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Entries for 'Andrew Walden'
| Monday, February 9, 2026 |
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Rail: HART Alleges ‘Core Systems Contractor’ is Criminal Organization
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 533 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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... HART’s counter suit includes a detailed analysis of how large-project government contractors manipulate the system to jack up costs ....
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| Sunday, February 8, 2026 |
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Election 2026: 94 Candidates Pull Papers to Run
By Andrew Walden @ 1:34 PM :: 649 Views :: Office of Elections
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... Who’s running for office? ....
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| Friday, January 30, 2026 |
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Census Bureau: Hawaii Population Decline 2nd-Fastest in USA
By Andrew Walden @ 2:06 AM :: 2207 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Young local families dominate Hawaii’s departure statistics ....
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| Friday, January 23, 2026 |
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FAA Exposes $23M Airports Division Lie: We did not order HDoT to Replace Firefighting Systems
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 1719 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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... The non-existent FAA mandate is HDoT’s rationale for a $22.26M contract to replace the brand new systems ....
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| Wednesday, January 14, 2026 |
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Senator Fevella Silent on $35K Bribe
By Andrew Walden @ 3:53 PM :: 2424 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians, Republican Party
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... Normally Choy and Cullen wouldn't bribe a Republican because the Republican has only his own vote to sell. It's not worth $35K. But, in this case they were not operating 'normally.' ....
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| Wednesday, January 7, 2026 |
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OHA Check Register 2024-25—Payroll Drives Spending up 30%
By Andrew Walden @ 10:19 PM :: 1097 Views :: Ethics, Labor, OHA
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... massive pay hikes drive bloated spending ....
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| Saturday, January 3, 2026 |
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Schatz Welches on Biden's Maduro Bounty
By Andrew Walden @ 12:06 PM :: 1859 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military
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... Will Schatz tell the Delta Force they aren’t getting the reward money? I want that on video ....
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| Friday, January 2, 2026 |
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9th Circuit Halts Hawaii Green Fee Tax on Cruise Lines
By Andrew Walden @ 12:42 AM :: 2322 Views :: Jones Act, Judiciary, Taxes, Tourism
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... While the AG was counting her chickens, barristers worked through the holidays to bring the preliminary injunction appeal to justice ....
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| Monday, December 29, 2025 |
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Class Action Suit Filed Against Maui Bill 9
By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 PM :: 5016 Views :: Maui County, Land Use, Tourism
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... A second lawsuit has been filed challenging Maui Bill 9 ....
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| Monday, December 22, 2025 |
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Senate WAM Announces Budget Hearing Schedule
By Andrew Walden @ 1:38 PM :: 971 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... The purpose of the briefings is to ensure public dollars are being spent on priorities that meet the needs of Dela Cruz campaign contributors and anybody with $35,000 in a brown paper bag ....
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| Saturday, December 20, 2025 |
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Bill 9: First Lawsuit Filed
By Andrew Walden @ 2:06 PM :: 8298 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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... The ink of Bissen’s signature is barely dry and, precisely as predicted, the litigation is already beginning ....
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| Sunday, December 14, 2025 |
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Two Telescopes Stop Paying Rent on Mauna Kea and another cancels $500M upgrade-DeFries Doesn’t Notice
By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 3573 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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... Mauna Kea Stewardship Oversight Authority (MKSOA) Director John DeFries went for nearly a year without noticing ....
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| Sunday, December 7, 2025 |
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Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 45810 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Military, Police
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“It was (his) work as head of the HPD’s Espionage Bureau that lay the foundation for Burns’ later political success in Hawaii.”
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| Friday, December 5, 2025 |
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OHA: We Are Shut Out of Green’s Army Negotiations
By Andrew Walden @ 2:46 PM :: 854 Views :: Military, OHA
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... After asserting publicly that eminent domain was less of a factor than previously thought, Green is still seeking clarity from Driscoll ....
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| Thursday, December 4, 2025 |
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Star-Advertiser 'accepts nearly all' right-wing Letters to the Editor
By Andrew Walden @ 12:56 PM :: 1000 Views :: First Amendment
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"...we publish what we receive and attempt to balance anti- and pro-Trump submissions — to the point of declining many against, and accepting nearly all in favor...."
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| Thursday, November 27, 2025 |
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AG Report: Governor’s office fired Isaac Choy for threatening Audit of CNHA’s $27M HTA Contract
By Andrew Walden @ 9:46 PM :: 4662 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians, Tourism
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... What is it about CNHA’s $27M HTA contract that the Governor’s Office, CNHA, and HTA are trying to hide from auditors? ....
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| Thursday, November 20, 2025 |
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Bill 42: After Decade of Uber/Lyft, Honolulu Council to Deregulate Taxis?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:34 PM :: 1382 Views :: Honolulu County, Small Business
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"Repeal of taxi rate regulations will level the playing field, allowing the taxi industry to expand services and to survive unfair TNC competition."
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| Wednesday, November 19, 2025 |
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Feds Challenge Green Fee in Court: 'Illegal Extortion Scheme'
By Andrew Walden @ 2:51 AM :: 3519 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes, Tourism
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... The Constitution’s Tonnage Clause bars States from imposing any “charge for the privilege of entering, trading in, or lying in a port.” ….
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| Tuesday, November 18, 2025 |
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Hitachi Sues HART: $320M of 'Gross Mismanagement'
By Andrew Walden @ 12:27 PM :: 2578 Views :: Rail
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... The complaint, filed November 17, 2025, in Oahu’s First Circuit Court, provides insight into HART’s ‘six years and counting’ of delays. ....
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| Thursday, November 13, 2025 |
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| Saturday, November 8, 2025 |
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Bishop Street Lawyer Behind OHA Power Grab?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:37 PM :: 2839 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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"... Kahele ... retained new outside Board counsel (Paul Alston) without consultation, approval, or notice to the Board ...."
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| Thursday, November 6, 2025 |
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Lawsuit: OHA Budget Process Rooted in Illegal Power Grab
By Andrew Walden @ 7:03 PM :: 1885 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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... OHA C-suite officers could be subject to criminal sanctions ....
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| Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |
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Kamehameha Admissions: Without Affirmative Action Defense, Who Needs Victimology?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:13 AM :: 5155 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Education K-12, Judiciary, OHA
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... By eliminating affirmative action as a defense for Kamehameha’s admissions policy, SFA has done us all a favor ....
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| Tuesday, October 21, 2025 |
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US Senate is laying down terms for military land use negotiations in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 AM :: 1678 Views :: Land Use, Military
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... authorizes acquisition through exchange or lease ....
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| Thursday, October 16, 2025 |
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Falsely arrested by their own Department? Four Sheriff Deputies File Suit
By Andrew Walden @ 9:54 PM :: 1680 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... trumped-up the charges against the four deputies as part of a convoluted scheme to manipulate Horton as a ‘pawn’ to retaliate against the number three man in the State Sheriff Division, First Deputy Lanikoa Dobrowolsky ....
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| Friday, October 3, 2025 |
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Not Anonymous: Employees Demand ‘Investigation’ of DoTax Director Suganuma
By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 6362 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor, Tax Credits, Taxes
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... yelling, cursing, swearing, finger-pointing, accusing, etc., and it has created a very hostile and toxic work environment for DOTAX staff ....
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| Wednesday, October 1, 2025 |
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Supreme Court Orders Disclosure of Adoption and Foster Records in Kalua Murder Case
By Andrew Walden @ 2:35 PM :: 1844 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary
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... The court decision sharply reverses stringent secrecy rules ....
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| Sunday, September 28, 2025 |
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HTA Whistleblower Isaac Choy Illegally Fired by Governor’s Chief of Staff
By Andrew Walden @ 10:48 PM :: 6162 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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... Court documents allege Choy was illegally fired September 5, 2025, on the written order of Green’s Chief of Staff, Brooke Wilson ....
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| Saturday, September 27, 2025 |
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Hanabusa Resigns from HART Board
By Andrew Walden @ 12:07 AM :: 2416 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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"...the decision was made last month...."
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| Wednesday, September 24, 2025 |
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Paia: Will Maui lose ANOTHER town to fire due to refusal to clear out Holomua Homeless Camp?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 3252 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness
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... on average the homeless meth heads at Holomua start a grass fire every three days threatening Paia Town ....
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| Saturday, September 13, 2025 |
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Supreme Court: Doctors and Patients May Skip Arbitration and Sue HMSA
By Andrew Walden @ 11:36 PM :: 5996 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Judiciary
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... Judge Kim described HMSA physician contracts as, “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable.” ....
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| Friday, September 12, 2025 |
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| Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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Next Boondoggle: Useless $204M Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
By Andrew Walden @ 4:38 AM :: 7387 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living
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... Desal is an energy hog and Hawaii has the most expensive electricity in the USA ....
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| Friday, August 15, 2025 |
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Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 75728 Views :: Hawaii History
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... Opponents of Statehood were landed aristocracy fearful of being ruled by their employees ....
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| Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii Sheriff Deputies Arrested on Charges Trumped-up by own Department—Top Brass infighting led to suicide of Deputy
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 10446 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police
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... one deputy committed suicide after DLE’s Criminal Investigations Division attempted to use deputies as pawns to hedge against a lawsuit filed by the #3 man in the department ….
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| Friday, August 1, 2025 |
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Logan: Blangiardi Threatened my Family
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 5904 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Homelessness, Police, Drugs
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... Joe Logan’s son, Zane Logan, has a lengthy court record involving meth, theft, and prostitution, but he always manages to get away with minimal punishments ....
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
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Rule by Decree: Is Hawaii's Democracy Broken?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 4327 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Drugs
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... Do the math: 1+22+14+18+14+8 = 77 emergencies ....
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| Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
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Tsunami of Traffic: How One Gas Station Line Jammed up All of Kapolei
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 AM :: 6268 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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... Behind this blockage, total traffic gridlock took hold for three hours between 4pm and 7pm on Kapolei-area roads ....
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| Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
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Corruption Lawsuit: Another Hawaiian ‘8a’ Defense Contractor in Court
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 AM :: 5405 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA
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... alleges that ‘8a’ insiders from several interrelated 8a contracting firms are systematically shortchanging the Kailua-based ‘Native Hawaiian Legal Defense and Education Fund, LLC’ aka Ho‘omaka Foundation ....
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| Monday, July 21, 2025 |
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Sovereignty Activists team up with Chinese Communist Front Group
By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 3045 Views :: Higher Education, OHA
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... "How a U.S. Tech Mogul Used Nonprofits to Sow Chinese Propaganda" -- NYT ....
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| Friday, July 18, 2025 |
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Fraud and Misrepresentation: IDG Geothermal Schemers Get Cold Reception from Hawaii County Council
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 4614 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics
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... Successful geothermal project leadership in New Zealand? There is a record of litigation surrounding those efforts which include claims of fraud and misrepresentation ....
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| Wednesday, July 16, 2025 |
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After Latest Fire at Sea, Matson Begins Refusing Shipment of Electric Cars
By Andrew Walden @ 2:28 PM :: 5546 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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... Questions: Will Pasha follow suit? Does Matson's ban extend to shipments of lithium batteries for consumer products and for solar installations? ....
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| Monday, July 7, 2025 |
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July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 56106 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Labor
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...When the USSR collapsed in 1991, long-secret archives of the Communist International were thrown open to western researchers for the first time. Many previously unknown details of communist history have been revealed--including the 1935 Comintern orders directing Communists to begin work in Hawaii....
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| Wednesday, June 25, 2025 |
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Feds Rule on Campaign Spending Complaint Four Days after Hawaii Republican Convention tosses out Crazies
By Andrew Walden @ 12:12 AM :: 2549 Views :: Ethics, Republican Party
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... The akamai reader may wonder what type of campaign spending account is neither state nor federal. ...
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| Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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Mayor Signs Three Bills to Crack Down on Game Rooms
By Andrew Walden @ 2:40 PM :: 2057 Views :: Honolulu County, Gambling
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... “These bills will bring to bear the authority and power of City agencies to aggressively attack the illegal and insidious game rooms that are so harmful to our communities,” said Mayor Rick Blangiardi ....
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| Saturday, June 14, 2025 |
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June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 68080 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor
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Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....
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