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Tuesday, February 3, 2009 February 3, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 9:04 PM :: 4053 Views Kill the trees!  Hawaii considers plastic shopping bag ban Senate Bill 584 will be heard at the state Capitol Thursday afternoon. “Plastic... Read More..

Monday, February 2, 2009 February 2, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 9:09 PM :: 7131 Views Star-Bulletin to Legislature on Ceded Lands:  Back Down ... some state legislators are proposing to preempt the court ruling by banning such sal... Read More..

Sunday, February 1, 2009 February 1, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 9:11 PM :: 5027 Views Finally: List revealed of firms benefiting from Hawaii's Act 221 "An air of mystery surrounds several of the 83 companies on the Department of T... Read More..

Saturday, January 31, 2009 January 31, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 10:25 PM :: 5950 Views Iraq PM hails vote as 'victory' Up to 15 million Iraqis are eligible to cast votes.  The elections are being held in 14 of the country's 18 pro... Read More..

Friday, January 30, 2009 January 30, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 10:37 PM :: 5009 Views "D" for DoE (again) The nonpartisan National Council on Teacher Quality is giving Hawaii a letter grade of D in its State Teacher Policy Ye... Read More..

Thursday, January 29, 2009 January 29, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 10:33 PM :: 4864 Views Visitor arrivals Drop 16.5 percent The state projects another double-digit decline in January tourism and a 1.9 percent drop in arrivals to 6.7 milli... Read More..

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 January 28, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 10:42 PM :: 6776 Views Bill for condemnation of Molokai Ranch Representative Mele Carroll introduced House Bill 1295 on Jan 26.  The bill authorizing condemnation of ... Read More..

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 January 27, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 10:56 PM :: 6658 Views Stryker brigade is returning from Iraq In a satellite news conference yesterday, brigade leader Col. Todd McCaffrey told Pentagon reporters, "O... Read More..

Monday, January 26, 2009 January 26, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 11:27 PM :: 6975 Views Plan would buy airfare to send Hawaii homeless to Mainland State Rep. Rida Cabanilla, chairwoman of the Housing Committee, said she plans to ask for ... Read More..

Sunday, January 25, 2009 January 25, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 11:11 PM :: 7047 Views Felon found guilty in gun-and-drugs case WAILUKU - A felon with 18 prior convictions has been found guilty of gun and drug charges stemming from his ... Read More..

Saturday, January 24, 2009 January 24, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 11:07 PM :: 5827 Views 32 of 51 House members back gay civil unions Same-sex couples who obtain a license could have their civil union performed by a judge, retired judge o... Read More..

Friday, January 23, 2009 January 23, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 11:06 PM :: 6938 Views   Lingle may sign 'ceded lands' moratorium These vast areas of ceded lands span the Hawaiian Islands, and they include airport, resort, conserv... Read More..

Thursday, January 22, 2009 January 22, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 11:36 PM :: 7507 Views SB: No whale strike occurred, Superferry says (Don't worry, this won't keep anti-Superferry activists from lying about it) Kaua`i Garden Isle covera... Read More..

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 January 21, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 8:01 PM :: 8069 Views 5-yr old ingested methadone Police are investigating the death of a 5-year-old Waianae girl who ingested methadone - a drug commonly used for heroin ... Read More..

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 January 20, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 8:07 PM :: 6411 Views PolitiFact.com Obameter--Tracking campaign promises "I want you to hold our government accountable.  I want you to hold me accountable.&quo... Read More..

Monday, January 19, 2009 January 19, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 8:12 PM :: 7953 Views Poll Finds Most Blacks Say Martin Luther King's Vision Fulfilled The poll found 69 percent of blacks said King's vision has been fulfilled in the mor... Read More..

Sunday, January 18, 2009 January 18, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 8:17 PM :: 5802 Views Akaka Tribe mobilizes 5,000 to oppress Hawaiians Earlier this week, Lingle said her administration will not drop the U.S. Supreme Court appeal. "... Read More..

Saturday, January 17, 2009 January 17, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 8:28 PM :: 4588 Views PBN: Hawaii jobless surge may end payroll tax break The state expects it will use up half of the money in the unemployment insurance fund this year, ... Read More..

Friday, January 16, 2009 January 16, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 8:24 PM :: 6156 Views OHA demands $200M from State--but settles no future claims The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will try to push through the Legislature a bill to resolve ... Read More..

Thursday, January 15, 2009 January 15, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 8:32 PM :: 8118 Views OHA portfolio's value down 24% At its peak last year, the fund was worth $444 million. A total of $22 million was withdrawn for OHA operations, and t... Read More..

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 January 14, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 8:37 PM :: 6640 Views D.C., New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Anaheim, Houston:  Pro-Hamas Hate Rallies Fistfights and chants calling for the murder of Jews and invoking... Read More..

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 January 13, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 8:44 PM :: 5792 Views Plan B: OHA to seek legislative moratorium ending 161-year-old policy of selling and transferring government (aka ceded) lands RELATED: OHA statement... Read More..

Monday, January 12, 2009 January 12, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 8:48 PM :: 5759 Views Akaka Bill?  Lawmakers focus on other pork first Advertiser: As the new Congress gets under way, Hawai'i lawmakers are focusing on an economic s... Read More..

Sunday, January 11, 2009 January 11, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 8:56 PM :: 8313 Views Chinese Communists and their Hawaii comrades hail defeat of Tibet uprising (Check out the language in this AP article running in the Advertiser....)... Read More..

Saturday, January 10, 2009 January 10, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 9:03 PM :: 12200 Views OHA thugs pressure State to abandon appeal--Waihe'e weasel words on ceded lands--Hee “We should be prepared for a loss at the Supreme Court.R... Read More..

Friday, January 9, 2009 January 9, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 9:12 PM :: 7636 Views Advertiser: Hula Bowl vanishes What had been Hawai'i's longest-running major sporting event is the apparent victim of a lack of interest after 62 yea... Read More..

Thursday, January 8, 2009 January 8, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 9:20 PM :: 9384 Views Akaka Bill pricetag: $689.7 million annually Passage of the Akaka Bill could cost the state of Hawaii as much as $689.7 million annually in lost rev... Read More..

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 January 7, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 9821 Views Florida Muslim Protester: Jews to 'Go Back to the Oven' VIDEO: Muslims swarm Ft Lauderdale RELATED: UK Telegraph "Attacks on Jews across Europe... Read More..

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 January 6, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 9:31 PM :: 7092 Views SB: Isle church honored by Obama's visit From the Star Bulletin-- Young said he was not overly surprised or nervous, "just excited," when h... Read More..

Monday, January 5, 2009 January 5, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 9:34 PM :: 6202 Views 9,000 acres to protect fly species Pig eradication to come?  "In some areas, invasive feral pigs dig up soil and eat the native plants the ... Read More..

Sunday, January 4, 2009 January 4, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 9:39 PM :: 8248 Views Rich claim 95% of tax credits for investing in Hawaii tech industry (Closer, but still no names of the politicians and their donors who benefit from ... Read More..

Saturday, January 3, 2009 January 3, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 9:43 PM :: 7805 Views Hokulia Bypass: A week late and Star-Bulletin STILL gets it wrong SB:  Suit to block Hwy dismissed www.InverseCondemnation.com  ...after r... Read More..

Friday, January 2, 2009 January 2, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 9:46 PM :: 4500 Views Hawaii judges insist on 10% raise, reject call for salary freeze The state Judiciary will not support Gov. Linda Lingle's proposed pay freeze for jud... Read More..

Thursday, January 1, 2009 January 1, 2009 By Andrew Walden @ 9:48 PM :: 7944 Views Hawaii County: Government by retaliation--Procurement issue appears headed to court According to a contract between the county and HMP, the county is... Read More..

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 December 31, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 9:55 PM :: 11442 Views Worst climate predictions of 2008 We’re now well into the earth’s third straight harsher winter—but in late 2007 it was still hard ... Read More..

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 December 30, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 8598 Views Legislative Agenda 2009: Privatize Maui Memorial? (Now that MMMC has driven away private competitors, they seek to become private themselves.) Maui... Read More..

Monday, December 29, 2008 December 29, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 9:36 AM :: 7901 Views Replacing Levinson: State high court could be shorthanded till February A replacement for Associate Justice Steven Levinson, who retires this week, l... Read More..

Sunday, December 28, 2008 December 28, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 9:42 PM :: 9713 Views Deepak Chopra blames America for Mumbai attack--so now he's coming to Kaua`i WSJ: Deepak blames America Interviews with Deepak Chopra: Larry King Li... Read More..

Saturday, December 27, 2008 December 27, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 9:44 PM :: 6092 Views The Unitarian Church and Obama's Religious Upbringing With the media carefully pretending not to notice, Barack Obama's choice to hold a memorial ser... Read More..

Friday, December 26, 2008 December 26, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 3418 Views Obama: Two hours with four investigators Every president for more than three decades has had to talk with federal prosecutors at one time or another.... Read More..

Thursday, December 25, 2008 December 25, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 8268 Views Supreme Court sends Hokulia case back to Ibarra Update: Advertiser article Jan 3, 2009 A state Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for progress... Read More..

Wednesday, December 24, 2008 December 24, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 10411 Views Obama questioned by Federal prosecutors Federal prosecutors investigating alleged corruption by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich interviewed President-... Read More..

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 December 23, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 PM :: 7904 Views Sovereignty Child torturer: Carlisle critical of delayed sentence Prosecutor Peter Carlisle lashed out yesterday at a judge's decision to allow a wo... Read More..

Monday, December 22, 2008 December 22, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 6570 Views Akaka Bill backers like the new odds (With Obama in town, here is what the Star Bulletin decided to run...) "The results of the presidential an... Read More..

Sunday, December 21, 2008 December 21, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 6:35 PM :: 4934 Views Honolulu police chief says officer convictions end 'dark chapter' The last of a small cadre of former Honolulu police officers who abused their power... Read More..

Saturday, December 20, 2008 December 20, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 6:45 PM :: 7370 Views CATO Institute Weighs in on Ceded Lands case One such obscure case, however, merits watching for its ramifications on the constitutional principle th... Read More..

Friday, December 19, 2008 December 19, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 PM :: 9825 Views A partner for MMMC is ‘urgent’ ...the hospital's facilities could be sold or leased to a partner with expertise in health care finances ... Read More..

Thursday, December 18, 2008 December 18, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:12 PM :: 4233 Views Campaign News:  Panel won't call for repeal of campaign donation law (Abercrombie loses out) (Some 80-90% of Neil Abercrombie's congr... Read More..

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 December 17, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:19 PM :: 11244 Views Gen. Shinseki's Silence by Lawrence Di Rita The announcement that retired Army chief of staff Eric Shinseki will be President-elect Barack Obama's... Read More..

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 December 16, 2008 By Andrew Walden @ 7:27 PM :: 5806 Views Inouye named in corruption probe Mitch Wade, the defense contractor who bribed former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham and then helped to swift... Read More..

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