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					| Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 16 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:03 PM :: 3535 Views 
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 - Big Brother is Listening: HDOT Installing 'Noise Cameras'
 
 - UH Studies Youth Sexual Violence
 
 - Watson Friends and Family Plan: Insiders Try to Hustle Multi-Million Dollar Development Deal Past Hawaiian Homes Commissioners
 
 - DHHL approves insiders’ development of Kalaeloa racetrack project
 
 - Meth Dealer’s Son Pleased as Maui County confirms it is open to purchasing Maui Land & Pineapple
 
 - Hawaii's hard drug problem: 'Meth is king'
 
 - Former secretary accused of illegal campaign contributions to Hanabusa pleads not guilty
 
 - Lawyer looking for Plaintiffs to Sue Kamehameha Schools
 
 - Maui Doctor Who Promoted Dubious Covid Treatments Joins RFK's Vaccine Panel 
 
 - AstraZeneca suing Hawaii “340B” drug discount law
 
 - Hawaii is investigating mainland lawfirms accused of ‘aggressive client recruitment’
 
 
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					| Monday, September 15, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 15, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:15 PM :: 4296 Views 
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 - Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 12, 2025
 
 - Police wrote Fake DUIs as part of Pension Scam: 125 HPD Officers Logged More Than 1,000 Hours Of Overtime 
 
 - Senate Hearing to Consider Plan to Hire Soft-on-Crime Activist Groups to Expunge Criminal Records
 
 - Trump Wants You to get Stoned
 
 - Political Insider and Lobbyist Appointed to Hawai'i Elections Commission
 
 - Usual Suspects’ latest Scam: Maui Council Pushing Moratorium On New Backyard Pools In West Maui
 
 - Hawaiʻi Is Turning To Charters To Expand Free Preschool Options
 
 - Honolulu ‘Downtown Business Improvement District’ measure progresses 
 
 
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					| Sunday, September 14, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 14, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 4752 Views 
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 - Supreme Court: Doctors and Patients May Skip Arbitration and Sue HMSA
 
 - Aloha Stadium Subject of Secret Deal
 
 - Hawaii Legislature sued over "blank" bills
 
 - UH Manoa Scores 'F' on Free Speech
 
 - Charitable Giving Under 'Big Beautiful Bill'
 
 - Aloha Stadium: Can we start arresting the crooks yet?
 
 - Star-Adv: ‘Bring more charges for Red Hill fuel spill’ 
 
 - Scott Nago's Bumpy Ride As Hawaiʻi's Chief Election Officer
 
 - CMS: Only One Hawaii Hospital Gets 5-Star Rating
 
 - Where are meetings on state climate plan? 
 
 - Kamehameha Schools prepares to defend admissions policy again 
 
 - Schatz “Don’t let this algo pickle your brain and ruin your soul”
 
 - Lawsuit: Police Rough up Reporter Photographing Arrest 
 
 
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					| Saturday, September 13, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 13, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 4121 Views 
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 - West Maui Stage 2 Water Shortage--Bissen Dumps Water Down Streambed
 
 - Ousted Damien HS President confidential settlement after group sex whistleblower lawsuit
 
 - Hawaii Republican Legislators Rally in Support of Kamehameha Schools Admission Policy
 
 - 2 adults, 6 juveniles charged in connection with viral attack video
 
 - Family of Sara Yara objects to a plea deal for alleged hit-and-run driver 
 
 - State hospital cannot be sued over case of mistaken identity, judge rules
 
 - Maui Condo Market Collapses 44%
 
 
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					| Friday, September 12, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 12, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 3938 Views 
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 - Falsely arrested by their own Department?  A year later, some Sheriff Deputies return to duty
 
 - State Supreme Court Overturns Five of Green's Emergency Proclamations--Upholds Others
 
 - Maui Police Officer Celebrates Murder of Charlie Kirk
 
 - Petition: Big Island Needs Mental Hospital
 
 - State task force tackles slow Hawaii building permit process 
 
 - Drunk Illegal used Hawaii Drivers License to re-Enter US
 
 - City Homeless Ambulance Service Crushed by Inability to Forcibly Commit the Insane 
 
 - Panhandling: Council to consider revised pedestrian conduct bill following mayoral veto 
 
 - Hawaiian culture finds a new home as Observatories Shuttered 
 
 - Hawai‘i Island Republicans to hold vigils in remembrance of conservative activist Charlie Kirk 
 
 - Ian Lind uses ai to blame Charlie Kirk for his own Murder
 
 
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					| Thursday, September 11, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 11, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 5142 Views 
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 - Hawaii State Flags to be Lowered for Charlie Kirk
 
 - Feds End Funding for Racially Discriminatory Programs at UH
 
 - Kauai: Failed Solar Battery System Causes ‘Minor Blasts’ – six homes evacuated
 
 - Feds Seek $848K Forfeiture in Honolulu Crypto Scam
 
 - Schatz: “It’s true that we put some sand in the gears on purpose”
 
 - Republican Legislators fly to Virginia to find Lawyer Threatening to sue Kamehameha Schools
 
 - Rail is a Disaster: Honolulu Council Wants More
 
 - Hawaii still paying millions for Superferry debt 16 years after closure
 
 - Wildfires Create Long-Term Academic Challenges For Students 
 
 - Report Juices Ghetto Lottery payoff on Inmate Suicides 
 
 - Hawaii considering anti-squatter law to protect homeowners, cut eviction times
 
 - Bill 111: Maui Weighs Meaner Approach To Homelessness, Calls it ‘Kind’
 
 - E-bike bill veto leaves road safety gap, House Transportation panel chair says 
 
 - Revamped OHA Civics Program to Train New Generation of Politicians 
 
 - 'Complete lie': Longtime Hawaii hotel practice still irks many
 
 
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					| Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 10, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 1:56 PM :: 4353 Views 
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 - The Mystery of the 1835 Burning of the Moku'aikaua Church
 
 - Federal Judge Pecks Away at Hawaii Firearms Restrictions
 
 - DHHL Assigns 1,100 More 'Project Leases' on Maui
 
 - Educational Innovation: Hawaii Ranks 44th
 
 - Green: Army Lease Negotiations -- 8a Millions, Geothermal, Housing, Transit 
 
 - Traffic Scofflaw set to plead guilty in death of student 
 
 - Oahu Solar Farms Drive Electric Rates UP 58%
 
 - Hawaiian Electric Bankers Meet Investors on Possible Junk Bond 
 
 - Recruitment: Hawaii Gays Open Youth Transsexualization Center
 
 - HPD takes action to deal with Oʻahu's mental health crisis
 
 - Two Years of Attacks by Homeless Drug Addicts at Kailua Beach Park 
 
 - Hawaiʻi Loves 'Genki Balls' To Clean Water. New Studies Say They Don't Work 
 
 - Lawyers Look at Hawaii Consumer Protection Laws
 
 
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					| Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 9, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 5151 Views 
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 - Brighter days ahead for Hawaii’s permitting conundrum
 
 - HPD ‘Tried’ To Fire This Cop. He’s Retiring With A Giant Pension Instead 
 
 - If We Build The Infrastructure, The Housing Will Come 
 
 - Residential project leases coming to more than 1,100 DHHL beneficiaries on Maui 
 
 - Good Money After Bad: Only HHFDC has what it takes to LOSE money in Hawaii Real Estate 
 
 - Hawaii Green Fee survey reveals 170 project submissions 
 
 - Kauaʻi sets new standard with wildfire mitigation ordinance 
 
 - Mass Deportations Ensnare Military Members, Veterans with Criminal Record
 
 
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					| Monday, September 8, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 8, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:16 PM :: 4705 Views 
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 - Green: 'Children will die if RFK does not resign'
 
 - Infrastructure-improvement rules will make Lahaina recovery more costly
 
 - VIDEO: Punatics try to obstruct drug raid with bogus immigration claims 
 
 - Because we closed the Insane Asylums, Lunatics Crowd our Jails
 
 - Hawaii FIRST Robotics kicks off new season, challenging keiki to dig into discovery
 
 - DoE COVID Shutdown Knocks Down Girls’ Math, Science Test Scores—Boys Steady
 
 
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					| Sunday, September 7, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 7, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 8842 Views 
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 - DoTax Suddenly Begins Collecting GE Tax on Tips
 
 - Kudos to the counties for considering housing reforms
 
 - Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 5, 2025
 
 - USO Prison Gang Member sentenced to over 29 Years in prison for extortion and drug trafficking
 
 - State Law Helps Hanabusa’s Alleged False name donor escape justice
 
 - City Hires Kaneshiro’s Lawyer to Fight Laurel Mau
 
 - Nakamura: Special Session in November? 
 
 - TIF: Make Housing Affordable with new model to fund infrastructure 
 
 - Clear pathways to affordable homes 
 
 - Rail’s overbudget, long past keeps residents guessing 
 
 - Suit Challenges How Legislators Turn Blank Bills Into Mid-Session Surprises
 
 - Major changes, political conflict create confusion over COVID-19 vaccines in Hawaii 
 
 - Immigration detainer, ‘substantial real property’ in labor trafficking case 
 
 - Mexican illegal sentenced to 12 months for third illegal reentry and 9th DUI 
 
 - Honolulu City Council requests audit of homeless response program 
 
 - Police report progress on shuttering illegal game rooms on Oahu 
 
 - Vice K-9 left in car was parked at Kona Police Station, chief confirms
 
 - Maui commercial boating industry struggling while waiting for Lahaina Harbor to reopen, tourism to rebound 
 
 
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					| Saturday, September 6, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 6, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:41 PM :: 4948 Views 
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 - Hurricane Kiko Emergency Proclamation Issued
 
 - JSC Names Applicants for ICA Judge
 
 - Ariel Sellers Murder Case: Four Years Later, State Still Allows Adoptive Parents Rights over other Children 
 
 - Scapegoats?  Two Red Hill workers plead not guilty to lying about scope of fuel spill
 
 - As Usual, State’s high court rules in favor of Sierra Club over Maui water rights case
 
 - Burying power lines along Lahainaluna Road part of Hawaiian Electric’s grid hardening plan 
 
 - Council cool on proposed bus fare hike
 
 - Bill 51: Improvement District for Downtown Honolulu
 
 
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					| Friday, September 5, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 5, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 7:33 PM :: 5365 Views 
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 - More Lawsuits to Challenge Kamehameha Schools Admissions Policy?
 
 - DBEDT: More Slow Growth for Hawaii
 
 - Hawaii Joins Anti-anti-vaxxer Alliance with California, Oregon, and Washington
 
 - Feds, State Cooperate in Labor Trafficking Bust
 
 - Will Feds Shut Down Hawaii ‘Stop-Big-Oil’ Suits?
 
 - PGA Tour Cancelled?  Bissen orders Water Dumped Down Streambeds instead of watering golf course
 
 - Katherine Kealoha’s Drug-Dealer brother gets ‘compassionate release’
 
 - Counties advance resolution for cruise ship tax agreement 
 
 - County likely to delay STVR registration law until March 
 
 - Oahu homeowner shares costly eviction process after dealing with tenants who refuse to pay rent
 
 - Kauaʻi Wants Robinson Resort Downzoned Back To Agriculture 
 
 - Hawaii Retail Wheeling Law Excludes Residential Customers 
 
 - Honolulu EMS Director Still Defending Decision To Drive Wrong Way On H-1 
 
 - East-West Center to receive federal funds before end of fiscal year
 
 
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					| Thursday, September 4, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 4, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 5289 Views 
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 - Mitsunaga Secretary Indicted for False-Name Campaign Contributions
 
 - Achieving Homeownership for Hawaiians
 
 - Gov Green Joins Pro-EV Coalition
 
 - COVERUP: How Hawaii Civil Rights Commission Buries Sex Harassment and Discrimination Reports
 
 - Honolulu Police Chief search delayed AGAIN—will not start until November
 
 - DoE AC Meltdown: Hayashi and his bloated bureaucracy fail 
 
 - Hawaiʻi DOE Starts Year With Unprecedented School Meal Shortages 
 
 - Scammer convicted in federal tax refund fraud was part of earlier Hawaiian sovereignty scam
 
 - Six Years for Armed Robber Mentored by Meth Dealer Paid by ‘Adult Friends for Youth’
 
 - City Council passes homeowner tax exemption bills 
 
 - City calls on lenders in vacation rental crackdown
 
 - Pandering to Progressives, Hawai‘i County Council passes resolution urging U.S. Army to end bombing at Pōhakuloa 
 
 - UH Sea-Level Hysterics Keep Pushing to Seize Your Oceanfront Property 
 
 
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					| Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 3, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 8341 Views 
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 - ACLU Sues Maui Prep School to Force Trans-sexualization of little boy
 
 - Hawaii 911 Callers to be Screened for Political Correctness
 
 - Green Launches Website to Receive Comments on Army Land Lease Negotiations
 
 - State Begins Hiring Future College Grads
 
 - New HTA Boss has Tumultuous Past
 
 - Oʻahu is updating its climate plan ahead of 2030 state goals 
 
 - Hawaii insurers hold firm on COVID vaccine policies
 
 - Express Scripts Fights to Keep Hawaii PBM Suit in Federal Court
 
 - Miske Gang: Where are they now? 
 
 - Lahaina 55 homes completed
 
 - Maui Bill 111: Let Homeless Meth Addicts Stay Wherever they Want
 
 - Nonprofits having hard time finding Lahaina Fire Victims to Help
 
 
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					| Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 2, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:42 PM :: 5390 Views 
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 - Next Boondoggle: Useless $240M Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
 
 - Auditor Discovers HFD's Secret Fund
 
 - Hawaii 911 Callers to be Screened for Political Correctness
 
 - Honolulu County Employee Fired After Nearly 5 Years Of Paid Leave
 
 - ‘Wheeling’: More HECO Rate Hikes Coming
 
 - Are utility bills going up because of the Maui wildfire? 
 
 - Grifters Scramble as $100M Green Fee Slush Fund Fills Troughs
 
 - Precedent: Cruise Line Suit Defeated Alaska’s version of Green Fee
 
 - Immigration Raids Throw Long Shadow Over Big Island Coffee Harvest 
 
 - Purposeful Build delays add to housing shortage 
 
 - Data Dive: Who Uses The Most Water In Hawaiʻi? 
 
 
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					| Monday, September 1, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 September 1, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:11 PM :: 4945 Views 
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 - Clear Conflict: Bills that stirred Hawaiʻi politics in 2025
 
 - ‘We’re Doomed’: Hawaii labor force is shrinking as population ages, workers leave 
 
 - State’s EV perks, federal tax credits nearing an end 
 
 - Solar Panel System Is On The Blink — Again
 
 - Electric vehicle aches extend to cargo shipping in Hawaii 
 
 - It’s not easy to get a gun legally in Hawai‘i—but it is easy to get one illegally
 
 - Benjamin Moszkowicz's last day as Chief of the Hawaii Police Department 
 
 - Hawaii Visitors Hit By $250 U.S. Visa Fee Shock 
 
 
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					| Sunday, August 31, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 31, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 6214 Views 
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 - Hawaiian Airlines didn’t fail — The world changed around it
 
 - Time to retire the Jones Act’s U.S.-build requirement
 
 - No Tax on Tips
 
 - Vacancy: Maui Circuit Court Judge
 
 - Rail Construction Creates Tsunami Death Trap
 
 - Waves Of Lawsuits Will Shape Hawaii Travel 
 
 - Solar – DPP’s new permitting system fails 
 
 - After 12 Years, YMCA reports a little progress on Atkinson property rezoning 
 
 - ‘Tommy Paycheck’ baggage may haunt Waters’ new run
 
 - 2026 Elections: Candidates Already Campaigning 
 
 - Dela Cruz Leads State Officials on Trip to New Zealand — Again
 
 - ACLU: We want to release 1000s of hardened criminals onto the streets
 
 - Operation Hire Hawaii initiative fills less than 3% of state job vacancies 
 
 
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					| Saturday, August 30, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 30, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 4112 Views 
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					| Friday, August 29, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 29, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 4787 Views 
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 -  Trump HHS tells Hawaii DoE to remove gender ideology from sex ed or lose PREP funding
 
 - Navahine Settlement: How Hawai‘i Was Sold Out 
 
 - Is the Jones Act invincible?
 
 - Tourist Arrivals Down 4.4%
 
 - Green Names Appointees to BLNR, Stadium Authority
 
 - FAIL: Aloha Stadium Teardown will not begin until next year
 
 - Dropped the ball: Aloha Stadium operations agreement and ground lease still not signed
 
 - HIDOT: Sale of Gasoline Cars to be Banned in 10 years
 
 - Global Warmers’ Mauna Loa Observatory lease allowed to expire
 
 - Turn HTA into an independent, nonprofit Destination Stewardship Organization?
 
 - Why HPD Has A Major Morale Problem, According To Staff 
 
 - Lahaina fire survivor is arrested by ICE 
 
 - Draft ordinance proposes special district for Pahoa town
 
 - Kauaʻi lawmakers consider regulations on e-bikes 
 
 - Learn more about property tax savings through these open houses 
 
 
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					| Thursday, August 28, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 28, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 4066 Views 
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 - Federal Lawsuit Filed: Cruise Lines Challenge Hawaii’s ‘Green Fee’ as Unconstitutional
 
 - Applications Open for Honolulu City Lights Display Permits
 
 - 3 Big Public Projects That Should Make You Mad 
 
 - Schatz Calls for Increased Urban Density
 
 - Elections Commission Panel Calls For A Shakeup In How Hawaiʻi Votes 
 
 - Court says state failed to require environmental review for GMO farm
 
 - Activist Protests Pledge of Allegiance in Schools
 
 - Without Force, it takes two weeks to get one homeless off street
 
 
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					| Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 27, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 4346 Views 
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 - City Accepting Bids for Kalihi Rail Station TOD Development
 
 - Matson still refusing EV shipments to Hawaii
 
 - Legal Fake Biofuel: Hawaii Can Have 100% ‘Renewable’ Electricity This Year and it will be 99% Diesel
 
 - Judge dismisses $324M Hitachi lawsuit against HART, city 
 
 - OHA to profit as Hawaii governor approves $1.6B Iwilei infrastructure upgrade plan 
 
 - Blangiardi: $100M to fix Waikiki natatorium? 
 
 - Term Limits? City Council chair announces run for reelection
 
 - Proven Loser: Corey Rosenlee will run for Hawaiʻi House seat held by Rep. Elijah Pierick (again)
 
 - Honolulu firefighters push for COVID hazard pay
 
 - Overcrowding in Maui classrooms forces redistricting plan
 
 - Less Than Half Of Hawaiʻi Teachers Went To High School In-State 
 
 - Can ‘Improvement District’ Save Downtown Honolulu's Small Businesses? 
 
 - Ex-HPD officer seeks reduced prison time for child sex crimes 
 
 - Kauaʻi Man Died On His Birthday After Airport Staff Encounter 
 
 - CNHA ‘Council’ Leaves Hawaii Again
 
 
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					| Tuesday, August 26, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 26, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 4164 Views 
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 - Second Amendment: “These arbitrary restrictions in Hawaii are unique and burdensome with no parallel in other states." 
 
 - DLE Creates Virtual Reality Capitol Security Cordon
 
 - Before State Acquittals, Leader of “Murder Inc” street gang quietly plead guilty to federal charges 
 
 - Acid attack suspect pleads not guilty to charge some say is too light
 
 - Army and governor’s response to leases ‘framework’ deadline gets pushback
 
 - Lahaina: Lawyers Still Pushing ‘Toxins’ Scare
 
 - Maui STRs keep Hawaii economy strong
 
 - Sinking Optimism Among Hawai‘i Business Leaders 
 
 - State continues push to hire federal workers impacted by budget cuts 
 
 - Two Members Quit Just Before Elections Panel To Meet On Disputed Vote Count 
 
 
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					| Monday, August 25, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 25, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 PM :: 4359 Views 
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 - Supreme Court restores parental opt-out from LGBTQ Propaganda
 
 - Waikiki Predator: 551 Criminal Citations and Still on the Streets
 
 - Climate Change ‘Professionals’ Imaginary Problem Means Coping With Imaginary Death 
 
 - ADUs – City Uses Familiar Sabotage Techniques to block affordable housing
 
 - Hawaiʻi is Increasingly Relying on Unlicensed Teachers to Fill Vacancies 
 
 - Former Maui police officer pleads guilty to federal civil rights violation 
 
 - What do judges do all day?
 
 - Atmos Rewards Just Gutted Hawaii Flyers 
 
 
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					| Sunday, August 24, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 24, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:16 PM :: 4469 Views 
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 - Are you ready for another boondoggle?
 
 - Classroom Heat
 
 - Hawai’i Aloha: How Rev. Lorenzo Lyons helped save the Hawaiian language
 
 - Aloha Stadium project ‘may cost $5 billion to $6 billion and span 25 years’
 
 - “The County of Maui will be sued if it passes the unconstitutional Bill 9”
 
 - Belatti, Awa Call for More Election Day Polling Places
 
 - Civil Beat Questions Your Right to Live in Hawaii
 
 - HNL Build: ‘DPP Going Backwards’
 
 
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					| Saturday, August 23, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 23, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:14 PM :: 6082 Views 
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 - The Worst Transit Projects
 
 - $100M Green Fee Slush Fund: Green Appoints Advisory Council
 
 - Maui County releases 2025 human services assessment report
 
 - Chinatown suspect paid $290K by the City just before acid attack
 
 - Hawaiian Electric Company Rates Increases Are Expected 
 
 - Why opening a restaurant in Hawaii can be a bureaucratic and financial nightmare 
 
 - Judge in Hawaii considers legality of restrictions on access to abortion medication 
 
 - Hawaiʻi County Police Commission explores strategies for filling police chief vacancy 
 
 - Navy cleaning Red Hill pipelines in preparation for … what?
 
 - Will Congress Rescue Fish Farms from Hawaii State Regulations?
 
 - SHPD Recent Debacles
 
 - CNHA/Hawaiian Council Becomes Green Energy Schemer
 
 
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					| Friday, August 22, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 22, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:08 PM :: 3477 Views 
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 - Army to Green: 'We cannot wait'
 
 - Little-Known Law Makes Hawai‘i Flights More Expensive
 
 - Maui Police Release Bodycam Video Surrounding Officer Death
 
 - No, Surviving Lahaina Fire Doesn’t Give You License to Kill
 
 - Bill 9: Maui Council panel recommends Temporary Investigative Group on vacation rentals 
 
 - Puna Geothermal Venture moves forward with long-awaited upgrades
 
 - New Hawaii county property tax credits for subdivision property owners 
 
 - 20% of 911 calls Homeless-related
 
 
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					| Thursday, August 21, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 21, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 5154 Views 
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 - Hawaii Becomes The 50th State – This Day In History 
 
 - Green Unveils 2025 Policy Priorities 
 
 - Cost of Living: Hawaii 82% Higher Than US Average
 
 - Hawaii average annual tax cuts under 'Big Beautiful' Bill
 
 - Emotions run high as police officer recounts shooting that killed fellow officer
 
 - Honolulu Police Chief search could stretch into 2026
 
 - No Charges Against Officers In 2024 Waiʻanae Police Shooting 
 
 - Acid victim lost his vision in 1 eye, needs surgery on arm and shoulder 
 
 - Murder trial begins in Samoa over death of Gabbard Aunt and Cult Critic
 
 - As Step towards abolishing prisons, Hawaiʻi Expands Effort To Keep Women Out Of Jail 
 
 - Hawaii attorney general’s budget increased by $4M to cover 27 Trump lawsuits 
 
 - How does city count rail ridership? 
 
 - Hawaii State Energy Office Sees LNG as Bridge Fuel to … Green Hydrogen Storage 
 
 - Vacasa Bought Out-- Largest Hawaii Vacation Rental Company Faces Major Shake Up
 
 - Work paused on sewer pump station repairs in Lahaina 
 
 
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					| Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 20, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 4253 Views 
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 - UH, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency sign partnership agreement
 
 - Honolulu Least Pet-Friendly City in USA
 
 - Is CO2 a Pollutant?
 
 - Another Glorious Triumph for the State Judiciary!   Three Alleged Gang Leaders Found Not Guilty in Jail Beating Death 
 
 - Green Energy? Oahu Ratepayers Paying $1,500,000,000.00 More to Burn Dirtier Fuels
 
 - What will Kawakami do now?
 
 - Song and Dance: Hawaii County Council Grifts 8a Money from DoD
 
 - Insanity: Homeless get Really Expensive Medivac Flights, but are not forcibly incarcerated in drug treatment facilities 
 
 - Big Island judge to rule next month on state subpoena requesting files of disciplined police officers 
 
 - Hallucinating Robot Trips up Another Local Lawyer
 
 - Hawaiʻi primarily votes by mail. Here's how a proposed Trump order could change that 
 
 - Future Of Commercial Fishing In Protected Pacific Waters In Courts' Hands 
 
 - Empire-Builders Want $25M to Tell us Fire Victims feel bad about their homes burning down 
 
 - COVID lawsuit against state DPS dismissed
 
 
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					| Tuesday, August 19, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 Letters to the Editor August, 2025
									 
									By Letters to the Editor @ 11:04 PM :: 3818 Views 
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 - Is CO2 a Pollutant?
 
 - Bill 59 Could Have Stopped Homeless Panhandling in Traffic
 
 
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					| Tuesday, August 19, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 19, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 3645 Views 
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 - Palacios' death leaves NMI vulnerable to China
 
 - ‘New’ HTA board taking off with same old baggage
 
 - Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims
 
 - DBEDT Releases 2024 State of Hawaii Data Book
 
 - Hawaii Named Least Affordable State for College Grads
 
 - Green Smoking Something: “Another $500M will fall from sky--Aloha Stadium to be ready in 2028—will seat 38,000”
 
 - After years of pie-in-the-sky promises, UH and its supporters have learned they only can believe in themselves
 
 - Hawaii plans $1.4B transit-oriented development in East Kapolei 
 
 - Pushback Against ‘Affordable’ Housing 
 
 - Kapalua Sues Maui Land & Pineapple Over West Maui Water Shortage 
 
 - Nearly 1 In 5 Warning Sirens On Oʻahu Were Broken During Tsunami Scare 
 
 - Lawsuit: Another Murder Inc Murder in Halawa
 
 - Acid attack suspect made civil rights, hate crime allegations
 
 - Hawaii Solar Lobby Loses $61M Subsidy
 
 - Hawaii County, ex-R&D director sued for favoritism 
 
 
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					| Monday, August 18, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 18, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 3962 Views 
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 - Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
 
 - DEI for HPD: Sneaking in Biden’s Former Border Chief as Next Honolulu Police Commissioner 
 
 - Round 2 for Pohakuloa Training Area resolution – Hawaii County Council wants UXO money for 8a Corps
 
 - City Council pushes pair of bills to ease homeowner tax burdens 
 
 - First-time homebuyer program most popular among Maui fire survivors seeking aid from $1.6 billion federal grant 
 
 - Immigrant Sent Cash To Family In Mexico; ICE Used That To Nab Him 
 
 - Two Lawsuits Demand More Hawaiian Immersion Programs 
 
 
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					| Sunday, August 17, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 17, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 4478 Views 
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 - UPDATE: Maui Police identify officer killed in line of duty
 
 - No Tax on Overtime
 
 - From Koko Crater to Wahiawā: The long fight over Oʻahu’s trash
 
 - PRC National Sentenced to 55 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine
 
 - Kouchi Changes Mind—Will serve one more term as Senate President 
 
 - Army’s ‘Much More Aggressive Model’: Wrap-up Master Lease Negotiations in 60 Days
 
 - Steaming in the classroom and fleeced at the ballpark
 
 - Aloha Stadium: New chapter in wishful thinking
 
 - TVR law goes into effect soon 
 
 - HPD clarifies concealed carry permit process at meeting 
 
 - Marine monument eco-rhetoric overwrought 
 
 
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					| Saturday, August 16, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 16, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 3600 Views 
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 - Maui police officer killed in line of duty
 
 - UHERO: Hawaii has less inequality because nobody can get ahead
 
 - Hawaiʻi County Reduces Permitting Backlog
 
 - Lahaina rebuild could move along faster if ...
 
 - Teenagers' Climate Plan Just a Scam--Proposed 75% cut to cruise ships designed to force more tourists into hotels 
 
 - Honolulu rail construction to close downtown lanes for 5 to 6 years 
 
 - NYT: Modulars provide ‘dignified’ havens for Lahaina wildfire survivors 
 
 - Permits sought for ongoing Kaheawa Wind Power operations in West Maui 
 
 
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					| Friday, August 15, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 15, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:28 PM :: 3302 Views 
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 - Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
 
 - Racists in Congress fought against statehood for Hawaii
 
 - Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood
 
 - 'Ready To Die Boys?' Multiple Oʻahu Shootings Linked To Gang 
 
 - AG Demands Files on Four Disciplined Hawaii County Officers
 
 - HECO Plays Monopoly with Hu Honua
 
 - True Colors Show: Maui Council Minority Votes Against Massive Affordable Housing Development
 
 - Maui suffering from severe lack of mental health workers 
 
 - Waialua Fresh Eggs boosting local production
 
 
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									 August 14, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 3514 Views 
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 - 12 New Members Appointed to HTA Board
 
 - Tariffs Drive up Non-Residential Constuction Costs
 
 - Aloha Stadium Shrinks, completion date for slips to 2029, demolition to begin without all contracts in place  
 
 - Hawaiʻi Sex Abuse Case Shows How Predatory Teachers Can Go Undetected 
 
 - Misleading stats obscure health care provider shortage woes 
 
 - Last-ditch efforts to kill Honuaʻula project amendments fail amid bickering; controversial development passes final vote 
 
 - Sacred Cows: Should Homeless be exempt from Fire Safety Rules?
 
 - Attorney facing criminal charges is sued by a former associate 
 
 
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					| Wednesday, August 13, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 13, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 3132 Views 
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 - Cool Schools: How Solar Scammers Looted $120M
 
 - Hawaii Red Hill Water Contamination Lawsuit Expands
 
 - John Honoli’i ‘First Born’ of the Hawaiian Church
 
 - Feds Investigating At Least One Prison Guard's Actions In OCCC Killing
 
 - Witness fear dominates jail killing trial as testimony continues
 
 - Secret Aloha Stadium Contracts Are Set For Final Vote 
 
 - New stadium needs new appropriation 
 
 - Planning panel OKs rebuild of smaller Front Street home after forcing aesthetic changes 
 
 - FAIL: Empty-homes tax destroyed by its own contradictions after $150M illusion vanishes 
 
 - Building Permit Failures to be Foundation for New Bureaucratic Empire?
 
 - Why This Honolulu Housing Strategy Is Not A 'Super Successful' Program 
 
 - Hawaii part of 4-layer Golden Dome missile defense network 
 
 
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					| Tuesday, August 12, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 12, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 2822 Views 
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 - How special interests keep bad laws on the books: The case of the Jones Act.
 
 - Two Years After Wildfire, Maui Homeowners Face A New Threat: Foreclosure 
 
 - Consumer Advocate -- HECO`s Wildfire Mitigation Plan has Significant Deficiencies 
 
 - Goal-line fumble on new stadium decision? 
 
 - HART to receive $112M state funding; the review before the reimbursement 
 
 - Phase 3 of Skyline Rail project breaks ground
 
 - Hawaii County planning commissions to consider household hennery bill 
 
 - Paradise Story 1: Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and agent accused of sabotaging $240M Hawaii real estate project 
 
 - Paradise Story 2: Hawaii County seeks dismissal of claims against officers 
 
 - Hawaii court hands lenders decades-long foreclosure power 
 
 
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									 August 11, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 3351 Views 
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 - Sen Ernst Targets Honolulu Rail for Elimination
 
 - Life and Death in OCCC: “Drugs, phones, whatever they want.” 
 
 - Campaign Donations Plummeted During Legislative Session 
 
 - Maui County Reaches Grim Milestone In Fire Victim Identification 
 
 - Hawaii Theatre insurance premiums rise 4,500% 
 
 - Bus fares to rise?
 
 - Running from Something? CNHA Changes Name to “Hawaiian Council”
 
 - More of the “Fat Boy” story
 
 
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					| Sunday, August 10, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 10, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:31 PM :: 3220 Views 
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 - Encumbrance for the Stadium
 
 - Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 9, 2025
 
 - Two years later, too little rebuilding in Lahaina
 
 - Hawaii’s ‘green’ transportation plan: Unrealistic, inchoate, and expensive
 
 - Red Tape Slows Lahaina Rebuild, Blocks Statewide Tourism Recovery 
 
 - SHOPO — 'We Want A Leader, Not A Boss' 
 
 - If Joe Logan Can’t Stand up to Rick Blangiardi, How can he stand up to street thugs?
 
 - Schatz, Hirono a Fundraising Machine for National Democrats
 
 - State Human Services Director Ryan Yamane Giving $1,000s to Legislators 
 
 
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					| Saturday, August 9, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 9, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 2568 Views 
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 - Green: RFK Cuts to MRNA Vaccine Research 'A big mistake'
 
 - Bill 59 Could Have Stopped Homeless Panhandling in Traffic
 
 - Federal judge summary judgment against Trump permitting commercial fishing in Pacific marine monument
 
 - U.S. Army releases land lease recommendations for training areas on Hawaii Island and Oahu
 
 - Industry study says Hawaii’s timeshares generate hundreds of millions in taxes, thousands of jobs
 
 - ‘We’re not going anywhere’: PBS Hawaii president, CEO addresses federal funding cut concerns
 
 
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					| Friday, August 8, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 8, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 1:48 PM :: 3394 Views 
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 - Lawsuit: Hawaii Sheriff Deputies Arrested on Charges Trumped-up by own Department—Top Brass infighting led to suicide of Deputy
 
 - VA terminates union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees
 
 - Two Years Later: Maui County Still Trying to Decide Whether to Let Front Street Businesses Rebuild
 
 - 2 Years After Deadly Fire, Lahaina Homeowners ‘financially drowned’ 
 
 - Four Big Island police officers under investigation for alleged misconduct
 
 - Visits canceled at Hawaii Community Correctional Center's Hale Nani - Makai due to COVID-19
 
 - A New Jail Is Critical For Hawaiʻi's Correctional System 
 
 
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					| Thursday, August 7, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 7, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 11:50 AM :: 2953 Views 
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 - US, Cook Islands to Cooperate on Seabed Mining
 
 - CEO and President of Hawaii Shipbuilding Company Sentenced for $29M Investment Fraud Scheme
 
 - Mexican National Sentenced to 54 Months for Illegal Reentry After Ten Prior Removals and Three Illegal Reentry Felony Convictions
 
 - Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Launches Aircraft Mechanic Training Program
 
 - Lahaina: “No commercial buildings have been rebuilt” 
 
 - Hundreds of Honolulu police officers weigh in on the qualities, experience their next chief should have
 
 - Honolulu property tax exemptions could ease living costs for kupuna 
 
 - Boring Repetitive News: Haleiwa housing project stalls after lawmakers defer action on key measure
 
 - Media access to HPD radio channels receives pushback 
 
 - EPA plans to claw back $62M awarded to Hawaiʻi for solar projects 
 
 - Mayor vetoes bill regarding roadside soliciting 
 
 - COVID-19 cases in Hawaii still on upward trend this summer 
 
 
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					| Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 6, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 3621 Views 
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 - This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing
 
 - Schatz locks up whip race
 
 - Lahaina: Four Ways to Speed Recovery
 
 - Two years after disaster, Maui recovery inches forward
 
 - 61% of Hawaii Homeowners Sitting on $250K Capital Gain
 
 - UH sets extramural funding record for 4th consecutive year
 
 - Trial over jail killing reveals alleged gang control of OCCC
 
 - In newly released demand letter, former police chief seeks $784K citing retaliation, ‘emotional distress’
 
 - Councilmember pushes to speed up hiring of new HPD chief 
 
 - Rebuilding progress: 90 Lahaina homeowners complete no-cost property surveys 
 
 - Mileage Fee: State DOT Caught Ripping off E-Car Owners
 
 - Mentally Ill Model Dead Because she was not forcibly incarcerated in lunatic asylum
 
 - Felon tied to baby’s death catches a FEDERAL Case 
 
 - Hawaiʻi Rarely Takes Guns From People In Crisis, Despite 'Red Flag' Law
 
 - Federal judge questions merit of Trump permitting commercial fishing in Pacific marine monument 
 
 - Overstating Tsunami Threat May Lead Some To Ignore Warnings Next Time 
 
 
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					| Tuesday, August 5, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 5, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 3911 Views 
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 - Four New HART Board Members Appointed
 
 - Reviving the Paniolo Spirit: A Path to Sustainable Economic Renewal on Molokaʻi
 
 - Can Hawaiʻi get to 100% renewable energy?
 
 - E-Cars, Hybrids Banned from Kauai County Scrapyard
 
 - Three Decades of Corruption: DelaCruz Geothermal Scheme Traces All the Way Back to Unity House
 
 - Some Oahu residents shocked over skyrocketing property taxes 
 
 - Honolulu Is Canceling Its Empty Homes Tax Study. Will That Kill The Bill? 
 
 - State Boards Must Release Records Showing Hiring Decisions, Judge Says 
 
 - Trial set for Big Island brothers suing state over wrongful conviction compensation
 
 - Some Hawaii families scramble for after school childcare 
 
 - Nonprofit still searching for COFA citizens on Oʻahu to apply for COVID funeral aid 
 
 
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					| Monday, August 4, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 4, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:38 PM :: 2738 Views 
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 - China Building Airstrip in Micronesia
 
 - Tariffs Unsettling Aloha Stadium Deal?
 
 - Hale Kipa’s container farm program teaches youth shelter residents how to grow weed
 
 - US could require up to $15,000 bonds for some tourist visas under pilot program 
 
 - Soft on Crime Crowd: We don’t need to fill HPD Vacancies
 
 - Two years after wildfires, Maui Fire Department’s changes to staffing, fleet, fire code aim to prevent another tragedy 
 
 - When Hawaii Criminals Commit Crimes in Arizona Prison, they get charged under Arizona Law
 
 - Trump May Stop Hawaii from Giving Away Free Needles to Addicts
 
 - Half of Cesspools Pose No Direct Threat to Water Resources
 
 
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									 August 3, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 1989 Views 
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 - Constitutional Expenditure Controls
 
 - Grassroot views on housing reform going mainstream
 
 - Case, Moylan: Stop Rebuilding Jones Act Ships in China
 
 - Armed Felon Indicted After Barricading Himself in Home with Over Ten Pounds of Methamphetamine and Illegal Firearms
 
 - Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 1, 2025
 
 - Honolulu police, city, SHOPO try to tackle record vacancies 
 
 - Hawaii film industry collapsing
 
 - Hope for Hawaii, Army on land leases 
 
 - ‘Last minute cop out’: Parents push back against carpool app amid bus driver shortage
 
 - Waikiki dealer gets 10 years for selling fentanyl in Marine’s fatal overdose 
 
 - Hawaiʻi County reviving program to give victims of minor crimes a louder voice, reduce backlog of cases 
 
 - Hawaiʻi Elections Commission Targets Drop Boxes 
 
 
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									 August 2, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 1763 Views 
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 - Hawaii Sues Trump admin over juvenile sex-change
 
 - Logan: Blangiardi Threatened my Family
 
 - Interstate telehealth could be lifesaver for Hawaii
 
 - Council on Revenues says personal incomes set to slightly increase for 2025 
 
 - Hawaii public media face big cuts as CPB funding ends 
 
 - Slow progress for city and state climate lawsuits this week
 
 
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					| Friday, August 1, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 August 1, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 2696 Views 
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 - Mayor Pleased by Dismissal of Myeni Shooting Case
 
 - Public Safety Power Shutoff watch: Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions
 
 - Brighter Futures, Stronger Ties: US Nonprofit Drives Educational Progress in Strategically Situated Micronesia 
 
 - Visitor Arrivals Down 1.8% for June 2025
 
 - Wildfires: Maui PD Releases Final After-Action Report
 
 - Numbers Show Beginning of Long-Term Tourism Slowdown
 
 - Abercrombie Behind Challenge to Case
 
 - Aloha Stadium demolition expected to start in late August 
 
 - Hawaiʻi Needs Lawyers. Now, Mainland Attorneys Can Practice Here 
 
 - Big Island Mayor Says State Won't Meet 2050 Deadline To Wipe Out Cesspools 
 
 - No charges for lifeguard who was arrested after stopping career criminal in Waikiki 
 
 - Thieves target business, homes during tsunami evacuation
 
 - Socialists Love Hawaii’s Soft-on-Crime System
 
 
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					| Thursday, July 31, 2025 | 
				 
				
					
						
							
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									 July 31, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 5:18 PM :: 2399 Views 
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 - Rule by Decree: Is Hawaii's Democracy Broken? 
 
 - NBC News: Josh Green Running for President? 
 
 - New Software: DPP Promises 'Reduced Service'
 
 - Case, Keohokalole announce plans to run for 1st Congressional District
 
 - Cost of decarbonization still unknown, says HDOT
 
 - Traffic gridlock leads city to pretend to reconsider evacuation advice
 
 - Tsunami Gridlock: Hawaii Officials Have Learned Nothing in 40 Years
 
 - USS Carl Vinson ties up at Pearl Harbor while Tsunami Approaches
 
 
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									 July 30, 2025 News Read
									 
									By Andrew Walden @ 2:12 PM :: 2580 Views 
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 - VIDEO: Tsunami Draws Water Down 15 feet in Kahului Harbor
 
 - Tsunami of Traffic: How One Gas Station Line Jammed up All of Kapolei
 
 - UPDATE: DoT Extends Public Comment Period on Teenagers' Climate Plan
 
 - Tsunami Proves Complete Streets are a Complete Failure
 
 - Hawaii judge dismisses wrongful death lawsuit in Myeni shooting 
 
 - With Logan Gone, HPD Starts Sending Police to Waianae Coast
 
 - After Felony Convictions, Affordable Housing Scammers Stripped of Law Licenses
 
 - Kunia Farm Lots: High Cost of Housing Forces Families into 854 Acres of Illegal off-grid Dwellings 
 
 - Hawaii AI Robot Lawyers Still Charge $300/hour
 
 
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