Friday, June 20, 2025
Hawai'i Daily News Read

Thursday, June 19, 2025
June 19, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii Democrats Outraged Over Ban on Juvenile Sex Change  
  2. Wahiawa Veteran Wins in Class Action Lawsuit Against Iran
  3. HMSA: 2nd Worst Health Insurance Company in USA
  4. Maui residents’ recovery sees gains, but health and housing challenges persist
  5. Trump ‘incensed’ – Gabbard “on the brink of nuclear annihilation.”
  6. Rade Vanic picked to serve as interim Honolulu police chief
  7. Honolulu's Effort to Fast-Track Affordable Housing Projects Hasn't Worked
  8. Queens Urologist: ‘There’s No Wrong Way To ‘Delete’ Zionists’
  9. BJ Penn back in the courtroom, jury trial set
  10. Testimony continues over bill to ban thousands of Maui vacation rentals
  11. What if the 100% Renewable Energy Law is the Wrong Goal
  12. New Homeless Drug Addict Behavior: Laying in Road and Walking on Freeway
  13. Oʻahu Wants To Crack Down On Homeless Bus Riders
  14. Shakedown: Another Bogus Surfrider Beach Pollution Report

Wednesday, June 18, 2025
June 18, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Lawsuit by State Hospital Medical Director Details How Retaliation Games Keep Hospital Understaffed
  2. Why Hawaii lawmakers should adopt interstate telehealth
  3. Eight apply to serve as interim Honolulu police chief
  4. Honolulu City Council Votes To Shake Up Its Leadership
  5. Update: Stories from the ‘Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure’
  6. Trump contradicts Tulsi Gabbard’s assessment on Iran’s nuclear program
  7. It’s Not Just Tourists: Hawaiʻi Residents Drown At Alarming Rates 
  8. After Master Lease is Signed, UXO Cleanup to Become Big Business for 8a Contractors
  9. Drones Could Be Dispatched As First Responders To Crime Scenes In Hawaiʻi
  10. State survey reveals workforce housing would keep Hawai‘i educators in classrooms
  11. Happy News: State Spends no Money to Stop Feral Chickens

Tuesday, June 17, 2025
June 17, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Matt Elliott approved by BOR as next UH Mānoa athletics director
  2. HMSA’s ‘Take-it-or-leave-it’ Contracts ‘Fundamentally Unfair’
  3. Honolulu City Council leadership changes proposed
  4. After Engineering the Woke Ouster of Isaac Choy, CNHA is back at HTA for ‘Mo Money
  5. Union COVID Cash Bonanza Continues: $124.4 Million In Pandemic Hazard Pay For Prisons
  6. Affordable Housing Fraud?  ‘Still working on it’
  7. Lawsuit Asks Court To Halt Haʻikū Stairs Demolition, Citing State Flip-Flop
  8. BYU-Hawaii alum killed as Utah ‘No Kings’ protesters shoot at each other
  9. ICE agents arrest Russian woman at Marine Corps Base Hawaii
  10. Hawaii DOH could seize unregulated THC products in 2026
  11. Heated moments at Makaha meeting on transitional homes project
  12. Fiber cut causes outage in Windward Oahu

Monday, June 16, 2025
June 16, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Sigh of Relief After Mostly Peaceful Protests
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 14, 2025
  3. Affordable Housing Scam was Easy to Pull Off
  4. City seeks developer for Iwilei transit-oriented housing
  5. Report: Honolulu Inflation Among Worst In Nation
  6. Investigators: High Winds, Rotor Flap Caused Fatal Kauaʻi Helicopter Crash
  7. Kidnapper Issac Pascua arrested in Texas after escape from Hawaii jail

Sunday, June 15, 2025
Letters to the Editor June 2025
Letters to the Editor

Sigh of Relief After Mostly Peaceful Protests


Sunday, June 15, 2025
June 15, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. A blue wave is helping rock the boat on Jones Act reform
  2. Intent to Veto
  3. Supreme Court decision makes it easier for disabled students to sue school districts for bias
  4. How To Protect Politicians from Ethics Investigations?  Eliminate Staff
  5. No Robots Day: Ed Case Thinks for Himself on Defense, Immigration
  6. Army to Trade Oahu Leases for Pohakuloa Renewal?
  7. Goal of new partnership of hospitals: More specialty doctors for Big Island, fewer medical trips to Oʻahu
  8. Elliott expected to be confirmed as Hawaii AD on Monday

Saturday, June 14, 2025
June 14, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
  2. $294K Income Needed for Family of Four in Hawaii  
  3. Hawaii: Fewest Boat Owners Per Capita
  4. 37 Current and Former Hawaii Police Officers Call for ‘Military Government’
  5. BJ Penn Legal, Mental Issues Growing
  6. Moszkowicz rescinded resignation when he learned it’s the responsibility of the Honolulu Police Commission and not the mayor to select interim chief
  7. Kauai: Police Chief Todd Raybuck retires; Kalani Ke takes over leadership
  8. Maui: Meth-addled firebugs continue to accumulate on Holomua Road
  9. Tokuda Soft on Fentanyl

Friday, June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. DoH Coverup? Health Dep't Fines Hilo Medical Practice $2.19M for Minor Paperwork Violation
  2. Lawsuit: HTA bosses destroy Convention Center Roof in quest for retaliation
  3. House Announces New Assignments: Leadership, Committee Chair  
  4. Against all odds, Hawaii’s children are returning
  5. HART Designs Final Six Stations to Be Harder Than Ever for Riders to Reach
  6. Who’s Really to Blame for Hawaii Overtourism? Airbnb Pushes Back
  7. DOE Called For 12 New Schools In ‘Ewa A Decade Ago. It’s Built Two
  8. New laws will soften criminal prosecution of juveniles in Hawaii
  9. After Nine Months in Kapolei, Homeless HONU returning to Old Stadium Park
  10. B.J. Penn arrested — again
  11. A Navy Plan To Develop Barbers Point Will Erase History

Thursday, June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Cost of Bills Index: Hawaii 32% Above US Median
  2. Hawaii is a Leader for Preschool Quality But Last in Access Among Pacific States
  3. Hawaii 3rd-Highest Beer Taxes in USA
  4. Strategy: Make Tourists Pay More
  5. No Soda or Candy on EBT Card?
  6. Blangiardi on ICE: City to exercise "appropriate judgment" toward immigration law enforcement
  7. SHOPO Drives Search for new Kauai Police Chief
  8. Crime: Waianae a Sacrifice Zone for Decades
  9. Fentanyl overdose deaths drop in Hawaii as meth-related fatalities spike
  10. Burials Bring Kauai Jobsite to Screeching Halt—Fines and Lawsuits Begin

Wednesday, June 11, 2025
June 11, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii justices examine doctors’ ability to challenge denied health insurance claims
  2. Kauai Sewer Rates a Model for Honolulu Council?
  3. Miske Crime Family Will Keep Some of His Money? Prosecutors Agree To Negotiate Settlement Over Asset Forfeiture
  4. Next Scandal: City’s new housing agency a Ewa Villages Retread
  5. Hawaiʻi Foster System In Crisis: Kids Still Sleeping In Offices, Hotels
  6. HECO scheme dies whimpering death
  7. New policy ‘czar’ will coordinate Hawaii’s role in Red Hill fuel cleanup
  8. Mission Valley man beaten and left for dead by Bouncers during Hawaii vacation
  9. Protective order against former UFC champ B.J. Penn extended

Tuesday, June 10, 2025
June 10, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Lawsuit: Hawaii AG Accuses Trump of 'Distributing Machine Guns'
  2. How Maui Bill 9 Would Destroy TVRs – and still not Create any New Housing for Local Residents
  3. Case splits from Democrat vote on shipping bill
  4. State Republican lawmakers meet with the White House, federal officials
  5. Hawaiʻi County Council seeks more oversight with passage of vacation rental bill
  6. Hurricane insurance is getting more expensive, harder to find in Hawaii
  7. Hawaiʻi Agriculture Dep’t Moves To Broaden Allowed Agricultural Uses
  8. SB935: Dela Cruz Cuts Judges’ Pension Benefits
  9. Report shows use of Hawaiian language growing at home
  10. Girl Scouts, Teachers Union Headline Kauai Gay Pride Parade
  11. Twice-deported immigrant faces prison sentence
  12. Drones Deliver Millions Of Mosquitos to Prevent Bird Extinctions In Hawai‘i

Monday, June 9, 2025
June 9, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Lahaina: Hotel Unions, HSTA Join with Meth Gang to Demand Seizure of Vacation Rentals
  2. Hawai‘i children hit hard by high cost of housing
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 6, 2025
  4. In Hawaii Only Military Water Systems are Fluoridated
  5. DEI Is Alive and Well in Hawai‘i
  6. Legislature: “Not factions, they’re prison gangs.”
  7. Maui Council gears up for pivotal vacation rental phase-out bill hearing
  8. Green: Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill a 'Grave Violation Of Privacy'
  9. Hawaiʻi To Settle Teacher’s Claim He Was Fired Over False Abuse Allegation
  10. Hawaii’s ombudsman facing chronic issues
  11. Ridding state Capitol of water leaks will not be complete by 2027
  12. More Bogus Sunscreen: Fears and Lies
  13. Waianae Traffic enforcement “dissuaded criminal activity, and resulted in several notable arrests”

Sunday, June 8, 2025
June 8, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. "Diversified ag" rhetoric doesn't match reality   
  2. The Unseen Stopper Committees
  3. REPORT: Hawaii Math Instruction 'Unacceptable'
  4. Grassroot: Democratic Congressional Staffers focus on Jones Act
  5. Maui Council approves tax-rate hikes
  6. More Electric Rate Hikes Coming
  7. Council Leadership Shakeup After Sewer Fee Vote
  8. Will Police Commission Pick Next Chief?
  9. Officials expect federal funding to continue for Honolulu rail project
  10. Price of Wokeism: DAGS takes on convention center project despite ‘aggressive’ timetable
  11. 'NCIS Hawaii' Studio Empty, Overgrown by Weeds
  12. Beth Fukumoto: Holding Billions Of Dollars, These State Funds Need Scrutiny
  13. Maui Council approves staff pay raises after contentious debate on transparency
  14. Samoa US Nationals Illegal Voting in Alaska, Oregon, Hawaii
  15. Teachers at Hilo public charter school put on administrative leave after raising concerns about contract breaches

Saturday, June 7, 2025
June 7, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Governor Green Releases 'Intent-to-Veto' List
  2. Supreme Court to Decide: Are HMSA Physician Contracts “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable”? 
  3. Short-Staffed HPD 20-minute Wait for 911 Callers to Reach an Operator
  4. ACLU of Hawai‘i (again) asks county leaders not to collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  5. City launches funeral assistance program for COFA families
  6. Oʻahu racetrack gets the green light
  7. Residents want sustained enforcement on Diamond Head homeless
  8. Remember the Office of the Ombudsman?

Friday, June 6, 2025
June 6, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. VIDEO: Rep Elle Cochran Calls for Trump Administration to Investigate Lahaina Corruption
  2. Hawaii’s energy future: Red tape is in the way
  3. Mystery: Is Kouchi Really Planning to Retire from Senate?
  4. How Much Say Should Gays Have Over What Your Kids Learn In Public Schools?
  5. Hawaii passes bill expanding insurer of last resort, revives hurricane fund
  6. Hawaii Expands Lobbying Law to Cover Procurement Activities
  7. City Attorney Delays Raise Price Tag In $3.25M UPW Garbage Settlement
  8. Man facing murder trial in death of daughter makes a plea offer
  9. Schizo tweeker caught smuggling pound-quantities of meth into prison—2 dead

Thursday, June 5, 2025
June 5, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Babylon Bee challenges Hawaii law criminalizing political memes, satire
  2. Guilty on All Counts: Big Island Affordable Housing Fraudsters
  3. Lawsuit Alleges More Affordable Housing Fraud
  4. Matt Elliott selected as the next UH Mānoa athletics director
  5. Honolulu Sewer Fee Hike: How They Voted
  6. Mercado Kim News: Thomas Aiu Tries for Chief Again
  7. Honolulu City Council adopts HART’s $968M budget
  8. Key amendments proposed for vacation rental phase-out bill ahead of Council committee hearing
  9. Lahaina Front Street building manager fights looters again and again
  10. Blackmail:  Dela Cruz, Kim Threaten UH Cancer Center (again)
  11. New jail: Green says he will not knuckle under to ACLU
  12. DAGS now part of project to repair Hawaiʻi Convention Center's leaky roof
  13. Capitol, Convention Center, Stadium Are All Great Landfill Sites
  14. HSTA Member Guilty of Child Molestation
  15. New Hawaii law aims to better protect children from torture
  16. Oahu jail on lockdown as officers search for contraband

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
June 4, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. UH: Feds Cut Funding for Sea Level Hysteria
  2. Hawaii Child Molester Caught by Feds -- gets 41 years
  3. Kapolei Video: Druggie Deported as Parking Lot Lawyers Interfere
  4. Lahaina Calls for Resignation of Absent Rep Elle Cochran
  5. SHOPO Bags 3 of 4 Police Chiefs
  6. 40% Astronomy Cuts - Beyond TMT Cancellation
  7. Maui Council ‘Affordable’ Homes Plan—Property Tax Increase on ALL rental homes
  8. Honolulu Council to review city’s proposed $5.14 billion budget for approval
  9. Community Solar: Total Fail – “We just want out”
  10. 252 Days to Get Residential Building Permit
  11. New Bill Could Offer Insurance Relief for Hawai‘i Condo and Home Owners
  12. Milestone agreement to strengthen health care in West Hawaiʻi
  13. EPA Terminates $14M Waianae Homeless Puuhonua Grant

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
June 3, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. HPD Chief Logan Quits--Moszkowicz to Return from Big Island
  2. Hawaii 3rd Worst Economy in USA
  3. Hawaii County Launches Community Survey
  4. Share your feedback on HPD's compliance with CALEA and more
  5. State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next
  6. Who Killed TMT?
  7. Gay flag to fly over Hawaii State Capitol for the first time
  8. Cost of HECO Wildfire Safety Plan Suddenly Jumps to $350,000,000
  9. Hawaiʻi's First State Fire Marshal In Decades Has A Long To-Do List
  10. Hawaii's film incentives stay; Governor Green vetoes controversial bill
  11. We taxpayers won’t have a say in decisions on AD, stadium
  12. PUC Anticipates Explosive Growth in Shared Solar
  13. State Housing Czar Demands Church Return Housing For Homeless Elderly
  14. U.S. defends detention, deportation of military wife in Honolulu, noting ‘unusual activity’

Monday, June 2, 2025
June 2, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Auditor: HTA has been promising 'Destination Management' since 2005
  2. Twenty Years of Hawaii Recycling: 10th Audit Also Exposes Fraud
  3. Hawaii Driver Education: 59 Years Without a Plan
  4. Honolulu Sewer Rates Are Likely To Go Up — A Lot
  5. Maui Council Budget: Musk has left the building, and so goes our excuse for tax hikes and bloated spending
  6. Honolulu Police Can’t Spend Entire Budget Because It Can’t Fill Positions
  7. Following the evolution of Miske’s living trust

Sunday, June 1, 2025
June 1, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Red tape strangling Hawaii's energy future
  2. Tax Liens: Light at the End?
  3. Pearl Harbor to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII
  4. Some Hawaii Republicans try to Rationalize their Support for BJ Penn for Governor
  5. Senate WAM Chair Dela Cruz gets Defensive
  6. Green Fee Tip of a Half-Billion Dollar Pyramid
  7. Cataluna: Green Fee Doesn’t do enough to make Hawaii Like it was During COVID Shutdowns
  8. Legislators Push Gigantic Land Swap to Grift Luxe Alii Place Offices for Themselves
  9. Fully funded Olowalu fire station on hold over ‘iwi kupuna discovered 2 years ago in subdivision
  10. Media to Regain Access to Police Scanners?


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AG Terminates Lahaina Investigation
by Andrew Walden Friday, June 20, 2025

... Attorney General Lopez also announced the official transition of future wildfire analysis, mitigation and coordination efforts to the new state fire marshal and the Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO) ....


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Bubble: Investors Flood Into Hawaii Housing Market
by News Article Thursday, June 19, 2025

... in Hawaii investor buyers outnumber investor sellers more than any other state .... 


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Priced out: The growing challenge of teacher pay and housing costs
by News Release Thursday, June 19, 2025

... in Hawaii, rent for a one-bedroom unit costs 46% of beginning, bachelor-degree-holding teacher salary ....


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Hawaii Democrats Outraged Over Ban on Juvenile Sex Change
by News Release Thursday, June 19, 2025

... Hawaii Democrats remind us why they are more repulsive than Donald J Trump ....


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Maui residents’ recovery sees gains, but health and housing challenges persist
by UH ERO Thursday, June 19, 2025

... Nearly half of participants are still in temporary housing ....


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HMSA: 2nd Worst Health Insurance Company in USA
by News Article Wednesday, June 18, 2025

... submitting claims multiple times before they’re paid is necessary and sometimes claims are completely ignored ....


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Wahiawa Veteran Wins in Class Action Lawsuit Against Iran
by News Release Wednesday, June 18, 2025

... On May 30, 2025, a federal court in Washington, D.C., awarded over $573+ million in total damages to victims and families affected by terrorist attacks in Iraq that were enabled by Iran’s support for extremist groups ....


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Lawsuit by State Hospital Medical Director Details How Retaliation Games Keep Hospital Understaffed
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, June 18, 2025

“...you need to be more on my team....”


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Why Hawaii lawmakers should adopt interstate telehealth
by Grassroot Institute Tuesday, June 17, 2025

... The practice worked well and safely during the COVID-19 crisis and could do so again, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says ....


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Matt Elliott approved by BOR as next UH Mānoa athletics director
by News Release Tuesday, June 17, 2025

... BOR unanimously approved the appointment ....


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 14, 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, June 15, 2025

... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress .... 


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Supreme Court decision makes it easier for disabled students to sue school districts for bias
by News Release Sunday, June 15, 2025

... lower courts had ruled against the family’s claim for damages, despite finding the school had fallen short ....


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Intent to Veto
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, June 15, 2025

... two tax bills are on the list ....


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A blue wave is helping rock the boat on Jones Act reform
by Kelii Akina Saturday, June 14, 2025

... Democrats favoring Jones Act reform include U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who introduced a bill in early May to exempt oil and other energy products transported to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico from the Jones Act ....


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$294K Income Needed for Family of Four in Hawaii
by News Article Saturday, June 14, 2025

... This is up 9.48% from just a year ago ....


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Hawaii: Fewest Boat Owners Per Capita
by News Article Saturday, June 14, 2025

... Hawaii has only 2.5 registered boats per 100 residents--dead last in USA ....


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June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
by Andrew Walden Saturday, June 14, 2025

Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....


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Against all odds, Hawaii’s children are returning
by Court House News Friday, June 13, 2025

"...they have grandparents who just passed away recently or moved into assisted living, so now they can move back home and live in that house....”


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Lawsuit: HTA bosses destroy Convention Center Roof in quest for retaliation
by Andrew Walden Friday, June 13, 2025

... After being frog-marched out of the building, former HTA VP of Finance Isaac Choy is spilling the beans ....


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DoH Coverup? Health Dep't Fines Hilo Medical Practice $2.19M for Minor Paperwork Violation
by Andrew Walden Thursday, June 12, 2025

... "If (the $2.19M fine is) upheld by the hearings officer it will mean the closure of these two urgent care facilities." ....


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House Announces New Assignments: Leadership, Committee Chair
by News Release Thursday, June 12, 2025

... Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura today announced updated leadership and committee appointments in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives ....


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Cost of Bills Index: Hawaii 32% Above US Median
by News Release Thursday, June 12, 2025

... residents in the most expensive states like California, Hawaii, and New Jersey paying up to 39% more than the national median, while those in the most affordable states like West Virginia, Mississippi, and Oklahoma pay up to 44% less ....


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Hawaii is a Leader for Preschool Quality But Last in Access Among Pacific States
by News Release Thursday, June 12, 2025

...Hawaii serves just 5% of its four-year-olds and 2% of three-year-olds in state-funded preschool programs, dead last among Pacific states....


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Hawaii 3rd-Highest Beer Taxes in USA
by Tax Foundation Thursday, June 12, 2025

... Hawaii taxes beer at $0.93 per gallon .....


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Kauai Sewer Rates Model for Honolulu Council?
by News Release Wednesday, June 11, 2025

... Increasing 11% per year over a 5-year period -- The Honolulu Council apparently used this as a model. ....


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Hawaii justices examine doctors’ ability to challenge denied health insurance claims
by Court House News Wednesday, June 11, 2025

... questions that could reshape insurer-provider contracts statewide ....


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Lawsuit: Hawaii AG Accuses Trump of 'Distributing Machine Guns'
by Court House News Tuesday, June 10, 2025

...The states accuse the Trump administration of hiding violations of federal law prohibiting the possession of machine guns in a settlement agreement with manufactures of forced reset triggers....


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Lahaina: Hotel Unions, HSTA Join with Meth Gang to Demand Seizure of Vacation Rentals
by News Release Monday, June 9, 2025

... The Lahaina fire is an opportunity to exploit.  The hotel unions and the hotels want the TVR business all for themselves ....


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In Hawaii Only Military Water Systems are Fluoridated
by News Article Monday, June 9, 2025

... 70.6% of third graders in Hawaii experience tooth decay—the highest rate in the nation ....


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Hawai‘i children hit hard by high cost of housing
by News Release Monday, June 9, 2025

... Hawaiʻi ranks 24th in overall children’s well-being in the Data Book, as well as 33rd in the economic well-being ....


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 6 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, June 8, 2025

... votes cast and bills introduced ....


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Maui Council approves tax-rate hikes
by Grassroot Institute Sunday, June 8, 2025

... overall, Maui taxpayers will still see their tax bills go up in 2026 because of a combination of higher tax rates and assessments ....


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Grassroot: Democratic Congressional Staffers focus on Jones Act
by Grassroot Institute Sunday, June 8, 2025

... Truth about Jones Act makes big leap forward ....


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REPORT: Hawaii Math Instruction 'Unacceptable'
by News Release Sunday, June 8, 2025

... an estimated 3,120 students in 4th grade likely cannot perform skills like adding and subtracting multidigit whole numbers, fractions, and decimals ....


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The Unseen Stopper Committees
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, June 8, 2025

... money chairs’ macabre tradition ....


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"Diversified ag" rhetoric doesn't match reality
by Kelii Akina Saturday, June 7, 2025

... Two bills that would relax some of these regulations passed out of a Maui County Council committee just this week ....


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Governor Green Releases 'Intent-to-Veto' List
by News Release Friday, June 6, 2025

... Green informed legislative leaders and stakeholders of his intent to veto 19 bills ....


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Supreme Court to Decide: Are HMSA Physician Contracts “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable”? 
by Andrew Walden Friday, June 6, 2025

... oral arguments will also be livestreamed for public viewing ....


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Hawaii’s energy future: Red tape is in the way
by Grassroot Institute Friday, June 6, 2025

... regulations that allow community groups to essentially kill projects after they’ve been approved are the biggest hurdles to clear ....


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VIDEO: Rep Elle Cochran Calls for Trump Administration to Investigate Lahaina Corruption
by Andrew Walden Friday, June 6, 2025

... Missing Rep Elle Cochran found -- on ‘Tin Foil Hat Tuesday’ .... 


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Matt Elliott selected as the next UH Mānoa athletics director
by News Release Thursday, June 5, 2025

... Most recently, he served as the UCLA Bruins’ Chief Strategy Officer from 2022 to 2024, where he led the department’s transition from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten ....


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Babylon Bee challenges Hawaii law criminalizing political memes, satire
by News Release Thursday, June 5, 2025

... ADF attorneys represent popular satire site, state resident in legal challenge to censorship law ....


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Lawsuit Alleges More Affordable Housing Fraud
by News Article Thursday, June 5, 2025

“The height restriction … is wrongfully preventing Honuaʻula from completing the construction of an approved affordable housing project…"


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Guilty on All Counts: Big Island Affordable Housing Fraudsters
by News Article Wednesday, June 4, 2025

... Sulla is set to be sentenced on October 21, Zamber on October 7, and Budhabhatti on October 8 ....


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Kapolei Video: Druggie Deported as Parking Lot Lawyers Interfere
by Video Video Wednesday, June 4, 2025

... just say no to illegal drug addicts ....


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Hawaii Child Molester Caught by Feds -- gets 41 years
by News Release Wednesday, June 4, 2025

... Houghton conducted weekly piano lessons with the children virtually from his residence in Hawaii. On several occasions, Houghton used the virtual piano lessons to persuade the children to perform sexual acts ....


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UH: Feds Cut Funding for Sea Level Hysteria
by News Release Tuesday, June 3, 2025

... If we can't make this stuff up, how can legislators and councilmembers use it as an excuse for their pre-conceived agendas? .... 


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State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next
by News Release Tuesday, June 3, 2025

... “It doesn’t matter if a company is a one-person shop or a multi-billion-dollar oil company, we will relentlessly enforce Hawaiʻi’s consumer protection laws.” ....


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Share your feedback on HPD's compliance with CALEA and more
by News Release Tuesday, June 3, 2025

... Share your feedback with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) ....


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Hawaii County Launches Community Survey
by News Release Monday, June 2, 2025

... To take the survey, visit  >>>  tinyurl.com/laulimasurvey   <<<   .... 


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HPD Chief Logan Quits--Moszkowicz to Return from Big Island
by News Release Monday, June 2, 2025

... two departments will be getting new Chiefs ....


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Hawaii 3rd Worst Economy in USA
by News Article Monday, June 2, 2025

... 49th for innovation, 50th for high-tech jobs ....


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Auditor: HTA has been promising 'Destination Management' since 2005
by Hawaii State Auditor Monday, June 2, 2025

... Ultimately, visitor arrivals would rise consecutively for nine straight years from 2010 through 2019 ....


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Hawaii Driver Education: 59 Years Without a Plan
by Hawaii State Auditor Monday, June 2, 2025

... The Department of Education’s driver education program is incomplete, a loosely organized and inconsistent collection of school-level practices, that is incapable of being meaningfully evaluated ....


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Twenty Years of Hawaii Recycling Fraud
by Hawaii State Auditor Sunday, June 1, 2025

"We found that DOH still has made no progress on implementing the prior recommendations, including those codified by the Legislature in Section 342G-121.5, HRS."


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Red tape strangling Hawaii's energy future
by Kelii Akina Sunday, June 1, 2025

... there are at least a dozen layers of regulation that stifle energy innovation in Hawaii ....


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Tax Liens: Light at the End?
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, June 1, 2025

... Before 2009, Hawaii had no statute of limitations on the collection of taxes ....


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Pearl Harbor to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII
by News Release Saturday, May 31, 2025

... commemoration events honoring the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II from August 30 – September 2 ....


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Trump’s Plan to Land SpaceX Rockets on Johnston Atoll Naturally Spurs Eco-Lawsuit
by News Release Saturday, May 31, 2025

... This project is part of an Air Force program called Rocket Cargo Vanguard intended to experiment with the use of commercial rockets for military logistics and materiel transport ....


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Next Tulsi?  Mrs Kaniela Ing Finally makes the Big Time--with the Trump Administration!
by Andrew Walden Saturday, May 31, 2025

... The report -- larded up with Jabola-Carolus' usual lurid sex claims -- repeatedly cites activists from meth-connected Lahaina Strong to sell the idea that 1-in-6 fire survivors had to trade sex for food ....


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Visitor Industry Grows Again in April 2025
by News Release Friday, May 30, 2025

... There were 833,219 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in April 2025, up 7.9 percent from April 2024. Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.69 billion, which was growth of 9.4 percent from April 2024 ....


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Following Biden's Lead, Trump Shuts Down Hawaii Job Corps for Second Year in a Row
by News Release Friday, May 30, 2025

... 13,500 safety incidents from 2016 to 2017 at Job Corps centers, nearly half of them drug-related episodes or assaults ....


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Hawaii cops sued over DUI arrests of sober drivers
by Court House News Friday, May 30, 2025

... ACLU says Honolulu police routinely arrest sober drivers to falsely boost their numbers to secure federal funding ....


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Kauai Police Commission seeks public's input for new KPD Police Chief
by News Release Friday, May 30, 2025

... To share your input, please respond to the Police Chief Desirable Traits survey between now and June 30 ....


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Hawaii Firearms Bills Passed in 2025
by News Article Thursday, May 29, 2025

... The following firearms related bills were passed in Hawaii in 2025 ....


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Joe Gedeon Appointed to Fill Gene Ward's House Seat
by News Release Thursday, May 29, 2025

... I have been asked if I plan on running for the House District 18 seat in November of 2026.  I can advise you today that I have filed with Campaign Spending Commission as the initial step in that process ....


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Can the Trump Administration save Honolulu from wasting $2.5B on Sand Island Sewage Plant?
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, May 28, 2025

... The cost of the Sand Island upgrade aligns with the Council’s dispute with the Blangiardi administration over the amount of sewer fee increases to be forced upon Oahu ratepayers ....


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Hawaii Democrats Tout Marijuana Crackdown Legislation
by News Release Wednesday, May 28, 2025

... three bills that passed in the 2025 Legislative Session ....


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DBEDT Lowers Hawaii Economic Growth Projections
by News Release Wednesday, May 28, 2025

... This adjustment reflects the impact of tariffs on international imports, a slowdown in tourism, persistent consumer inflation and increasing uncertainty in both national and international economic policy ....


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New Republican Chair Pledges to Focus on Winning Elections
by News Release Wednesday, May 28, 2025

"...My sole focus in these next eighteen months is to renew, unify, and grow our membership, and elect Conservative Republicans on November 3, 2026 to County, State and Federal office," said Chair Hannemann....


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