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Thursday, April 28, 2016 April 28, 3016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:39 PM :: 5094 Views Big Island 30 Days Without Dengue Hawaii: Two Anti-Gun Bills Enrolled to Governor Hawaii 3rd Most Expensive Home Health Care in U.S. City auditor accuses rail officials of intimidation The Hawaii House: Roadmap to Political Factions Telescope: Kashmir Being Evaluated as TMT Site HPD Chief Louis Kealoha Claims to Know Nothing About Investigation into ethics, corruption allegations Prosecutor Retaliates on HPD Officer Believed to be Behind Leaks HB2391: Legislators Approve Plan to Let Lots and Lots of Criminals Back out on Streets After Months of Wheedling, TAT Remains Exactly Where it Started East Hawaii Hospitals Next to Privatize? State Aims To Develop 22,500 Affordable Rental Housing Units in Decade Homeless Drug Addicts Dumping More dirty syringes in Oahu parks Enviros Becoming Dimly Aware that Wind Energy is a Fraud Guardian: Hawaii Agriculture to be Replaced with ‘Political Statement’ Read More..

Wednesday, April 27, 2016 April 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:57 PM :: 3621 Views Federal Recognition: How ‘Super 8A’ Companies Make $800M by Doing Practically Nothing Hawaii: “The only state in which both legislative and executive branches are perceived to be very corrupt” Hawaii Lowest Property Taxes in USA HB2084: Your Insurance Rates Will Be Going up to Pay for Trannies Report: Hawaii Among Best in College Affordability Oshiro: Hi Tech Schemers Grab for Control of Wahiawa Hospital Good News! Legislators Reject High Tech Demand for $5M Cash HMSA Red Tape Sends Cardiac Patient to Emergency Room Solar Contractors Salivate over Cool Schools Plan Blank Geothermal bill moves to conference committee Adjusting low-income renters credit long overdue How Hawaii’s tax structure is hurting small businesses Farming inspires fantasies but requires viable funding Water Diversions: Resurrecting the Past DoH Website reveals 25 percent of Hawaii restaurants received yellow, red cards Read More..

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 April 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 4411 Views Ewa Beach House Campaign: Stolen Signs, Bolt Cutters, and Confrontations with Police Hawaii Preschool Costs More Than College DBEDT: Housing Gobbles Up Hawaii Consumers Income Ige Signs Bill Requesting Obamacare Waiver for Hawaii Hawaii Supreme Court Dismisses ‘Birther’ Challenge To Ted Cruz Eligibility Hawaii ICA Bungles Hanalei River Eminent Domain Case? Problem Gambling? Hawaii 2nd-Worst in USA New Schools? Zero Guidance from DoE Lawmakers can’t hide their Jeff Stone connections Two months later, no action on Kahele leasehold Fevella: School construction should be based on student needs, not politics Without Knowing Which Cronies They are Rewarding, Legislators Mull Amendments to Marijuana Dispensary Law Legislators to Ige: Here’s $12M, the Homeless are Your Problem Now Patients Caught In The Crossfire Of HMSA’s ‘War On Doctors’ Rail does not comply with flood-risk standards, group alleges Meet the Anti-GMO Scammers Homosexual Child Molesters Held Positions of Power and Influence for Decades in Hawaii Read More..

Monday, April 25, 2016 April 25, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 3484 Views Sec 280E: How the IRS Becomes Senior Partner in Marijuana Dispensaries Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 25, 2016 Star-Advertiser Suddenly Decides to Notice that A&B Buys a Lot of Influence Two Election Reform Bills Near Approval Battery Scammers: We Want Tax Credits for us Not Rebates for our Customers Hawaii Salaries Low Compared to Other High-Cost Locations Prison Officials Quietly Move To Extend An Out-Of-State Contract Psychologist Debunks HB1072 Agency to Hawaii Residents: Don't Hate on Tourists Read More..

Sunday, April 24, 2016 April 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 PM :: 5965 Views Organically Growing Tax Credits EXPOSED: Another Hawaii State Senate President Owned and Operated by Jeff Stone Kenoi Lied About Pledge to Give Salary Increase to United Way At City Hall, lots of dancing around, less actual running Lease agreement approved for Maui hospitals Bernie Sanders is Democrats Donald Trump Jim Dooley Working on Second Book ACLU: Hawaii Police body-camera bill the best in the U.S. HPD: Officer didn’t get preferential treatment Read More..

Saturday, April 23, 2016 April 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 4028 Views Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of April 22, 2016 Ilagan: Petition Against Hawaii County GE Tax Hike Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Moving Through Conference Committee Process What is Hurting Hawaii’s Investment Climate? Privatization May Drive Down Costs on Maui The Ideology War: UH Law School Debates GMOs DoE Seeks Public Input on Strategic Plan Ige Extends Homelessness Emergency Hanabusa to use Rail as Political Stepping Stone? Rail to Start Digging up Dillingham in Late 2016—Massive Bus Delays Expected HECO Wants Ratepayers to Pay for Smart Meters A Decade Of Influence: A&B Has Given More Than $600K To Politicians Greenmailers Find New Way to Delay Telescope Hearing Soft on Crime: Six Felonies, Backpack full of Meth – 1 Week in Jail Homeless Use Iolani Palace as Outdoor Latrine Homeless Vandalize Church, Harass Preschoolers 500 Inquiries about Homeless’ Psychotic Behavior HCDA to Score Massive Windfall from ‘Affordable’ Housing Kahuku Wind Scheme – 656 foot Towers of Rusting Wind Junk Anti-GMO Activists Drench Environmentalism in Ignorance Kahoolawe Trust fund being depleted $4 Million OK’d For Fancy Waikiki Enviro Confab KCC: Another Univ Administrator Faces ‘No Confidence’ Read More..

Friday, April 22, 2016 April 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 4084 Views SB2301: Legislators Vote $10M for Drunk Driver to Promote Rave Parties Hanabusa Named Chair of HART Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion Zika: Pregnant Women Should Avoid Travel to American Samoa Tulsi Gabbard Turns 35--Running for Vice President? 42-in Water Main? Hanabusa Caught Flatfooted on First Day as HART Chair Rail: Short Another $82M, Feds Threaten to Take Back $1.55B Hawaii’s Criminal Class ‘Embattled’ Ethics chief must be independent Urgent?  Six Months later, UH regents remain undecided on a Cancer Center plan Caldwell Cracks Down on Crime in Chinatown:  Drugs? Prostitution? Gambling?  --  Nope, Its Illegal Gardening Outreach workers see growing number of homeless living in cars 19% of isle households not linked with internet Read More..

Thursday, April 21, 2016 April 21, 2015 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 4455 Views Ige’s Secret Proclamation Used to Promote War on Other Side of the World HART Board: Colbert Matsumoto Appointed, Hanabusa Reappointed SunEdison Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy McDermott, Fevella: Building a New School for Ewa Beach Supply Chain Optimization – Shipping Systems in Hawaii HB2501: A&B To Restore Eight Streams in East Maui Air Quality: Honolulu Makes ‘Cleanest Cities’ List The day when America moved toward becoming a global power HECO Milking Rail Project for Money? Blood Bank Milking Rail Project for Money? Council, Mayor Use Homeless as Budget Football Kakaako Sweeps Force 230 Homeless to Finally Accept Shelter  DoE Teacher Turnover 37% Judiciary’s Illegal Lobbying Machine Was Hidden in Plain Sight The Usual Procedural Grounds Underlie Challenge to Telescope Hearing Officer Public hearing on Maui property tax rates set for Wednesday Krazy Kauai: Ex-Prosecutor Iseri Threatens to ‘Expose’ Councilman Read More..

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 April 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 4116 Views Auditor: At First Only Hawai’i Free Press Noticed our Mauna Kea Report Chevron Signs Deal to Sell Hawaii Refinery, Stations The Fuzzy Accounting Behind Renewable Energy’s Falling Prices State Accepting Applications for free Pre-K classes SB2954: Anti-Gun Bill Scheduled for Conference Committee Hearing Wednesday Jones Act and Enviro Regs Blessing and Curse for California Refiners Federal Rail Audit Coming Soon Don Horner Scapegoat Ernie Martin Pulls Papers to Run for Mayor Rail: Only Aiona can Claim Purity Hawaii County GET hike draws more fire Larded With Cronies, Hawaii County Council Refuses to Discuss Kenoi Another HPD Officer Arrested DoE: Honolulu Rail Can be a Money-Spinner for Us Tokuda: We Save the Cookies Until the End Banks Rack Up Megaprofits on Affordable Housing Tax Credits Wisdom: Church would house homeless in Individual Hard-Wall Shelters Ignorance: Council, Mayor Agree on Plan to Set up Two Festering Tent Cities for Homeless  PHOCUSED: Just Give Us Money 1 In 8 Hawaii Middle Schoolers Say They’ve Attempted Suicide Transsexual Agenda for Hawaii Schools Homosexual Child Molesters Seek Special Homeless Shelter to Keep Their Victims Clean and Fresh Schizophrenic Policy: City Denies Grant To Program Helping Mentally Ill Homeless People Trial starts in suit alleging girl raped at Oahu high school A Hawaii Uber Driver Has Been Charged With Raping a Teenage Passenger The Rescue Game Read More..

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 April 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 3376 Views US News & World Report: Best High Schools in Hawaii DoE 2016 Graduation Dates Guam Justice--34 Years After Mayor’s Land Grab Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could End Disease Transmission America’s First Freedom: Trouble In Paradise Kenoi recommends general excise tax hike House, Senate Set To Negotiate Budget Mauna Kea Anti-Telescope Protesters Re-use Successful Haleakala Strategy ESSA gives Ige (HSTA) a new way to push education agenda Hawaii lawmakers look to audit civil asset forfeiture unit Looming Fight Over Importing LNG into Hawaii What really happened at the ʻAha, part V Calvin Say: Taxpayers Subsidize Tourism with $143M Each Year When Anti-Superferry Protesters are in Charge,  Snorkelers Die Read More..

Monday, April 18, 2016 April 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 3720 Views Pine: Star-Advertiser Wrong on Makaha Realignment Senate Passes more than 250 Bills on Second Crossover House Passes More than 100 Senate Bills on Final Crossover Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 18, 2016 ‘Rail Is The Issue’ In Mayoral Election, Says Kirk Caldwell HNN: Rail Audit Doesn’t Connect the Dots Mainstreaming  Creates Lots of HSTA Jobs Hi Tech Scammers Want Another $6M from Taxpayers Ethics director poised to take over as state auditor Mediator’s Biases Behind Collapse of Pesticide Panel SB2196: Independent Review Panel for Police Killings Police allegedly ignore rules in colleague’s DUI Will medical marijuana be ready to sell? Victory for Local Food: Hawaii Longliners Buy NMI Quota – Will Keep Fishing Read More..

Sunday, April 17, 2016 April 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 PM :: 4059 Views Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of April 15, 2016 Shadow Boxing with Jones Act Strawmen Handgun Ban: Northern Mariana Islands Flout Court Ruling Second Crossover—Bills Head for Conference Committee Haseko Bills before Honolulu Council Planned Parenthood Resolution Passes Last Committee Begging for a Piece of the Hotel Room Tax Pie Shady Dealings DLIR: Construction Industry’s 12.1 Percent Projected Growth Leads Expansion Billy Kenoi Held up as Role Model for Teens Caldwell should be blamed for sugarcoating rail costs Dirty: Ernie Martin Faces off Against Voters Who Aren’t Fooled by Homeless Tent Cities Rep Chris Lee, Solar Contractors Behind Blank Geothermal Bill Green Energy Schemers Upset over Cool Schools Plan Geothermal energy from Kona, Maui, Oahu? There’s nothing simple about Airbnb’s proposal Read More..

Saturday, April 16, 2016 April 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 3761 Views Full Text: Honolulu Audit Report on Rail Government Spending Transparency: Hawaii Ranks 45th Honolulu Average Monthly Rent Jumps 7.28% Hawaii: Four Anti-Gun Bills Heading for Conference Committee Does the EITC Reduce Savings Among the Poor? Hawaii Republican State Convention Set for May 21 Rail: Project planners engage in “strategic misrepresentation” Lawmakers May Replace State Auditor With Ethics Director TMT opponents seek hearings officer’s removal Thoughtlessly Signing ‘Organic Farmland Initiative’ OHA to Obama: Expand Tuna Monument HD14: Teacher Running as Republican High cost of doing business in Hawaii expected to drive up pot prices HECO Pressures Solar Customers to Buy Batteries HOPE Probation for 24-Time Loser Leads to Double Stabbing Former state worker indicted for embezzlement Sex Harassment Training Ordered At DOT Read More..

Friday, April 15, 2016 April 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:11 PM :: 8248 Views IHS: City-Funded Homeless Programs Meeting Goals Duke Aiona Legislative Update April 13, 2016 States Employ Temporary Workers, But Often Know Little About Them Grassroot Institute Event Highlights Need to Support Maui Agriculture Ward: Firearms Bill Violates Federal Law IHS: City-Funded Homeless Programs Meeting Goals Brown Hands Ige Appoints Task Force on ‘Every Student Succeeds Act’ DBEDT Profiles Hawaii Non-English Speaking Population Flustered Grabauskas’ Rambling Diatribe: A Ridiculous Joke – Lots of Violations The Sovereignty Divide: Waihee vs Cayetano After Running Hospital into Ground, HGEA Demands $40M Severance Package Cool Schools Becomes Christmas Tree for Green Energy Schemers Con-Jobs and Scams Heading for Conference Committee Hawaii Is One Step Away From Taking a Close Look at Decriminalizing All Types of Drugs Ranchers have expressed interest in HC&S Land, but farmers are few Anti-GMO Candidate Rosenstiel Against ‘Dumb Locals’ Zika Findings Require Immediate Federal, State Response Obama Gives Hawaii DoE, HSTA New Way to Evade Accountability HuHonua: High Tech Schemers Jump on Board Failed Biomass Burner Read More..

Thursday, April 14, 2016 April 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:39 PM :: 3833 Views Who’s Giving a Quarter of a Million Dollars to Nai Aupuni? Hawaii: Four Anti-Gun Bills Pass Floor Vote Chief Justice Appoints Darien W.L. Ching Nagata as Hawaii Island District Court Judge Jones Act: A new fight and a new argument Marijuana Dispensary Licenses Delayed Federal Grant Backs New Honolulu Homeless Court Appleseed: Hawaii’s Poor Need a Tax Cut Bloomberg: Hawaii Republicans Have Responsibility to Challenge Schatz Hawaii Democrats Closed Primary Case Before 9th Circuit May 4 Kauai GE Tax Hike decision delayed Maui Budget: Rates, Fees, and Fuel Taxes Going Up HB1581: Since All Development Issues are Settled in the Courts, Lets Just Get to it Already What To Do With The Tax Sinkhole That Is Honolulu Rail? City Councilman wants to turn city's Sand Island homeless shelter into parking lot Health Beat: Cutting Corners with Primary Care Doctors Tax Credit Giveaway for Solar Battery Scammers City Charter Change Would Let Lobbyists Give More Gifts Don Horner Leaving Hawaii BOE Lawsuit: Homosexual Child Molester ‘Active in Gay Community’ Soft on Crime: 24 Priors Out on Street Allegedly Kills Farrington HS Football Player In wake of promotion controversy, HPD to name new assistant chief UFCW Pitches Unionized Cannabis Dispensaries HNL #1 for Runway Incursions Read More..

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 April 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 4098 Views Full Text: Resigning Horner vs Martin–HECO vs HART Hawaii 2nd Highest Overall Tax Burden in USA Video: The Christian Heritage of the Hawaiian Kingdom Hawaii Featured in 2016 Congressional Pig Book Auditor: Kahoolawe Trust Fund Gone After 20 years Without a Plan State Revenues From Gambling: Short-Term Relief, Long-Term Disappointment After Horner Ouster, Rail Will Only Get Worse Hawaii High Taxes Killing the Poor—Literally Cigarette Tax Rejected GMOs: Trying to work with social justice warriors on the new left is like trying to wash your hands with crap DoE Siphons Ratepayers Taxes--Next Pot of Gold for Green Energy Schemers Batteries: Another $50M for Green Energy Schemers Scam Coming: House Passes Geothermal Shell Bill Legislators May Strip Millions Of Hotel Tax Dollars From Honolulu Lawmakers may soon create a task force to reform our grossly inadequate lobbying laws Billy Kenoi is a Sexist—Why Didn’t Anybody Say Anything Until Now? Bill Passes to Release 100s of Criminals so they can do it again The Wilding: Honolulu’s Last Experiment With Homeless Tent City Led to Stabbings, Robberies Homeless Refusing Shelter to be Cleared from State, HCDA Property English, Shimabukuro Push $95K Grass Huts for Homeless Airbnb Claims 10,000 TVRs in Hawaii Big Anti-Tobacco Bought off Hawaii County Council Chair? Hawaii product exports increase 31% in 2015 Officer acquitted in trial is under review by HPD Read More..

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 April 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 4206 Views National Report Sees Hawaii Drop to 42nd in Economic Competitiveness Senator Sam Slom to Undergo Heart Surgery Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 11, 2016 ACLU: Legal Tools to Keep the Homeless, Homeless in Honolulu Rep Takai Again Calls for Military in Hawaii Reapportionment Slom hits Bad Bills—Reckless, Wasteful Legislation Don’t Let the Opt-Out of Common Core Testing Movement Fool You Rail: What are we going to do with this Turkey? One Down, One to Go:  Caldwell, Hanabusa Take Aim at Grabauskas US Hedge Fund Sues over Hitachi/Ansaldo deal SB2816: Clear Homeless Drug Addicts Out of Boat Harbors, Freeways Supreme Court decision could impact Hawaii election districts Pesticide Report Group Unravels DOT backs ferry feasibility study FORMER OHA TRUSTEE -  DONʻT RATIFY THE NA`I AUPUNI CONSTITUTION HPD fires recruits, reassigns officers after cheating scandal Missteps with Arnold will guide UH on Ganot raise Governor extends emergency period to prevent mosquito-borne illnesses Honolulu Middle Class Life Expectancy 3 Years Less than US Average Will ‘pot’ become too pricey? Some fear dispensaries will limit access and be cost-prohibitive Hawaii drug treatment centers see opiate addictions soar Hawaii DoE Targeted:  Parent Demands 2nd-Grade Tranny be Treated as Female Read More..

Monday, April 11, 2016 April 11, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:57 PM :: 3197 Views Rail Chaos in Honolulu Hawaii: Five Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Floor Votes This Week Legislative Deadlines: Second Decking, Third Reading First Head Rolls—Horner Resigns as HART Chair Rail Audit to be Released Friday Sand Island Homeless Center Moves Only 25 to Permanent Housing  ‘A Bum Job:’ Trust In Honolulu’s Police Commission Crumbles Institutionalized Fear: ‘Climate Change Office’ to be Written into Honolulu County Charter? Handy bill digest for Senate-side bills in Hawaii state legislature Money and Honorifics: Ige Gives Enviros What they Want Lawsuit: OSHA Office Overseeing Hawaii Buried Whistleblowers Lawsuit takes aim at HCC student fees Read More..

Sunday, April 10, 2016 April 10, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 4483 Views Hawaii Fuel Tax: Schizophrenia in Motion Another $800M Shortfall for Rail PUC is 2-1 In Favor of Next Era? Ige has failed to lead state out of homelessness pickle Homeless shelter occupancy rates a lousy measure of success Sierra Club: Land Use Policy Must Serve Needs of Tourism Industry by Packing the Little People into the Smallest Possible Spaces New HMSA Plan – Pay Doctors More for Doing Less With $1.7B on the Line, HSTA Cranks up Heat Hype Again HECO Renewable Plan: Ratepayer Funded Smart Grid, Taxpayer Subsidized Electric Cars Hawaii wind turbines kill petrel, shearwater, nene and bats Bill to allow legislators to take jobs at UH goes to senators Read More..

Saturday, April 9, 2016 April 9, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:15 PM :: 3501 Views DoH: Marijuana Dispensary Selection May be Delayed NEM Lawsuits: Rooftop Solar companies will play only if the game is stacked in their favor 9th Circuit Says Hawaii Cannabis Church Bogarted Evidence Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review City Council Chose near impossible Dillingham Blvd. rail route Does DHHL Know What it is Doing? Telescope Techs Visit Mexico, Spain After Hawaii Rejection Cocaine use on rise but pot still tops list Economist on Kauai: Poisonous debates rage around pesticides and those using them Isle solar industry could reach cap by 2017 Hawaii Only State Without Excessive Lead in Water Four File for Open HD14 Seat Hawaii 5th Lowest In Fed Funding For Homeless Faculty No Confidence in KCC Chancellor Hawaii Air Guard and active-duty members are back from the fight Read More..

Friday, April 8, 2016 April 8, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:30 PM :: 4104 Views 9th Circuit Judges Consider Blocking Maui Hospital Privatization Ilagan: I Oppose Hawaii County GE Tax Hike No Specific Reason Ige Announces Nominees for Board of Education, Land Use Commission Caldwell, Omidyar Pressure North Carolina, Mississippi to Allow Trannies into Womens’ Bathrooms Secret Rail Audit Shows $250M Cost Overrun at Just One Station Hawaii Carbon Trading Scheme: Double Counting, Excessive Profits Top-Level deputy sheriffs headed to class because they lack law enforcement training Hawaii Hospitals: The reality is mostly gloomy Obamacare Rules force Competitors to Pay HMSA $15M – One Goes Bankrupt State-Owned Agriculture Scheme Worth $107M?  With Gay Inc Focused on Marriage and Trannies in the Bathroom, Everybody is Forgetting about AIDS Drug Addicts’ Camp Harasses Cyclists Kauai Marijuana dispensary applicant partners with UFCW Communist Acquitted Killer to be Honored by UH Manoa Today Drivers frustrated with months-long wait at the DMV Schatz: I Have No Solution for High Cost of Living in Hawaii Read More..

Thursday, April 7, 2016 Letters to the Editor, April, 2016 By Letters to the Editor @ 6:56 PM :: 4897 Views Ilagan: I Oppose Hawaii County GE Tax Hike Read More..

Thursday, April 7, 2016 April 7, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 4655 Views Power Struggle: OHA Chair Robert Lindsey Hospitalized After Stroke Senator Sam Slom Undergoes Hospital Testing Full Text: State Supreme Court Decides to allow Koa Ridge to be Built What Does Evenwel v. Abbott Mean For "One Person, One Vote?" The Future of Farming on Maui Guam Can't Duck Suit Over Native Land Grab Does Legalizing Marijuana Mean You Can Drive Stoned? Hawaii Tax Freedom Day April 19 GAO: Hawaii’s COFA migrant cost math inaccurate Honolulu Police Commission Explains How it Pretends to Not Know About FBI Kealoha Investigation Blue Flu: Police Sickout Protests Overtime Piggybacking Crackdown No Re-Branding the HPD’s Crazy Criminal Wrongdoing Sandwich Isles Can’t Shake Taint of Criminal Al Hee Pot of Gold: Caldwell, Council Continue to Grab for Homeless Funding A Cool Million Was Spent Lobbying Hawaii Lawmakers In Two Months English, Sakai Enjoy Communist-Funded Junket During Session Zika Coming: What Will Anti-Pesticide Activists Do Then? HB2707: Nurses Can Certify Dopers in Hawaii Why The Presidential Race Is Not That Relevant To Our Lives Read More..

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 April 6, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:22 PM :: 3885 Views USDA on Dengue Mosquito Eradication -- Organic Farms Will NOT Lose Certification SB2954: Hawaii to Join FBI Biometric Database? UH Professors Banned from Sex with Students Rule Changes: DHHL Releases Beneficiary Consultation Report Rail officials: Tax extension may not be enough to cover project's rising costs Hawaii County Council Sets Hearing for GE Tax Hike Hawaii Needs State-Run Presidential Primary Telescope: Did State take Shortcuts or are the Judges Just Making it up as they go Along? HB2501 Secretly Amended to Strip Water from HC&S SB2559: Performance Contracts for Homeless Shelters Entire State Runs on Temporary Hires Honolulu Zoo Tangled up in Caldwell’s Red Tape Kenoi Speech to Kona Chamber-Nobody Asks about Criminal Charges Scheming to Grab More SPED Megabucks, DoE Pushes ‘Inclusion’—Claims Everybody Agrees DoE: $1.7B to Cover Hot Schools Hype Police reform measures Pass House Finance Committee Oahu judge will preside over case involving Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi Star-Advertiser Sues to Keep Court Records Open to the Public Push is on For Massive Property Tax Hike Read More..

Tuesday, April 5, 2016 April 5, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:49 PM :: 4883 Views Taxpayer Return on Investment: Hawaii Ranks 48th Evenwel Ruling: States May, not Must, Count Everyone In Reapportionment Ige Boosts DHHL Funding to $23.5M–Still Short of Court Order Auditor: Every Special Fund Proposed in 2016 Legislature out of Compliance Full Text: Honolulu Issues 2016 Citizen-Centric Report College Readiness: How did your school Do? Report Shows City Ethics Director Suspended for Exposing Illegal Rail Votes Aiona, Carlisle, Martin, Caldwell for Mayor, 2016? Caldwell, Martin Pretend to be Concerned About Mounting Rail Costs Star-Adv: We Will Start Covering Kealoha Grand Jury Investigation Kauai: Anti-Antis Show up in Force HB2501: Bill Saving Maui Ag Water Heading for Conference Committee Students Not Fooled by UH Tuition Hike Sales Pitch Hawaii County Employees Rack up $13.2M Overtime as Retirement Approaches Hawaii Smart Grids: Smart Investments or a Smart Diversion Hawaii Bill would Allow Police to Clear Meth Addicts’ Camps off State Property Proposal would bolster mental health services for chronically homeless Visitor to women's prison beat up inmates when Guard Accused of Drug-Smuggling left post HPD Officer Accused of DUI Hit n Run Hawaii is Last ‘Easy’ State for Paid Family Leave Read More..

Monday, April 4, 2016 April 4, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 5035 Views Charges: Kenoi Tampering, Lying Criminal: Hee’s Company Asks DHHL to Certify it to Receive Federal Megabucks Evenwel Unanimous State Defense Department Salaries PR Hype on HECO $340M ‘Smart’ Grid Plan Hawaii Gas slashes LNG costs by a third Kauai Council Decides to Keep Island Traffic Jammed Hawaii’s Trifecta of GMO Cases May Be Heard By Appeals Court In June Surfrider Sewage Scheme to Stop Dairy Farm? Read More..

Sunday, April 3, 2016 April 3, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:19 PM :: 4237 Views Low Real Property Tax Is a Bad Thing? State Saves $32M by refinancing general obligation bonds After Sanders: Will Progressives Re-Take Control of Hawaii Democratic Party? Sanders Vote: ‘A true cross-section of Kauai, heavily populated by healers, anti-GMO activists, anti-vaccine partisans’ ‘Stop the Bleeding’: After Rail Tax Hike, Another $695M Shortfall Announced HART Schemes to Make Middle Street Cut off Impossible Superferry, Telescope, Next Era Telescope Protesters Protest Way Hearing Officer Selected PHOCUSED Using Homeless to Grub for Money in Legislature DLNR Backs Small Boat Harbor Privatization Bill Counties push to increase share of transient accommodations tax revenue Thanks to Rep Andria Tupola, DoT Finally Getting Around to Solving Nanakuli Traffic Jam Hawaii DoE Has Most Counselors Per Capita of Any School District Latest Eco-Hype for the Gullible: Radar Destroys Reefs Read More..

Saturday, April 2, 2016 April 2, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:54 PM :: 4239 Views Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of April 1, 2016 DLNR Finally Gets Around to Appointing Mauna Kea Hearing Officer For California Teacher Taking on Unions, Supreme Court Ruling Isn’t the End of Her Case SB 2618: Ferry Feasibility Study HB2707: Last Chance to Testify on Marijuana Omnibus Package Economist: GE Taxes Favor Big Business Valuing the Jones Act Fleet Hawaii Family Advocates Legislative Week in Review Republican Appointments to Hawaii State Boards and Commissions Dubanoski Appointed to Judicial Selection Commission Northern Mariana Judge Strikes Down Last Handgun Ban in USA Hawaii Urged to Prepare for Zika at CDC Summit ‘Evidence of Corruption’ -- Federal grand jury looking at HPD chief, wife Embattled police department spending $100K to improve image Rally for Marsy’s Law Big Island judges won’t hear Kenoi case What really happened at the ʻAha, part IV HECO Pipedream: 21% of Renewables from Rusting Offshore Wind Junk Wahiawa Hospital hard-Hit by Medicare Pay Cuts, MD Shortage Anti-GMO Activists Exploit Parents of Autistic Children Will Hawaii’s Tuna Fleet be Shut Down Again? Road extension could bring historical Ewa train rides to an end Read More..

Friday, April 1, 2016 April 1, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 4443 Views Marsy’s Law for Crime Victims Rights: Rally at Capitol Friday The Biggest Fruit Ever Grown in Hawaii Feds Gain Control over 157,000 Acres in Maui County Interior Department Funding ‘Self-Determination’ in US Virgin Islands HTA: Visitor Spending up 1.2% for February Tutu Bert’s House to serve Homeless Discharged from Queen’s Hospital Jones Act Exemption Missing from Puerto Rico Relief Bill Hawaiian Electric Proposes $340M Rate Hike, Blames Smart Grids Honolulu officers testify before grand jury investigating police chief, wife State letting TMT slip away Borreca: After Ige Loses TMT, Big Island Will Turn Against Him Hawaii County Council to mull 12.5% GE Tax Hike  ASUH calls for Jones Act exemption Hawaii Democrats ‘Discover’ Yet Another Superdelegte to give to Hillary 80% of Maui Residents will get Zika 0.3% of Homeless Using Hygiene Center Accept Housing Referral Hawaii County: Next Era Merger Fails to Protect Ratepayers Another Act221 Tax Credit Company Failing Caldwell Plants to Fire TVR Inspectors, Blames Council “Kirk Caldwell, please sit down” On Leave With Pay After Sex Assault Charge, Maui Teacher Now Charged with ‘sexting’ to juvenile 385 Laid off as Yet Another Hotel Goes Condo Read More..

Thursday, March 31, 2016 March 31, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:04 PM :: 3668 Views Hawaii Land Use Laws Violate Fair Housing Act Federal Recognition: How Robin Danner Made $11.9M Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills: One Down, Three to Go Willes Lee Succeeds Sharon Angle as President of National Federation of Republican Assemblies Honolulu's mayor, Hawaii's members of Congress may face no re-election opposition Lawyer: Kenoi Not Quite a Thief Transparency Could Have Saved Billy Kenoi from Himself Pflueger Kills 8 at Ka Loko, Legislature Giving Him $10M Buy Out Airport Authority Would Cut OHA out of Greenmail Action Queens Hospital: 639 Homeless Patients Last Year Lets Give Dope to Little Kids and Make Your Insurance Pay for It Legislators: Insurance Companies Must Pay $54M a Year for Trannies’ Hormones Big Island Farmer Quits After 30 Years—Wants to Grow Weed DoH Debunks Anti-Dairy Farm Hype Anti-Dairy Farm Protesters are Source of Pollution DoE Facilities Branch is Dysfunctional Read More..

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 March 30, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 3685 Views Photos: Hate-Fueled Attack on Mauna Kea Radio Telescope Beyond Political Sovereignty: Pathways for Native Hawaiian Advancement Solving Hawaii Housing Crisis Through Land Use Reform Ige releases $5 million for design of new West Oahu high school Presidential Caucus: Hawaii Republicans Show How it is Done It’s Time For Hawaii To Move To State-Run Presidential Primaries Ige Administration Does Nothing as Telescope Prepares to Leave Hawaii Affordable Housing Bills Inch Closer To Passage At Hawaii Legislature HCDA: Close Kakaako Makai to Drive out Homeless Tent City Pesticide Report:  No Harm to Human Health Soft on Crime: Former Drug Dealer Billy Kenoi Arrested and Released Will House Finance Committee Hear Crime victims rights’ bill? Obama’s Gift to Hawaii:  Early release for Pahala Meth Dealer Lunatic Acquitted Killer Denied Off-Ground Privileges For Now MPD cop arrested 5 times in 1 year, still on the force Three More Rusting Wind Junk Projects proposed for Waters off Oahu Read More..

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 March, 2016 Letters to the Editor By Letters to the Editor @ 9:50 PM :: 4101 Views Presidential Caucus: Hawaii Republicans Show How it is Done Read More..

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 March 29, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 4845 Views Official Precinct by Precinct Results: Hawaii Democratic Presidential Caucus OHA to Fund Kana’iolowalu Roll Again? Video: Aha Aloha Aina Meetings Protest Nai Aupuni Bizarre News: Corrupt Language Removed from Bill Hawaii Legislators: Driving Stoned? Half of Hawai’i Residents Struggling “Paycheck to Paycheck” City proposes bill to waive most accessory dwelling unit permit fees Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Committee Vote on Wednesday Cigarette Taxes: Hawaii 5th Highest in USA Jones Act Campaign Contributions: Mazie Hirono is Living the Dream Stevedores Shutdown Matson Oakland Terminal Rep Mark Takai: Hawaii Should Switch to Presidential Primary System Hawaii Democrat Rip Off: After Sanders Voter Flock to Caucuses, Delegates go to Clinton Caucus Went According to Arrogant Democrats Bizarre Plan In Cuba, Hokulea finds Hawaii parallels with the Other One-Party Socialist State Founded in 1959 Nestor Garcia: Behind-the-scenes-string-puller at KHON Experts: State faces worsening shortage of primary care doctors Will Hawaii’s Teacher Evaluation System Get Scrapped? Actual revenue generated by Pro Bowl questioned Hyatt Funds Anti-Dairy Farm Activists Search for Kukae HB2166: Boost Renters’ Tax Credit to $150 Refusing Shelter: Kakaako homeless camps spring up again Bumbling City Permitting Department only Able to Approve Seven ADUs Haters Against Hate? Tied 4-4 after Scalia’s death, high court gives Public Sector unions a win Read More..

Monday, March 28, 2016 March 28, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:01 PM :: 3609 Views Hawaii Apprentice Hunting Bill Advancing through Legislature with Bipartisan Support Honolulu Council: We Want Homeless Tent Cites All over Island Right Now! Rail 2 Years Late and 10 Miles Short Amid Hawaii delays, the Internet turned to a Google doc for caucus results UH Administrators Think they are the Second Coming of Act221 Caldwell Need to get Serious About Caldwell’s Zoo HCR127: Hawaii Weighs Study on Decriminalizing All Drugs Soft on Rape: 18 Priors, out on Streets Does it Again Anti-GMO Activists Undue Influence on Pesticide Report The Death of Moral Relativism Read More..

Sunday, March 27, 2016 March 27, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:51 PM :: 3657 Views Official Results: Sanders Winning Hawaii with 70% Angry Democrats Caucus: ‘It was chaos and a farce’ HB1739: Boss Can Demand Your Social Media Passwords Can Illegal TVRs be Taxed? Bill Burgess: Honolulu attorney fought race-exclusive programs Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review DoE: $4M to Cover ‘Stupid Idiot Teacher Who Ran Over Student While Driving on School Lawn’ SB2690: Infinite Possibilities for Cigarette Tax Hike Bills Would Loosen OHA’s Grip on Airports Legislator wants to ax Kihei high school in favor of West Oahu facility Legislators Demand Shelters Provide Better Accommodations for Homeless HB1751: Corrupting the drive towards a sustainable energy future NextEra merger: HIEC willing co-op partner Without NEM, Nobody Wants Solar Nobody Wants to Pay for Publicly Funded Campaigns Read More..

Saturday, March 26, 2016 March 26, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 3826 Views Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 24, 2016 Hawaii DoE: Don’t Measure Students Ability to Speak English ‘Culturally Accurate’ Testing: DoE Latest Scheme to Move Goalposts Where to Vote: Hawaii Democrats Presidential Preference Poll March 26 Anti-GMO Activists Push Hard for Sanders Win Hawaii Democrats Will Quickly Lose Sanders Voters 'Thirty Meter Telescope' could find Refuge from Hawaii in War-Torn Kashmir Former Rail Architect Nails HART: Crime, Lunacy, Big Bucks—Mistake after Mistake  Architect: HART a Poster Child for How Not to Put in a Transit System Caldwell’s Zoo Could Lose 10% of Animals Read More..

Friday, March 25, 2016 March 25, 2016 News Release By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 5754 Views Grassroot Report: How to Fix Hawaii's Housing Crisis Lawsuit Dismissed: State’s 10% Rail Tax Skim Stands Maui Budget: Mayor Arakawa Says No Property Tax Rate Increase Necessary Sanders: No Federal Interference with Native Hawaiians Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That? Prince Kuhio’s Fight to Americanize Hawaii Prince Kuhio: The bridge from Kingdom to State Cataluna: Billy Kenoi was last one Left in Old Boys Political Bullpen Ethics Board, Stacked with Cronies, Finally Decides hear Kenoi complaint Kame'eleihiwa: Hillary Will Give us our Fake Indian Tribe Beth Fukumoto: "Start acting like a [expletive] Republican." DoE Shysters to Grill Mentally Disabled Girl Raped again and again at Multiple DoE Campuses Horner: HART Revenue Plan Outdated HB2740: Sen Roz Baker rewriting bill to allow HMSA Medical Care delays The Dark Side Of Renewable Energy Next Round of HC&S Worker Layoffs Announced Kauai Anti-GMO Leader Busted for Alcohol Revolving Door: Keoki Kerr Leaving HNN TV for HSTA Job Read More..

Thursday, March 24, 2016 March 24, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:56 PM :: 5067 Views Billy Kenoi Indicted, Arrest Warrant Issued -- Could Get 15 Years in Prison Nai Aupuni Fundarising: Don’t Give These Scams a Dime SR16: Hawaii Legislative Resolution Asks Google to Censor Internet Where to Vote: Hawaii Democrats Presidential Preference Poll March 26 Victory: Lawmakers shelve fuel tax hikes Haoles Back Sanders in Democrat Vote Saturday On November Ballot: Police Commission Can Fire Chief SB3034: Victims’ rights measure advances through House Stadium’s future could be tied to private-public development Thousands petition to keep Wahiawa General Hospital open Hawaii Superferry Headed for Maine-Nova Scotia Route Anti-GMO Movement: Deny 3rd World Farmers the Best Seeds Apo: Prince Kuhio Founded Indian Tribe—But Nobody Noticed until recently Soft on Crime: Out on Probation Does it Again and Again and Again Read More..

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 March 23, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 4166 Views Fuel Tax Hike to be Heard by Committee Without Proper Public Notice Tuition up 136%: UH Manoa Ranks #1 in USA—and Administration Wants More Caldwell’s Zoo Loses Accreditation New Report Compares E-Cigarette Taxes in 50 States TomTom: Honolulu 6th Most Congested in USA OHA Funding for Native Hawaiian Roll Comm on Today’s Agenda RM16-01 Honolulu rail aims to be #1: Costliest transit project in the country’s history on per capita basis Secret Political Cabal Behind New Media Company Revolving Door: Ex-KITV Aide To Gov. Ige Launches Video Production Company Caldwell is Insincere and Disrespectful Senate committee OKs Ag water rights bill On Island Obsessed with GMOs, Meth No Longer Makes Headlines Obamacare: Your Medical Care is Already being Rationed SB2244: Cut retirement benefits for judges SB265: Help Pimps Recruit Minors Cop Cameras Among The Police Reform Bills Still Alive HPD officer found guilty of trafficking stolen vehicle Hawaii County Water Rates Hikes to Pay for Alt Energy Schemes Hawaii taxpayers Pay $13.28M for Fancy Waikiki Enviro Conference Number of Hawaii residents kept medicated with marijuana could double Libraries Inundated with Homeless Maui County $31K/year on Herbicide Read More..

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 March 22, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 3614 Views Hawaii Republican State Convention Set for May 21 Hawaii 12th Most Expensive State to Own a Car Hawaii Legislation Would Strengthen Franchisee Rights Hawaii Planned Parenthood Should be Investigated Not Celebrated Hawaii Family Advocates Legislative Week in Review Hunting for alternate site:  TMT board members visit Canary Islands Sanders Panders to Anti-GMO Crowd Stanley Chang comes from the most liberal side of the Democratic Party Zika Lands on Chemophobe Kauai—‘No Spraying Was Done’ OHA Cronies Grab for Control of Agricultural Water Transportation Department Holds Kauai Hostage to Fuel Tax Hike SB2690: Rise in Cigarette Tax Peddled as Aid to Cancer Center HB2466: Special Fund Raid Targets Community Health Centers as E-Cigs Continue to Cut into Tobacco Sales Just for Laughs: UH Administrators Pretend to have a Plan to Save UH Cancer Center 100% Goal is Still Fake – Renewable Energy Bill Deferred Senate Votes $28M for DHHL Committee tightens up a measure on transient rental taxes What’s Happened To Mayor’s ‘Bold’ Affordable Housing Plan? Task Force to Take Aim at Affordable Housing Money Crime Victims Flood Newspaper: Will my Perpetrator be released? Admiral, Police Team up for Maui Marijuana Business HB1072: Psychologists Want to Sell Drugs, Too Army to Reduce Hawaii Forces 8% Joining Dems and GOP is possible but unethical Read More..

Monday, March 21, 2016 March 21, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:09 PM :: 4052 Views Report: Rep Fukumoto Will Quit Republican Party DoH Announces Political Insiders Chosen to Review Marijuana Dispensary Licenses Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 21, 2016 The hidden hand of the state is reaching for your car keys NYT: Hawaii Struggles to Keep Rail Project From Becoming a Boondoggle Big Dig, Rail: Grabauskas lands in familiar territory Chang thinks he can beat popular Slom; we’ll see Caldwell, Martin Still Playing Political games What really happened at the ʻAha, part III Agricultural future for Hawaii rests on removing many barriers to entry Throwing Bad Renewable Energy Projects Off the Bridge Hawaii Superferry Going to Maine-Nova Scotia Route Wahiawa General Hospital in danger of closing HPD officer resigns to help Wahiawa's homeless full-time Maui Council boosts transparency Anti-GMO Hawaii County Council Candidate Exposed as Paid Lobbyist 1,566 Hawaii Same Sex Marriages Since 2013 Read More..

Sunday, March 20, 2016 March 20, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 PM :: 5426 Views Bill Burgess: Honolulu attorney fought race-exclusive programs Hawaii State Judiciary “Connect-A-Vet” resource fair Triple Referral Lateral Could You Please Pick Up That Pencil? Hawaii: Assault on your Second Amendment Rights Continues Clumsy and Secretive: Caldwell’s Minions Mug Ethics Director Thousands of Punatics, Anti-GMOs Joining Hawaii Democratic Party to Vote for Socialist Kauai Fact-Finding: Anti-GMO Pesticide Hype Completely Unsubstantiated Are you participating in Hawaii’s main political party caucuses to choose a presidential nominee? Wife of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders visits Oahu NYT: UH Lags Private Sector in Equal Pay, Womens’ Rights Financial woes threaten the UH Cancer Center Required testing of rape kits removed from bills HB2391: Release Hundreds of Criminals Back onto Streets Medicated: Another 1,800 Sign Up to Smoke Weed Affordable? Senior Housing Rents Jump 62% City says North Shore playground built by volunteers must come down Read More..

Saturday, March 19, 2016 March 19, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 3189 Views Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 18, 2016 MDs: Gender Ideology Harms Children Where to Vote: Hawaii Democrats Presidential Preference Poll March 26 Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission Hawaii State Senate: A Wall of Secrecy ‘for year or more’ Anti-GMO Realtors Demand Seizure of HC&S Land Conflict of Interest: Anti-Ag Activist Appointed to Maui Water Board Obamacare Gives HMSA New Way to Reduce Quality of Medical Care Chilly temps aren't slowing state's push to cool classrooms Police Standards Board Bill Revived SB2411: Police Body Cams Committee Vote Tuesday Four Officers Involved in Conspiracy to Stage Auto Theft—Vehicle Later Used in Robbery of Drug Dealer Ethics Panel Seat Still Open Read More..

Friday, March 18, 2016 March 18, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:23 PM :: 4215 Views Police Raid Offices of Honolulu Rail Car Supplier Organic Farmers Thwart Tropical Disease Eradication Efforts Duke Aiona Legislative Update March 17, 2016 Hawaii: Assault on your Second Amendment Rights Continues Beer Taxes: Hawaii Ranks #5 in USA Lava Tube: DLNR’s Case ‘setting up roadblocks to the media on matters large and small’ March 18, 1959: Eisenhower Signs Hawaii Statehood Bill Alii Place: $50M State Giveaway to Owner? Hollywood Giveaway: Hawaii Offers up to $15M Taxpayer Money per Movie Office of Hawaiian Affairs Has 10 Employees In The Six-Figure Range Chang Aims for Total One Party Control of State Senate Kauai Mayor Carvalho calls for $20M increase in general excise tax Charter: Police Commission to get Teeth? Ferry Bill Clears First House Committee Water a Money Spinner for A&B Lawmakers ask HMSA, doctors to compromise on imaging pre-authorization Hawaii medical school drops off U.S. News list of top programs, law school drops 10 places FBI: Hawaii Overwhelmed with Perverts Civil Beat's Errors and Conflict of Interest Dolphins to Be Protected from Eco-Religionists after Decade of Harassment Ethnic bloc endorsements seem odd and out of date Read More..

Thursday, March 17, 2016 March 17, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:33 PM :: 3465 Views Na’i Aupuni Cancels Ratification Vote Anti-Gun Bills Deferred Plan to renovate or rebuild Aloha Stadium could become a taxpayer boondoggle Oahu Windfarm Proposed for Live Explosives Dumping Area 2016 County Health Rankings Hawaii Honolulu Drivers Waste 49 Hours in Traffic Hawaii House budget Boosts Spending by $2B House Budget Bill—$60M to be Wasted on Aloha Stadium House budgets $200M for new Maui jail, Undercuts OCCC, Halawa Plan Two Sheriffs Involved in HPD Stolen Car Scheme 81% Chance of Sanders Win in Hawaii Telescope: Selection of Hearing Officer ‘In Progress’ SB2562: State Squad to Apply Pressure to Homeless Who Continue to Refuse Shelter Will Utah Housing First Leader Direct Honolulu Homeless Effort? Kauai Utility CEO: Renewable Energy Goal Not Cheap Or Easy To Meet Honolulu Police Commission’s job review of HPD Chief Louis Kealoha is an embarrassing whitewash Hawaii TSA had 'record number' of violations, discrepancies Prosecutors: Gay Prostitute Killed Woman in Honolulu—Faces Kiddie Porn Charges Read More..

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 March 16, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 4107 Views HB2085: Ban Sale of Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles in Hawaii House committee to hear ferry bill Wednesday morning HB2555: Hemp Inc Behind Industrial Hemp Bill Anti-Gun Bills up for Senate Vote Hawaii County PD Seeks Community Input Rail, TheBus and HandiVan Operations – Under HART or the Mayor? State Hands IT Systems to New UH Tech Center Feathering Their Own Nests, UH Administrators to Peddle Latest Round of Tuition Hikes at Public Meetings Small Business Day at the Capitol, March 30 Na’i Aupuni Ratification Trick Osorio: Three major problems with the ʻAha constitution Honolulu rail project's chief architect departs, warns of project's future HB1751: Alt Energy Meeting Goals By Screwing With Definitions Consultant faults Hawaiian Electric for geothermal contract failure DOE investigations into employees drag on for months Arakawa pushing for hard-wall housing units for Maui homeless Star Adv:  Steal Affordable Housing Credits from DHHL 2 top Hawaii TSA managers sue agency for discrimination, retaliation HPD Officer on trial for allegedly buying, selling stolen SUV Lawmakers consider releasing hundreds of inmates to Boost Crime Rate Hawaii’s Largest Meth Dealer Gets Reduced Sentence Read More..

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 March 15, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 4709 Views Interior Department Funds Guam ‘Self-Determination’ Outreach Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on 3rd District Court Nominees HR21: Development Land Swap for Great Lawn in Hawaii Kai Complete List: Bills that Passed First Crossover Grand jury in Kenoi case issues subpoenas Caldwell Makes Excuses for not asking police chief to go on leave during FBI probe Legislature: Lets Make it Easier to Pass Around the Campaign Cash GEMS for DoE plan hits delay HTA against shifting $3M to UH sports SB2244: No Pension for Judges Unless They are reappointed Transparency-Related Bills Before Legislature HB2501: With Sugar Dead, Usual Suspects Fight to Take Away Ag Water State Fines Costco $16K for Helping With Hurricane Relief 1,000 Apply for 84 Affordable Rentals in Pearl City Declining oil prices lead to lower Electric Bills Planning director calls for revoking permits for Aina Lea golf courses Soft on Crime: Tweeker Gets Probation for Near-Fatal Shooting--Surprisingly She’s Back at it Again SB2309: Untested Rape Kits If Hawaii Had Dictatorship Like Cuba, We Could Shut Down Anti-Pesticide Nuts and Spray to Stop Dengue, Zika Dem Presidential Caucus a Test of Strength for Anti-GMO Nuts Trump gets huge win in Northern Mariana Islands GOP caucus Read More..

Monday, March 14, 2016 March 14, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:26 PM :: 3643 Views Anti-Gun Bills up for Senate Vote Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 14, 2016 HB2558: State Travel Expenses to Flood DLNR ‘Carbon Credit’ Slush Fund  Delaying Medical Tests To Save Money Is A Dangerous Game Police commission rating of Kealoha seems incomplete High Public Cost Of Race Case Bolsters Calls For Police Reform ‘Liquefied natural gas’ doesn’t always mean ‘fossil fuel’ Read More..

Sunday, March 13, 2016 March 13, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 3596 Views Regressivity Auditor: Incompetence Prevents Management of State IT Resources Auditor: Handi-Van Not ADA-Compliant Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 11, 2016 SB 2840–Kill Zombie Pensions Morita Comes up Short in KIUC Bid AP: Only Senator Sam Slom Responded Fully to Our Open Records Request Senators go along with Dubious $75M Gas and Vehicle Tax Hike SB2454: Make Income Taxes More Progressive State is squarely in path of unfunded liability landslide Affordable housing trade-off: Credit program aids Hawaiian Homelands Another $30M in Revenue Bonds for Political Insiders Hawaii Trump Voters: It’s time to move to a level of confrontation not seen in local politics Read More..

Saturday, March 12, 2016 March 12, 2016 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:40 PM :: 4822 Views Applicants Sought for Ethics Commission Hawaii Cesspools: Tax Credit, Ban Caldwell Minions finally force City Ethics Director Out for Being too Tough on Rail Crooks? OHA Mauna Kea Cash Grab: Judge Remands All Telescopes’ Sublease back to BLNR  House Set to Approve $16B Budget, $300M in Red Hawaii could be only state that taxes Girl Scout cookies if Idaho bill passes Hawaii's general fund tax deposits up 7.4% Homeless are Big Part of Hawaii’s $1.2B Medicaid Bill Hawaii deals with dramatic shortage of doctors Like Tourism, State’s #2 Industry ‘In Slow Decline’ Hawaii tech industry ranks 45th in the nation Civil Beat Hypes Latest Gaggle of Phony Taxpayer-Funded Tech Companies Anti-GMO Activists Just Keep on Lying 2 former GOP Hawaii chairs face complaint over their criticism of Trump Can Tulsi Gabbard Swing Hawaii Voters to Sanders? New state BOE policy embraces language diversity in classrooms Read More..

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