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Thursday, May 8, 2025
Reflections of Gene Ward
By Selected News Articles @ 4:49 AM :: 180 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians, Republican Party

... reflecting on a person I got to know over my years of participation in the political world of Hawai‘i ....

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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Miske News: Union Boss sentenced to 14 years in federal racketeering case
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 AM :: 328 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Drugs

... Norman Akau III, a former union board member who founded a Kaneohe-based motorcycle gang and served as an enforcer for the late Honolulu businessman Michael J. Miske Jr., was sentenced to 14 years ....

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Monday, May 5, 2025
Multi-State Coalition Against Hawaii’s ‘Sensitive’ Places Concealed Carry Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 9:21 PM :: 294 Views :: Second Amendment

... The coalition is asking SCOTUS to take action via Wolford v. Lopez, the case through which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowed Hawaii’s “sensitive” places ban to stand ....

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Monday, May 5, 2025
​Hawaii County Tells Homeowner His 38-Year-Old House Is Actually Illegal
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 587 Views :: Hawaii County , Development

... Ausman is not quite out of the woods yet ....

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Saturday, May 3, 2025
Defeated SB401 Would Have Been Most Extreme Gun Law in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:07 AM :: 1118 Views :: Second Amendment

... a sweeping ban on a range of common firearms, including semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines, semi-automatic shotguns holding more than five shells, and any handgun capable of holding more than ten rounds ....

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Friday, May 2, 2025
DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Hear Hawaii ‘Gun-Free Zone’ Case
By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 AM :: 651 Views :: Second Amendment

... The move boosts the odds that the Supreme Court will take up the case ....

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Thursday, May 1, 2025
Trump Admin Sues to Block Hawaii from Taking Fossil Fuel Companies To Court Over Climate Change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 PM :: 611 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary

... Hawaii's anticipated lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry interferes with U.S. policy on greenhouse gas regulation and is an “extraordinary extraterritorial reach” ....

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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Trump Admin: Native Hawaiian History NOT Considered 'DEI'
By Selected News Articles @ 8:30 PM :: 2410 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History, Higher Education

... On April 25, the Department of Education issued a letter clarifying that Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, and American Indian communities are not considered part of DEI or CRT categories ....

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Honolulu 3rd-Worst City to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 630 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

... only San Jose and Washington, DC are worse ....

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Best States for Nurses? Hawaii Ranks 47th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 647 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Cost of Living

... WalletHub compared the relative attractiveness of the 50 states across 20 key metrics ....

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Saturday, April 26, 2025
Schatz to Replace Durbin as Whip?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 AM :: 942 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians

... Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Patty Murray of Washington are also seen by some Senate insiders as potential candidates ....

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Thursday, April 24, 2025
Hawaii Housing Costs 53.47% of Median Income
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 AM :: 643 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii Residents Spend the Highest Percentage of Income on Housing ....

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Operator Syndrome: Hidden toll on first responder life
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 557 Views :: Hawaii County , Police

... years of trauma can lead to a complex set of injuries: sleep disorders, PTSD, hormonal imbalances, pain, depression and more ....

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 146819 Views :: Environment, Religion

There's an initial Eden, a paradise, a state of grace and unity with nature, there's a fall from grace into a state of pollution as a result of eating from the tree of knowledge....

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 80764 Views :: Environment

Ira Einhorn, Master of Ceremonies, Earth Day Rally on Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park, Phila, PA, Apr. 22, 1970.

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Saturday, April 19, 2025
Will Trump Reform Jones Act Shipbuild Requirement?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 PM :: 927 Views :: Jones Act

... Trump has signaled interest in some kind of reforms and floated working with Congress to pass legislation authorizing the purchase of ships from foreign countries ....

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Friday, April 18, 2025
SB1166: Hawaii Democrats Cooking Up Another Climate Lawfare Scheme
By Selected News Articles @ 4:54 PM :: 1231 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment

“...provide a new, specific cause of action...."

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
How many people are receiving substance use treatment in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:53 AM :: 1038 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs

... Hawaii ranks #50 among states for the share of its population seeking treatment ....

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
CNN: Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 4946 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections, Tulsi Gabbard

... Gabbard could face a challenge to her registration or an investigation into her vote in the 2024 election ....

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Hawaii Taxes: $145K salary needed to take home $100K
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 918 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... you need a gross salary of roughly $145,000 in order to actually take home $100,000 in Hawaii.  This is the third-worst in USA ....

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Monday, April 7, 2025
Hawaii most expensive state to raise a child
By Selected News Articles @ 12:54 PM :: 1039 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii has the highest annual costs associated with raising a small child, at $36,472 ....

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Hawaii #1 Tax Burden in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:48 AM :: 881 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... Hawaii residents pay nearly 14% of their income in taxes: 4.2% on income taxes, 2.6% on property taxes, and 7.2% in sales and excise taxes ....

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Hawaii AG Sues DHHS to Keep the COVID Money Flowing
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 PM :: 583 Views :: COVID-19

... AGs claim DHHS “illegally” terminated billions in “critical” health grants ....

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Hawaii: Work 17 days of month to afford mortgage payment
By Selected News Articles @ 6:29 PM :: 663 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... at $796,947, homeowners purchasing a home at this price point will need to work 17 days each month just to cover the payment of $5,222 ....

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Monday, March 31, 2025
Barking Sands: Next step in Hypersonic Missile Defense
By Selected News Articles @ 10:09 PM :: 827 Views :: Kauai County, Military

... demonstrated the ability to detect, track and perform a simulated engagement of an advanced maneuvering hypersonic target ....

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
VIDEO: Green Slams Anti-Vax Celebrutard
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 PM :: 1321 Views :: COVID-19

... HI Gov. on Djokovic Playing with RFK: ‘Hope Someone Hits Him with an Overhead’ ... ‘Shows Him What It Means to Hurt Somebody’ ....

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
Hawaii 3rd Most Expensive State to Start a Business 
By Selected News Articles @ 1:26 AM :: 1334 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Cost of Living

... Hawaii has the highest average commercial rent at $36 per square foot (#51) and the second-highest monthly electricity cost at $1,514.20 (#50) ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Jones Act Operator Calls for Shipbuilding Reforms
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 PM :: 905 Views :: Jones Act, Military

... it is time to develop a round table and look to modify the Act to keep pace with global technology and geopolitical events ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Hawaii to Charge EVs a Road Usage Tax Starting July 1
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 PM :: 1157 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living

... Hawaii’s road usage charge will become mandatory starting July 1, 2028, at which point the $50 flat fee will be discontinued ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
A Man Convicted of Trump Media Insider Trading Had Ties to a Firm Holding Hawaii Cannabis Contracts
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 1705 Views :: National News, Ethics, Drugs

... he had earned millions of dollars from insider trades involving shares in a company that merged with Trump Media & Technology Group Corp ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Trump Pardons Devon Archer, Hawaii High-Tech Tax Credit Scammer Turned on Bidens
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 1585 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Tax Credits

... Devon Archer cooperated with congressional investigators as a witness against Hunter Biden and the Biden family ....

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Hawaii 2nd Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 PM :: 934 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

...Tax Day can be a painful reminder of how much we have to invest in federal, state and local governments, though many of us aren’t sure exactly what we get in return....

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Friday, March 21, 2025
Lahaina: "Feelings of conspiracy and mistrust"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 PM :: 1191 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... It’s a situation formed by both negligence and design ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Hawaii Worst State for Doctors
By Selected News Articles @ 11:31 PM :: 1186 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Small Business, Cost of Living

... Hawaii ranks dead last for medical environment ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Open Letter to Governor Green: Construction failures at multiple state-funded facilities
By Selected News Articles @ 1:40 PM :: 2501 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... including the Hawai‘i State Hospital, Hawai‘i State Capitol, and Hawai‘i Convention Center ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
The last time Congress created a new state
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 18283 Views :: Hawaii History

...On March 19, 1959, Congress approved Hawaii for admission to the union as the 50th state....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Hawaii 204 Condo Projects Blacklisted by Fannie Mae
By Selected News Articles @ 8:49 PM :: 1693 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii's 204 blacklisted condo projects make us 4th-worst in USA.  Since the other top states are much larger, Hawaii probably has the most blacklisted condo units per capita ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
9th Circuit Rules Hawaii Gun Registration Unconstitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 10:24 PM :: 1012 Views :: Second Amendment

... Ninth Circuit (Finally) Rules Hawaii’s Gun Purchase Permit and Registration Time Limits are Unconstitutional ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
UH Manoa Next? Columbia Expels Anti-Semites After Trump Cuts Funding
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 PM :: 983 Views :: Higher Education

... Columbia U knuckled under SIX DAYS after Trump cancelled $400M in federal funds to the university.  How long will it take for the UH system to get rid of its’ anti-Semites?  ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Man arrested in Utah nursing home may not be extradited for 1977 McKinley HS murder
By Selected News Articles @ 2:55 AM :: 794 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Hawaii History, Law Enforcement

... Hawaii authorities are reportedly deciding to not extradite Castro from Utah, according to a spokesperson for the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office ....

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Monday, March 10, 2025
Pacific Biodiesel Occupies ADC Land In Keaʻau; No Lease, No Rent
By Selected News Articles @ 10:34 PM :: 1084 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics

... for at least seven years the parcel has been used rent-free by Pacific Biodiesel ....

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Monday, March 10, 2025
How Much House Does $300K, $400K and $500K Buy You in Every State? In Hawaii it's about the size of a shipping container
By Selected News Articles @ 3:28 PM :: 1157 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii ranked dead last for the amount of square footage $300,000 can buy -- 443 square feet ....

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Friday, March 7, 2025
Seven Gun Bills Moving Fast at Half-Way Point in Legislative Session
By Selected News Articles @ 1:16 PM :: 1315 Views :: Second Amendment

... the remaining gun control bills have now crossed over between the House and Senate ....

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
How the century-old Jones Act is hurting Hawaii’s economy
By Selected News Articles @ 1:09 PM :: 934 Views :: Jones Act

... Every Hawaii-based company that ships its goods outside of the state has come up against the Jones Act ....

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Sunday, March 2, 2025
Gabbard Lahaina Charity Spends only 34% on Fire Victims
By Selected News Articles @ 9:45 AM :: 2908 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Tulsi Gabbard

... Despite promising “every dollar” would go to fire relief, the organization spent only about 34 percent of funds raised ....

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Thursday, February 27, 2025
Debt: Honolulu 4th Worst 'Sinkhole City'
By Selected News Articles @ 10:33 PM :: 1033 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Taxes

... a debt burden of $2.25 billion, translating to $17,400 per taxpayer ....

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Leaving Hawaii: Over Half Immediately Able to buy Home on Mainland
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 PM :: 2181 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... former Hawaii residents are finding it easier to buy homes—especially in Washington, where a whopping 56% of movers from Hawaii achieve homeownership shortly after relocating ....

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Monday, February 24, 2025
Hawaii Can Auction Off Your Car Without Ever Convicting You
By Selected News Articles @ 2:50 PM :: 970 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs

... Civil forfeiture allows the government of Hawaii to take your property and sell it for profit without proving you did anything wrong ....

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Saturday, February 22, 2025
Hawaii Among Worst States to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 977 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

... Hawaii ranks 44th ....

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Friday, February 21, 2025
Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Closure of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 691 Views :: National News, Small Business

... The bureau was started in 2010 during the Obama administration ....

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