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Friday, September 12, 2025
September 12, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 353 Views
  1. Falsely arrested by their own Department?  A year later, some Sheriff Deputies return to duty
  2. State Supreme Court Overturns Five of Green's Emergency Proclamations--Upholds Others
  3. Maui Police Officer Celebrates Murder of Charlie Kirk
  4. Petition: Big Island Needs Mental Hospital
  5. State task force tackles slow Hawaii building permit process
  6. Drunk Illegal used Hawaii Drivers License to re-Enter US
  7. City Homeless Ambulance Service Crushed by Inability to Forcibly Commit the Insane
  8. Panhandling: Council to consider revised pedestrian conduct bill following mayoral veto
  9. Hawaiian culture finds a new home as Observatories Shuttered
  10. Hawai‘i Island Republicans to hold vigils in remembrance of conservative activist Charlie Kirk
  11. Ian Lind uses ai to blame Charlie Kirk for his own Murder
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Thursday, September 11, 2025
September 11, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 659 Views
  1. Hawaii State Flags to be Lowered for Charlie Kirk
  2. Feds End Funding for Racially Discriminatory Programs at UH
  3. Kauai: Failed Solar Battery System Causes ‘Minor Blasts’ – six homes evacuated
  4. Feds Seek $848K Forfeiture in Honolulu Crypto Scam
  5. Schatz: “It’s true that we put some sand in the gears on purpose”
  6. Republican Legislators fly to Virginia to find Lawyer Threatening to sue Kamehameha Schools
  7. Rail is a Disaster: Honolulu Council Wants More
  8. Hawaii still paying millions for Superferry debt 16 years after closure
  9. Wildfires Create Long-Term Academic Challenges For Students
  10. Report Juices Ghetto Lottery payoff on Inmate Suicides
  11. Hawaii considering anti-squatter law to protect homeowners, cut eviction times
  12. Bill 111: Maui Weighs Meaner Approach To Homelessness, Calls it ‘Kind’
  13. E-bike bill veto leaves road safety gap, House Transportation panel chair says
  14. Revamped OHA Civics Program to Train New Generation of Politicians
  15. 'Complete lie': Longtime Hawaii hotel practice still irks many
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
September 10, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:56 PM :: 906 Views
  1. The Mystery of the 1835 Burning of the Moku'aikaua Church
  2. Federal Judge Pecks Away at Hawaii Firearms Restrictions
  3. DHHL Assigns 1,100 More 'Project Leases' on Maui
  4. Educational Innovation: Hawaii Ranks 44th
  5. Green: Army Lease Negotiations -- 8a Millions, Geothermal, Housing, Transit
  6. Traffic Scofflaw set to plead guilty in death of student
  7. Oahu Solar Farms Drive Electric Rates UP 58%
  8. Hawaiian Electric Bankers Meet Investors on Possible Junk Bond
  9. Recruitment: Hawaii Gays Open Youth Transsexualization Center
  10. HPD takes action to deal with Oʻahu's mental health crisis
  11. Two Years of Attacks by Homeless Drug Addicts at Kailua Beach Park
  12. Hawaiʻi Loves 'Genki Balls' To Clean Water. New Studies Say They Don't Work
  13. Lawyers Look at Hawaii Consumer Protection Laws
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
September 9, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 968 Views
  1. Brighter days ahead for Hawaii’s permitting conundrum
  2. HPD ‘Tried’ To Fire This Cop. He’s Retiring With A Giant Pension Instead
  3. If We Build The Infrastructure, The Housing Will Come
  4. Residential project leases coming to more than 1,100 DHHL beneficiaries on Maui
  5. Good Money After Bad: Only HHFDC has what it takes to LOSE money in Hawaii Real Estate
  6. Hawaii Green Fee survey reveals 170 project submissions
  7. Kauaʻi sets new standard with wildfire mitigation ordinance
  8. Mass Deportations Ensnare Military Members, Veterans with Criminal Record
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Monday, September 8, 2025
September 8, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:16 PM :: 1057 Views
  1. Green: 'Children will die if RFK does not resign'
  2. Infrastructure-improvement rules will make Lahaina recovery more costly
  3. VIDEO: Punatics try to obstruct drug raid with bogus immigration claims
  4. Because we closed the Insane Asylums, Lunatics Crowd our Jails
  5. Hawaii FIRST Robotics kicks off new season, challenging keiki to dig into discovery
  6. DoE COVID Shutdown Knocks Down Girls’ Math, Science Test Scores—Boys Steady
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Sunday, September 7, 2025
September 7, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 5423 Views
  1. DoTax Suddenly Begins Collecting GE Tax on Tips
  2. Kudos to the counties for considering housing reforms
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 5, 2025
  4. USO Prison Gang Member sentenced to over 29 Years in prison for extortion and drug trafficking
  5. State Law Helps Hanabusa’s Alleged False name donor escape justice
  6. City Hires Kaneshiro’s Lawyer to Fight Laurel Mau
  7. Nakamura: Special Session in November?
  8. TIF: Make Housing Affordable with new model to fund infrastructure
  9. Clear pathways to affordable homes
  10. Rail’s overbudget, long past keeps residents guessing
  11. Suit Challenges How Legislators Turn Blank Bills Into Mid-Session Surprises
  12. Major changes, political conflict create confusion over COVID-19 vaccines in Hawaii
  13. Immigration detainer, ‘substantial real property’ in labor trafficking case
  14. Mexican illegal sentenced to 12 months for third illegal reentry and 9th DUI
  15. Honolulu City Council requests audit of homeless response program
  16. Police report progress on shuttering illegal game rooms on Oahu
  17. Vice K-9 left in car was parked at Kona Police Station, chief confirms
  18. Maui commercial boating industry struggling while waiting for Lahaina Harbor to reopen, tourism to rebound
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Saturday, September 6, 2025
September 6, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:41 PM :: 1960 Views
  1. Hurricane Kiko Emergency Proclamation Issued
  2. JSC Names Applicants for ICA Judge
  3. Ariel Sellers Murder Case: Four Years Later, State Still Allows Adoptive Parents Rights over other Children
  4. Scapegoats?  Two Red Hill workers plead not guilty to lying about scope of fuel spill
  5. As Usual, State’s high court rules in favor of Sierra Club over Maui water rights case
  6. Burying power lines along Lahainaluna Road part of Hawaiian Electric’s grid hardening plan
  7. Council cool on proposed bus fare hike
  8. Bill 51: Improvement District for Downtown Honolulu
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Friday, September 5, 2025
September 5, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:33 PM :: 2452 Views
  1. More Lawsuits to Challenge Kamehameha Schools Admissions Policy?
  2. DBEDT: More Slow Growth for Hawaii
  3. Hawaii Joins Anti-anti-vaxxer Alliance with California, Oregon, and Washington
  4. Feds, State Cooperate in Labor Trafficking Bust
  5. Will Feds Shut Down Hawaii ‘Stop-Big-Oil’ Suits?
  6. PGA Tour Cancelled?  Bissen orders Water Dumped Down Streambeds instead of watering golf course
  7. Katherine Kealoha’s Drug-Dealer brother gets ‘compassionate release’
  8. Counties advance resolution for cruise ship tax agreement
  9. County likely to delay STVR registration law until March
  10. Oahu homeowner shares costly eviction process after dealing with tenants who refuse to pay rent
  11. Kauaʻi Wants Robinson Resort Downzoned Back To Agriculture
  12. Hawaii Retail Wheeling Law Excludes Residential Customers
  13. Honolulu EMS Director Still Defending Decision To Drive Wrong Way On H-1
  14. East-West Center to receive federal funds before end of fiscal year
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Thursday, September 4, 2025
September 4, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 2602 Views
  1. Mitsunaga Secretary Indicted for False-Name Campaign Contributions
  2. Achieving Homeownership for Hawaiians
  3. Gov Green Joins Pro-EV Coalition
  4. COVERUP: How Hawaii Civil Rights Commission Buries Sex Harassment and Discrimination Reports
  5. Honolulu Police Chief search delayed AGAIN—will not start until November
  6. DoE AC Meltdown: Hayashi and his bloated bureaucracy fail
  7. Hawaiʻi DOE Starts Year With Unprecedented School Meal Shortages
  8. Scammer convicted in federal tax refund fraud was part of earlier Hawaiian sovereignty scam
  9. Six Years for Armed Robber Mentored by Meth Dealer Paid by ‘Adult Friends for Youth’
  10. City Council passes homeowner tax exemption bills
  11. City calls on lenders in vacation rental crackdown
  12. Pandering to Progressives, Hawai‘i County Council passes resolution urging U.S. Army to end bombing at Pōhakuloa
  13. UH Sea-Level Hysterics Keep Pushing to Seize Your Oceanfront Property
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
September 3, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 4871 Views
  1. ACLU Sues Maui Prep School to Force Trans-sexualization of little boy
  2. Hawaii 911 Callers to be Screened for Political Correctness
  3. Green Launches Website to Receive Comments on Army Land Lease Negotiations
  4. State Begins Hiring Future College Grads
  5. New HTA Boss has Tumultuous Past
  6. Oʻahu is updating its climate plan ahead of 2030 state goals
  7. Hawaii insurers hold firm on COVID vaccine policies
  8. Express Scripts Fights to Keep Hawaii PBM Suit in Federal Court
  9. Miske Gang: Where are they now?
  10. Lahaina 55 homes completed
  11. Maui Bill 111: Let Homeless Meth Addicts Stay Wherever they Want
  12. Nonprofits having hard time finding Lahaina Fire Victims to Help
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
September 2, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:42 PM :: 2896 Views
  1. Next Boondoggle: Useless $240M Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
  2. Auditor Discovers HFD's Secret Fund
  3. Hawaii 911 Callers to be Screened for Political Correctness
  4. Honolulu County Employee Fired After Nearly 5 Years Of Paid Leave
  5. ‘Wheeling’: More HECO Rate Hikes Coming
  6. Are utility bills going up because of the Maui wildfire?
  7. Grifters Scramble as $100M Green Fee Slush Fund Fills Troughs
  8. Precedent: Cruise Line Suit Defeated Alaska’s version of Green Fee
  9. Immigration Raids Throw Long Shadow Over Big Island Coffee Harvest
  10. Purposeful Build delays add to housing shortage
  11. Data Dive: Who Uses The Most Water In Hawaiʻi?
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Monday, September 1, 2025
September 1, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:11 PM :: 2575 Views
  1. Clear Conflict: Bills that stirred Hawaiʻi politics in 2025
  2. ‘We’re Doomed’: Hawaii labor force is shrinking as population ages, workers leave
  3. State’s EV perks, federal tax credits nearing an end
  4. Solar Panel System Is On The Blink — Again
  5. Electric vehicle aches extend to cargo shipping in Hawaii
  6. It’s not easy to get a gun legally in Hawai‘i—but it is easy to get one illegally
  7. Benjamin Moszkowicz's last day as Chief of the Hawaii Police Department
  8. Hawaii Visitors Hit By $250 U.S. Visa Fee Shock
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Sunday, August 31, 2025
August 31, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 3978 Views
  1. Hawaiian Airlines didn’t fail — The world changed around it
  2. Time to retire the Jones Act’s U.S.-build requirement
  3. No Tax on Tips
  4. Vacancy: Maui Circuit Court Judge
  5. Rail Construction Creates Tsunami Death Trap
  6. Waves Of Lawsuits Will Shape Hawaii Travel
  7. Solar – DPP’s new permitting system fails
  8. After 12 Years, YMCA reports a little progress on Atkinson property rezoning
  9. ‘Tommy Paycheck’ baggage may haunt Waters’ new run
  10. 2026 Elections: Candidates Already Campaigning
  11. Dela Cruz Leads State Officials on Trip to New Zealand — Again
  12. ACLU: We want to release 1000s of hardened criminals onto the streets
  13. Operation Hire Hawaii initiative fills less than 3% of state job vacancies
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Saturday, August 30, 2025
August 30, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 2108 Views
  1. VIDEO: Procession and memorial honoring fallen Maui Police Officer Suzanne O
  2. Appeals Court Rules Trump Tariffs Unconstitutional
  3. Sunday Deadline to Submit Comments on HDOT Energy Plan
  4. Maui County Board of Ethics hiring full-time staff
  5. Waianae Meth Dealer got $12.5M from City--Now Gets 10 Years in Federal Prison
  6. Ex-Honolulu Police Officer Sentenced to 23 Years in Federal Prison for Engaging in Child Sex Crimes While Serving as a Sworn Officer
  7. Four Convicted in Sovereignty-Related Scam
  8. Scapegoats?  Federal grand jury indicts two civilian workers over Red Hill disaster
  9. Video: EMS Boss Jim Ireland joins police chase, drives wrong way on H-1 Freeway
  10. Trump Cuts Funding for UH Sea Level Hysteria
  11. Socialists Freak Out Because Homeless Tent City to be Replaced by 62 Homeless Tiny Homes
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Friday, August 29, 2025
August 29, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 2813 Views
  1.  Trump HHS tells Hawaii DoE to remove gender ideology from sex ed or lose PREP funding
  2. Navahine Settlement: How Hawai‘i Was Sold Out
  3. Is the Jones Act invincible?
  4. Tourist Arrivals Down 4.4%
  5. Green Names Appointees to BLNR, Stadium Authority
  6. FAIL: Aloha Stadium Teardown will not begin until next year
  7. Dropped the ball: Aloha Stadium operations agreement and ground lease still not signed
  8. HIDOT: Sale of Gasoline Cars to be Banned in 10 years
  9. Global Warmers’ Mauna Loa Observatory lease allowed to expire
  10. Turn HTA into an independent, nonprofit Destination Stewardship Organization?
  11. Why HPD Has A Major Morale Problem, According To Staff
  12. Lahaina fire survivor is arrested by ICE
  13. Draft ordinance proposes special district for Pahoa town
  14. Kauaʻi lawmakers consider regulations on e-bikes
  15. Learn more about property tax savings through these open houses 
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Thursday, August 28, 2025
August 28, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 2291 Views
  1. Federal Lawsuit Filed: Cruise Lines Challenge Hawaii’s ‘Green Fee’ as Unconstitutional
  2. Applications Open for Honolulu City Lights Display Permits
  3. 3 Big Public Projects That Should Make You Mad
  4. Schatz Calls for Increased Urban Density
  5. Elections Commission Panel Calls For A Shakeup In How Hawaiʻi Votes
  6. Court says state failed to require environmental review for GMO farm
  7. Activist Protests Pledge of Allegiance in Schools
  8. Without Force, it takes two weeks to get one homeless off street
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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
August 27, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 2733 Views
  1. City Accepting Bids for Kalihi Rail Station TOD Development
  2. Matson still refusing EV shipments to Hawaii
  3. Legal Fake Biofuel: Hawaii Can Have 100% ‘Renewable’ Electricity This Year and it will be 99% Diesel
  4. Judge dismisses $324M Hitachi lawsuit against HART, city
  5. OHA to profit as Hawaii governor approves $1.6B Iwilei infrastructure upgrade plan
  6. Blangiardi: $100M to fix Waikiki natatorium?
  7. Term Limits? City Council chair announces run for reelection
  8. Proven Loser: Corey Rosenlee will run for Hawaiʻi House seat held by Rep. Elijah Pierick (again)
  9. Honolulu firefighters push for COVID hazard pay
  10. Overcrowding in Maui classrooms forces redistricting plan
  11. Less Than Half Of Hawaiʻi Teachers Went To High School In-State
  12. Can ‘Improvement District’ Save Downtown Honolulu's Small Businesses?
  13. Ex-HPD officer seeks reduced prison time for child sex crimes
  14. Kauaʻi Man Died On His Birthday After Airport Staff Encounter
  15. CNHA ‘Council’ Leaves Hawaii Again
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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
August 26, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 2782 Views
  1. Second Amendment: “These arbitrary restrictions in Hawaii are unique and burdensome with no parallel in other states."
  2. DLE Creates Virtual Reality Capitol Security Cordon
  3. Before State Acquittals, Leader of “Murder Inc” street gang quietly plead guilty to federal charges
  4. Acid attack suspect pleads not guilty to charge some say is too light
  5. Army and governor’s response to leases ‘framework’ deadline gets pushback
  6. Lahaina: Lawyers Still Pushing ‘Toxins’ Scare
  7. Maui STRs keep Hawaii economy strong
  8. Sinking Optimism Among Hawai‘i Business Leaders
  9. State continues push to hire federal workers impacted by budget cuts
  10. Two Members Quit Just Before Elections Panel To Meet On Disputed Vote Count
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Monday, August 25, 2025
August 25, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 PM :: 3171 Views
  1. Supreme Court restores parental opt-out from LGBTQ Propaganda
  2. Waikiki Predator: 551 Criminal Citations and Still on the Streets
  3. Climate Change ‘Professionals’ Imaginary Problem Means Coping With Imaginary Death
  4. ADUs – City Uses Familiar Sabotage Techniques to block affordable housing
  5. Hawaiʻi is Increasingly Relying on Unlicensed Teachers to Fill Vacancies
  6. Former Maui police officer pleads guilty to federal civil rights violation
  7. What do judges do all day?
  8. Atmos Rewards Just Gutted Hawaii Flyers
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Sunday, August 24, 2025
August 24, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:16 PM :: 3326 Views
  1. Are you ready for another boondoggle?
  2. Classroom Heat
  3. Hawai’i Aloha: How Rev. Lorenzo Lyons helped save the Hawaiian language
  4. Aloha Stadium project ‘may cost $5 billion to $6 billion and span 25 years’
  5. “The County of Maui will be sued if it passes the unconstitutional Bill 9”
  6. Belatti, Awa Call for More Election Day Polling Places
  7. Civil Beat Questions Your Right to Live in Hawaii
  8. HNL Build: ‘DPP Going Backwards’
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Saturday, August 23, 2025
August 23, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:14 PM :: 4727 Views
  1. The Worst Transit Projects
  2. $100M Green Fee Slush Fund: Green Appoints Advisory Council
  3. Maui County releases 2025 human services assessment report
  4. Chinatown suspect paid $290K by the City just before acid attack
  5. Hawaiian Electric Company Rates Increases Are Expected
  6. Why opening a restaurant in Hawaii can be a bureaucratic and financial nightmare
  7. Judge in Hawaii considers legality of restrictions on access to abortion medication
  8. Hawaiʻi County Police Commission explores strategies for filling police chief vacancy
  9. Navy cleaning Red Hill pipelines in preparation for … what?
  10. Will Congress Rescue Fish Farms from Hawaii State Regulations?
  11. SHPD Recent Debacles
  12. CNHA/Hawaiian Council Becomes Green Energy Schemer
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Friday, August 22, 2025
August 22, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:08 PM :: 2485 Views
  1. Army to Green: 'We cannot wait'
  2. Little-Known Law Makes Hawai‘i Flights More Expensive
  3. Maui Police Release Bodycam Video Surrounding Officer Death
  4. No, Surviving Lahaina Fire Doesn’t Give You License to Kill
  5. Bill 9: Maui Council panel recommends Temporary Investigative Group on vacation rentals
  6. Puna Geothermal Venture moves forward with long-awaited upgrades
  7. New Hawaii county property tax credits for subdivision property owners
  8. 20% of 911 calls Homeless-related
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
August 21, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 4180 Views
  1. Hawaii Becomes The 50th State – This Day In History
  2. Green Unveils 2025 Policy Priorities
  3. Cost of Living: Hawaii 82% Higher Than US Average
  4. Hawaii average annual tax cuts under 'Big Beautiful' Bill
  5. Emotions run high as police officer recounts shooting that killed fellow officer
  6. Honolulu Police Chief search could stretch into 2026
  7. No Charges Against Officers In 2024 Waiʻanae Police Shooting
  8. Acid victim lost his vision in 1 eye, needs surgery on arm and shoulder
  9. Murder trial begins in Samoa over death of Gabbard Aunt and Cult Critic
  10. As Step towards abolishing prisons, Hawaiʻi Expands Effort To Keep Women Out Of Jail
  11. Hawaii attorney general’s budget increased by $4M to cover 27 Trump lawsuits
  12. How does city count rail ridership?
  13. Hawaii State Energy Office Sees LNG as Bridge Fuel to … Green Hydrogen Storage
  14. Vacasa Bought Out-- Largest Hawaii Vacation Rental Company Faces Major Shake Up
  15. Work paused on sewer pump station repairs in Lahaina
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
August 20, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 3267 Views
  1. UH, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency sign partnership agreement
  2. Honolulu Least Pet-Friendly City in USA
  3. Is CO2 a Pollutant?
  4. Another Glorious Triumph for the State Judiciary!   Three Alleged Gang Leaders Found Not Guilty in Jail Beating Death
  5. Green Energy? Oahu Ratepayers Paying $1,500,000,000.00 More to Burn Dirtier Fuels
  6. What will Kawakami do now?
  7. Song and Dance: Hawaii County Council Grifts 8a Money from DoD
  8. Insanity: Homeless get Really Expensive Medivac Flights, but are not forcibly incarcerated in drug treatment facilities
  9. Big Island judge to rule next month on state subpoena requesting files of disciplined police officers
  10. Hallucinating Robot Trips up Another Local Lawyer
  11. Hawaiʻi primarily votes by mail. Here's how a proposed Trump order could change that
  12. Future Of Commercial Fishing In Protected Pacific Waters In Courts' Hands
  13. Empire-Builders Want $25M to Tell us Fire Victims feel bad about their homes burning down
  14. COVID lawsuit against state DPS dismissed
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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Letters to the Editor August, 2025
By Letters to the Editor @ 11:04 PM :: 2897 Views
  • Is CO2 a Pollutant?
  • Bill 59 Could Have Stopped Homeless Panhandling in Traffic
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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
August 19, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 2596 Views
  1. Palacios' death leaves NMI vulnerable to China
  2. ‘New’ HTA board taking off with same old baggage
  3. Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims
  4. DBEDT Releases 2024 State of Hawaii Data Book
  5. Hawaii Named Least Affordable State for College Grads
  6. Green Smoking Something: “Another $500M will fall from sky--Aloha Stadium to be ready in 2028—will seat 38,000”
  7. After years of pie-in-the-sky promises, UH and its supporters have learned they only can believe in themselves
  8. Hawaii plans $1.4B transit-oriented development in East Kapolei
  9. Pushback Against ‘Affordable’ Housing
  10. Kapalua Sues Maui Land & Pineapple Over West Maui Water Shortage
  11. Nearly 1 In 5 Warning Sirens On Oʻahu Were Broken During Tsunami Scare
  12. Lawsuit: Another Murder Inc Murder in Halawa
  13. Acid attack suspect made civil rights, hate crime allegations
  14. Hawaii Solar Lobby Loses $61M Subsidy
  15. Hawaii County, ex-R&D director sued for favoritism
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Monday, August 18, 2025
August 18, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 2929 Views
  1. Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
  2. DEI for HPD: Sneaking in Biden’s Former Border Chief as Next Honolulu Police Commissioner
  3. Round 2 for Pohakuloa Training Area resolution – Hawaii County Council wants UXO money for 8a Corps
  4. City Council pushes pair of bills to ease homeowner tax burdens
  5. First-time homebuyer program most popular among Maui fire survivors seeking aid from $1.6 billion federal grant
  6. Immigrant Sent Cash To Family In Mexico; ICE Used That To Nab Him
  7. Two Lawsuits Demand More Hawaiian Immersion Programs
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Sunday, August 17, 2025
August 17, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 3623 Views
  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
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Saturday, August 16, 2025
August 16, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 1894 Views
  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
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Friday, August 15, 2025
August 15, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:28 PM :: 2382 Views
  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
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Thursday, August 14, 2025
August 14, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 2542 Views
  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
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
August 13, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 2117 Views
  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
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
August 12, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 2002 Views
  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
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Monday, August 11, 2025
August 11, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 2464 Views
  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
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Sunday, August 10, 2025
August 10, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:31 PM :: 2384 Views
  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
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Saturday, August 9, 2025
August 9, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 1796 Views
  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
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Friday, August 8, 2025
August 8, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:48 PM :: 2594 Views
  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
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Thursday, August 7, 2025
August 7, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:50 AM :: 2246 Views
  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
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
August 6, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 2991 Views
  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
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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
August 5, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 3086 Views
  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
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Monday, August 4, 2025
August 4, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:38 PM :: 2111 Views
  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
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Sunday, August 3, 2025
August 3, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 1424 Views
  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
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Saturday, August 2, 2025
August 2, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 1303 Views
  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
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Friday, August 1, 2025
August 1, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 2161 Views
  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
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Thursday, July 31, 2025
July 31, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:18 PM :: 1937 Views
  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
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
July 30, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:12 PM :: 2171 Views
  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
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
July 29, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:29 PM :: 1428 Views
  1. Corruption Lawsuit: Another Hawaiian ‘8a’ Defense Contractor in Court
  2. FBI Director Kash Patel visits Honolulu field office
  3. Spain Offers €400M to Bring TMT to Canary Islands
  4. Honolulu Lawsuit on the Cutting Edge of Climate Hysteria
  5. Growing Feud Between Public Utilities Commission and Solar Industry
  6. Kīlauea community to look at site layouts in next town expansion project meeting
  7. Manhattan NFL shooter identified as Shane Tamura, has Hawaii connection
  8. Almost 7 vehicles stolen daily on Oahu, church becomes latest victim
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Monday, July 28, 2025
July 28, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 1720 Views
  1. $40M Rate Hike for Hawaii American Water
  2. How 'Big Beautiful Bill' Affects UH Student Loans and Research Grants
  3. Trump Forcing UH to Dump Useless Programs?
  4. New Hawaii Fees Starting in 2026
  5. Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting dumps 27-year-old computer system
  6. Maui Food Bank Raises $77M After Lahaina Fire
  7. Hawaiʻi’s Clean Energy Future Can’t Ignore LNG
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Sunday, July 27, 2025
July 27, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:21 PM :: 1636 Views
  1. Affordable: Green Signs 'Shot Clock', other pro-development bills
  2. Baked to order: New cottage food rules
  3. Pay for No Work
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 25, 2025
  5. Trump: “Tulsi’s the hottest person in the room”
  6. Police: State AG has Kamehameha Schools theft case
  7. Hawaii’s Pathetic State Judiciary: Baby Killer out on work release after 13 years
  8. We're Being Watched And We Don't Care
  9. Displaced Lahaina fire survivors eager to rebuild with help from $1.6 billion federal grant  
  10. So far, looks like Green light for gov reelection
  11. Formby: How The Mayor Would Appoint New Police Chief
  12. Mufi: HTA’s Greatest Achievement was Getting Funding from Legislature
  13. Predictably, Hundreds oppose Haleiwa housing project
  14. Here’s How The Legislature Is Slow-Walking move to Full-Time
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Saturday, July 26, 2025
July 26, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:55 PM :: 1857 Views
  1. Chiefess Kapiolani: The greatest student of Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus)
  2. SHOPO leader to Quit: Retires hours after eligible, citing lack of incentives, burnout
  3. Hawaii’s homeless encampment crackdown in line with President Trump’s executive order
  4. Publisher sues Hawai‘i prisons for censorship
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