1. UPDATE: Maui Police identify officer killed in line of duty
2. No Tax on Overtime
3. From Koko Crater to Wahiawā: The long fight over Oʻahu’s trash
4. PRC National Sentenced to 55 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine
5. Kouchi Changes Mind—Will serve one more term as Senate President
6. Army’s ‘Much More Aggressive Model’: Wrap-up Master Lease Negotiations in 60 Days
7. Steaming in the classroom and fleeced at the ballpark
8. Aloha Stadium: New chapter in wishful thinking
9. TVR law goes into effect soon
10. HPD clarifies concealed carry permit process at meeting
11. Marine monument eco-rhetoric overwrought

1. Maui police officer killed in line of duty
2. UHERO: Hawaii has less inequality because nobody can get ahead
3. Hawaiʻi County Reduces Permitting Backlog
4. Lahaina rebuild could move along faster if ...
5. Teenagers' Climate Plan Just a Scam--Proposed 75% cut to cruise ships designed to force more tourists into hotels
6. Honolulu rail construction to close downtown lanes for 5 to 6 years
7. NYT: Modulars provide ‘dignified’ havens for Lahaina wildfire survivors
8. Permits sought for ongoing Kaheawa Wind Power operations in West Maui

1. Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
2. Racists in Congress fought against statehood for Hawaii
3. Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood
4. 'Ready To Die Boys?' Multiple Oʻahu Shootings Linked To Gang
5. AG Demands Files on Four Disciplined Hawaii County Officers
6. HECO Plays Monopoly with Hu Honua
7. True Colors Show: Maui Council Minority Votes Against Massive Affordable Housing Development
8. Maui suffering from severe lack of mental health workers
9. Waialua Fresh Eggs boosting local production

1. 12 New Members Appointed to HTA Board
2. Tariffs Drive up Non-Residential Constuction Costs
3. Aloha Stadium Shrinks, completion date for slips to 2029, demolition to begin without all contracts in place 
4. Hawaiʻi Sex Abuse Case Shows How Predatory Teachers Can Go Undetected
5. Misleading stats obscure health care provider shortage woes
6. Last-ditch efforts to kill Honuaʻula project amendments fail amid bickering; controversial development passes final vote
7. Sacred Cows: Should Homeless be exempt from Fire Safety Rules?
8. Attorney facing criminal charges is sued by a former associate

1. Cool Schools: How Solar Scammers Looted $120M
2. Hawaii Red Hill Water Contamination Lawsuit Expands
3. John Honoli’i ‘First Born’ of the Hawaiian Church
4. Feds Investigating At Least One Prison Guard's Actions In OCCC Killing
5. Witness fear dominates jail killing trial as testimony continues
6. Secret Aloha Stadium Contracts Are Set For Final Vote
7. New stadium needs new appropriation
8. Planning panel OKs rebuild of smaller Front Street home after forcing aesthetic changes
9. FAIL: Empty-homes tax destroyed by its own contradictions after $150M illusion vanishes
10. Building Permit Failures to be Foundation for New Bureaucratic Empire?
11. Why This Honolulu Housing Strategy Is Not A 'Super Successful' Program
12. Hawaii part of 4-layer Golden Dome missile defense network

1. How special interests keep bad laws on the books: The case of the Jones Act.
2. Two Years After Wildfire, Maui Homeowners Face A New Threat: Foreclosure
3. Consumer Advocate -- HECO`s Wildfire Mitigation Plan has Significant Deficiencies
4. Goal-line fumble on new stadium decision?
5. HART to receive $112M state funding; the review before the reimbursement
6. Phase 3 of Skyline Rail project breaks ground
7. Hawaii County planning commissions to consider household hennery bill
8. Paradise Story 1: Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and agent accused of sabotaging $240M Hawaii real estate project
9. Paradise Story 2: Hawaii County seeks dismissal of claims against officers
10. Hawaii court hands lenders decades-long foreclosure power

1. Sen Ernst Targets Honolulu Rail for Elimination
2. Life and Death in OCCC: “Drugs, phones, whatever they want.” 
3. Campaign Donations Plummeted During Legislative Session
4. Maui County Reaches Grim Milestone In Fire Victim Identification
5. Hawaii Theatre insurance premiums rise 4,500%
6. Bus fares to rise?
7. Running from Something? CNHA Changes Name to “Hawaiian Council”
8. More of the “Fat Boy” story

1. Encumbrance for the Stadium
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 9, 2025
3. Two years later, too little rebuilding in Lahaina
4. Hawaii’s ‘green’ transportation plan: Unrealistic, inchoate, and expensive
5. Red Tape Slows Lahaina Rebuild, Blocks Statewide Tourism Recovery
6. SHOPO — 'We Want A Leader, Not A Boss'
7. If Joe Logan Can’t Stand up to Rick Blangiardi, How can he stand up to street thugs?
8. Schatz, Hirono a Fundraising Machine for National Democrats
9. State Human Services Director Ryan Yamane Giving $1,000s to Legislators

1. Green: RFK Cuts to MRNA Vaccine Research 'A big mistake'
2. Bill 59 Could Have Stopped Homeless Panhandling in Traffic
3. Federal judge summary judgment against Trump permitting commercial fishing in Pacific marine monument
4. U.S. Army releases land lease recommendations for training areas on Hawaii Island and Oahu
5. Industry study says Hawaii’s timeshares generate hundreds of millions in taxes, thousands of jobs
6. ‘We’re not going anywhere’: PBS Hawaii president, CEO addresses federal funding cut concerns

Bill 59 Could Have Stopped Homeless Panhandling in Traffic

1. Lawsuit: Hawaii Sheriff Deputies Arrested on Charges Trumped-up by own Department—Top Brass infighting led to suicide of Deputy
2. VA terminates union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees
3. Two Years Later: Maui County Still Trying to Decide Whether to Let Front Street Businesses Rebuild
4. 2 Years After Deadly Fire, Lahaina Homeowners ‘financially drowned’
5. Four Big Island police officers under investigation for alleged misconduct
6. Visits canceled at Hawaii Community Correctional Center's Hale Nani - Makai due to COVID-19
7. A New Jail Is Critical For Hawaiʻi's Correctional System

1. US, Cook Islands to Cooperate on Seabed Mining
2. CEO and President of Hawaii Shipbuilding Company Sentenced for $29M Investment Fraud Scheme
3. Mexican National Sentenced to 54 Months for Illegal Reentry After Ten Prior Removals and Three Illegal Reentry Felony Convictions
4. Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Launches Aircraft Mechanic Training Program
5. Lahaina: “No commercial buildings have been rebuilt”
6. Hundreds of Honolulu police officers weigh in on the qualities, experience their next chief should have
7. Honolulu property tax exemptions could ease living costs for kupuna
8. Boring Repetitive News: Haleiwa housing project stalls after lawmakers defer action on key measure
9. Media access to HPD radio channels receives pushback
10. EPA plans to claw back $62M awarded to Hawaiʻi for solar projects
11. Mayor vetoes bill regarding roadside soliciting
12. COVID-19 cases in Hawaii still on upward trend this summer

1. This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing
2. Schatz locks up whip race
3. Lahaina: Four Ways to Speed Recovery
4. Two years after disaster, Maui recovery inches forward
5. 61% of Hawaii Homeowners Sitting on $250K Capital Gain
6. UH sets extramural funding record for 4th consecutive year
7. Trial over jail killing reveals alleged gang control of OCCC
8. In newly released demand letter, former police chief seeks $784K citing retaliation, ‘emotional distress’
9. Councilmember pushes to speed up hiring of new HPD chief
10. Rebuilding progress: 90 Lahaina homeowners complete no-cost property surveys
11. Mileage Fee: State DOT Caught Ripping off E-Car Owners
12. Mentally Ill Model Dead Because she was not forcibly incarcerated in lunatic asylum
13. Felon tied to baby’s death catches a FEDERAL Case
14. Hawaiʻi Rarely Takes Guns From People In Crisis, Despite 'Red Flag' Law
15. Federal judge questions merit of Trump permitting commercial fishing in Pacific marine monument
16. Overstating Tsunami Threat May Lead Some To Ignore Warnings Next Time

1. Four New HART Board Members Appointed
2. Reviving the Paniolo Spirit: A Path to Sustainable Economic Renewal on Molokaʻi
3. Can Hawaiʻi get to 100% renewable energy?
4. E-Cars, Hybrids Banned from Kauai County Scrapyard
5. Three Decades of Corruption: DelaCruz Geothermal Scheme Traces All the Way Back to Unity House
6. Some Oahu residents shocked over skyrocketing property taxes
7. Honolulu Is Canceling Its Empty Homes Tax Study. Will That Kill The Bill?
8. State Boards Must Release Records Showing Hiring Decisions, Judge Says
9. Trial set for Big Island brothers suing state over wrongful conviction compensation
10. Some Hawaii families scramble for after school childcare
11. Nonprofit still searching for COFA citizens on Oʻahu to apply for COVID funeral aid

1. China Building Airstrip in Micronesia
2. Tariffs Unsettling Aloha Stadium Deal?
3. Hale Kipa’s container farm program teaches youth shelter residents how to grow weed
4. US could require up to $15,000 bonds for some tourist visas under pilot program
5. Soft on Crime Crowd: We don’t need to fill HPD Vacancies
6. Two years after wildfires, Maui Fire Department’s changes to staffing, fleet, fire code aim to prevent another tragedy
7. When Hawaii Criminals Commit Crimes in Arizona Prison, they get charged under Arizona Law
8. Trump May Stop Hawaii from Giving Away Free Needles to Addicts
9. Half of Cesspools Pose No Direct Threat to Water Resources

1. Constitutional Expenditure Controls
2. Grassroot views on housing reform going mainstream
3. Case, Moylan: Stop Rebuilding Jones Act Ships in China
4. Armed Felon Indicted After Barricading Himself in Home with Over Ten Pounds of Methamphetamine and Illegal Firearms
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 1, 2025
6. Honolulu police, city, SHOPO try to tackle record vacancies
7. Hawaii film industry collapsing
8. Hope for Hawaii, Army on land leases
9. ‘Last minute cop out’: Parents push back against carpool app amid bus driver shortage
10. Waikiki dealer gets 10 years for selling fentanyl in Marine’s fatal overdose
11. Hawaiʻi County reviving program to give victims of minor crimes a louder voice, reduce backlog of cases
12. Hawaiʻi Elections Commission Targets Drop Boxes

1. Hawaii Sues Trump admin over juvenile sex-change
2. Logan: Blangiardi Threatened my Family
3. Interstate telehealth could be lifesaver for Hawaii
4. Council on Revenues says personal incomes set to slightly increase for 2025
5. Hawaii public media face big cuts as CPB funding ends
6. Slow progress for city and state climate lawsuits this week

1. Mayor Pleased by Dismissal of Myeni Shooting Case
2. Public Safety Power Shutoff watch: Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions
3. Brighter Futures, Stronger Ties: US Nonprofit Drives Educational Progress in Strategically Situated Micronesia
4. Visitor Arrivals Down 1.8% for June 2025
5. Wildfires: Maui PD Releases Final After-Action Report
6. Numbers Show Beginning of Long-Term Tourism Slowdown
7. Abercrombie Behind Challenge to Case
8. Aloha Stadium demolition expected to start in late August
9. Hawaiʻi Needs Lawyers. Now, Mainland Attorneys Can Practice Here
10. Big Island Mayor Says State Won't Meet 2050 Deadline To Wipe Out Cesspools
11. No charges for lifeguard who was arrested after stopping career criminal in Waikiki
12. Thieves target business, homes during tsunami evacuation
13. Socialists Love Hawaii’s Soft-on-Crime System

1. Rule by Decree: Is Hawaii's Democracy Broken?
2. NBC News: Josh Green Running for President?
3. New Software: DPP Promises 'Reduced Service'
4. Case, Keohokalole announce plans to run for 1st Congressional District
5. Cost of decarbonization still unknown, says HDOT
6. Traffic gridlock leads city to pretend to reconsider evacuation advice
7. Tsunami Gridlock: Hawaii Officials Have Learned Nothing in 40 Years
8. USS Carl Vinson ties up at Pearl Harbor while Tsunami Approaches

1. VIDEO: Tsunami Draws Water Down 15 feet in Kahului Harbor
2. Tsunami of Traffic: How One Gas Station Line Jammed up All of Kapolei
3. UPDATE: DoT Extends Public Comment Period on Teenagers' Climate Plan
4. Tsunami Proves Complete Streets are a Complete Failure
5. Hawaii judge dismisses wrongful death lawsuit in Myeni shooting
6. With Logan Gone, HPD Starts Sending Police to Waianae Coast
7. After Felony Convictions, Affordable Housing Scammers Stripped of Law Licenses
8. Kunia Farm Lots: High Cost of Housing Forces Families into 854 Acres of Illegal off-grid Dwellings
9. Hawaii AI Robot Lawyers Still Charge $300/hour