepting Abercrombie Budget
- Fidell: No Internet Tax
- SA: Pay gaps that hurt women are costing isles
- All School Construction Wiped from Budget as Negotiating Position for Tax Hikes
- SB249: $1.6M for State-Owned slaughterhouse (pigs subsidized $53.25 each)
- Coalition breaks ground for new senior housing
- Lawmakers fold; poker bill fails to advance
- Sumitomo, Bombardier file rail contract complaints
- Mufi: Polls shows I could be Viable Candidate against Case
- Coffman takes over as state House Energy Committee chairman
- Borreca Touts Doomsday Cult: Believers in 'peak oil' preparing for when a fill-up costs $100 (OHA’s latest money-making scam)
- Kauai Council: They already knew prior to the meeting that Kuali‘i was going to be chosen
- Castle & Cooke strikes deal on proposed Molokai wind project
- Prison activists brief Hawaii lawmakers about how to let even more criminals loose
- Act 221 Scammers: Economic recovery relies on supporting homelessness Industry
- GOVERNOR APPOINTS FIRST DEPUTY HEALTH DIRECTOR
- VIDEO: Debris from Japan tsunami will wash ashore on Hawaii
- Trace Levels of Radiation Detected in Hawaii Milk
- Akaka also fails for 11 years to get Whistleblower Bill Passed
- Akaka Campaign Strategist found dead at 57
- Is Donald’s Trump Birther baloney a vast conspiracy ... to get Obama re-elected?
- And the answer is…YES! -- Trump Will ‘Probably’ Run as Independent If He Doesn’t Win GOP Nomination
- Obama’s sister, Aunt keep talking Birtherism Up
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Monday, April 11, 2011 |
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April 11, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:31 PM :: 4315 Views
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- No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
- VIDEO: Ed Case Announces US Senate Campaign
- Daily KOS: “I had really hoped we were done with Ed Case”
- VIDEO: Sen. Slom introduces Balanced Budget with no tax hikes
- Romy Cachola threatens Barbers Point Park Deal
- Kalapa: Next Stop, A Tax Increase
- Lawmakers aim to soak consumers for $122M/year by collecting on Hawaii residents' Internet purchases
- Shapiro: Djou Back in the Saddle Again
- ILind: Emperor Abercrombie to seize Molokai, Decapitate Residents
- Hawaii Reapportionment Commission to Meet today
- Council meeting today to pick Kawakami’s successor
- Dinner held for Maui County soldiers who spent a year in Afghanistan
- FTA will help both the U.S. and Hawaii
- HSTA Flack demands less accountability, more money
- UH Wants Money, Threatens Tourism School
- FACT CHECK — Board of Water Supply Says Honolulu Has Fewer Water Main Breaks Than Average?
- After Stalling Repairs, Abercrombie puts on Show and then lets Contractors go to work at Mayor Wright Housing
- SA: No excuse for lack of warning signs
- First Hawaiian Bank Signals Recovery with Business Up First Quarter
- Central Pacific Financial Corp. Announces Commencement of $20 Million Common Stock Rights Offering
- Hawaii Correctional Facilities to Use Electronic Medical Records System
- Concert raises $1.6M for tsunami victims
- Company To Be Questioned Monday Over Hawaii Blast
- Obama Senior Advisor: I hope Birther Trump keeps on rising
- Trump to Obama aide: I’m your ‘worst nightmare’
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Sunday, April 10, 2011 |
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April 10, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 12930 Views
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- No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
- VIDEO: Abercrombie holds fake news Conference to Announce HGEA's fake 'sacrifice'
- Abercrombie: State could seize 1/3 of Molokai for Wind Farm
- AP: HGEA members gain 9 more days off under contract
- Abercrombie’s Backer Reveals himself: Kenoi Claims Hawaii County will save $3M under HGEA contract
- Carvalho: Mayors trying to come together on HGEA agreement
- Sen. Slom Announces balanced budget with no new taxes
- Second Decking Deadline
- Borreca compares Ed Case to Aaron Burr, praises Case for apologizing, dropping out
- Homelessness Industry: State seeks to fill Moiliili Apartments with drug addicts, no treatment required
- Ansaldo Trains to be Driverless, Company tied to Watts Constructors
- Molester’s friend Bertram sues to seize land from Haleakala Ranch
- The new director of the OIP says she was not directed on IDing judicial nominees
- Crisis? Hawaii County wastes millions on Garbage
- Last blast for the rejected elected: BoE imposes two track Diploma system on DoE
- A&B: Ability to navigate Hawai Land Use Process one of our Core Competencies
- Legislators propose law to convert consecutive sentences into concurrent, let thousands of criminals out of prison
- Permitting reason for return to public service
- 4 charged in beating death of gambling house worker
- Death toll hits 5 in Hawaii fireworks bunker blast
- Fukino Debunks Birther BS --- Again
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Saturday, April 9, 2011 |
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April 9, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:14 PM :: 12125 Views
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- Abercrombie’s $100M omission: HGEA settlement tied to other secret labor agreements
- Government workers’ agreement to add more than $100 million to state deficit
- House GOP: HGEA Settlement is expensive, unfair
- Unity House HQ up for Sale
- VIDEO: Heritage Foundation Leader interviewed in Hawaii
- Tsunami: Obama signs Disaster Declaration for Hawaii
- Bonham: Peak tax and business revenue returns sometime in 2012
- Maui Chamber of Commerce: 95% oppose either type of GE Tax hike
- Shapiro: Budget is so bad….
- After voting to Shut down Federal Government three times, Hirono, Hanabusa pretend to be against it
- OHA to turn its operatives around on Geothermal in Puna at Meeting today
- Kenoi profits 58% from Subdivision approval
- Crisis? Hawaii County finds $16M for Hilo Bayfront paths
- Crisis? $800,000 in county checks uncashed
- Former KPD officer convicted of driving drunk
- NYT: Explosion Kills Workers at Facility for Fireworks
- Did Trump really send investigators to Hawaii?
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Friday, April 8, 2011 |
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April 8, 2011 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:07 PM :: 14655 Views
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- No New Taxes! Rally April 15--Honolulu, Kona, Hilo, Kahului, Lihue
- HGEA: Contract Agreement includes Paid Time Off
- VIDEO: Lanai Wind Fall Out
- Abercrombie Announces $300M in new CIP Spending—“This is just the beginning”
- Full Results: Daily Kos Hawaii Poll
- GOP: Abercrombie Approval rating down to 48%
- Hirono, Hanabusa vote for Government Shutdown, stop paying troops
- Akaka Bill Passes Indian Affairs Committee
- How They Voted: Senate Ways and Means votes to hike GE Tax by eliminating exemptions
- SB1363 10-cents-per-bag Tax: Greens, Big Business, Big Government team up to Rip Off Consumers
- Borreca: Abercrombie is Tanking
- Rebellion in the Senate Kills 1%GE Tax Hike Proposal—Exemptions to be hit
- HGEA Agreement amounts to 1.5% Pay Hike—Carlisle
- Star-Advertiser: Abercrombie not upfront with public about HGEA Deal
- Contract: NOT THE “NEW DAY” PEOPLE VOTED FOR
- Federal Shutdown: Inouye uninterested in the kind of cutting that Democrats now see as necessary
- State-run Superferry plan still afloat
- Forum on geothermal energy to include OHA Cronies
- Elected BoE sez Bye-Bye
- Boaters bemoan lack of aid after Schatz comes back from DC Empty handed
- Meetings will gather comments on proposed wind farm
- Wood-Burning Power plant vote delayed
- IRV Produces results like Berg’s Win in Council District 1
- Hawaii journalist shield law extension advances
- Banned Fireworks Storage: Explosion claims Four Lives
- Ways and Means votes against Legislators’ 5% Salary Hike
- Judiciary Committee defers bill to convert Sick Leave into vacation Days
- Inouye, Akaka: Let gay sex tourists give away Green Cards
- Prison Guard gets 18 months for Gay Rape of inmate
- University of Hawaii Wants To Close Major Research Group
- With Tourism squeezed, Rep Roy Takumi pushes against Free Trade with S Korea
- Ex-Reform Party Birther Trump touted Pelosi as “The Best”
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