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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