1. Feds: UH Manoa not Protecting Jewish Students from Anti-Semites
2. Pacific Biodiesel Occupies ADC Land In Keaʻau; No Lease, No Rent
3. Crackpot Lawsuit is all it takes--Maui Mayor Calls for Chief to be Suspended
4. HB476: Hawaiʻi could raise its capital gains tax to 9%
5. HB1494: There is Still Time to Save Hawaii from Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
6. 'You mean to tell me they beat her to death and now we're standing here with them and her dead body?'
7. SB281: ‘We want to have every tool available to prosecute them’: Lawmakers to hear bill that would make torture a felony
8. After the Foster Care Disaster: Mental Patient Ends up Being Shot by Police
9. Why Does UH’s New President Need A $250,000 Adviser? 
10. HB818: Community Development District to Save Banyan Drive from DLNR Mismanagement?
11. HB1260: Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Are Pushing For Car-Free Roads
12. Lahaina fire survivors await electrical infrastructure as HECO hits delays
13. Trump cuts target an office in Hilo vaguely connected to greenhouse gas observatory

1. How Much House Does $300K, $400K and $500K Buy You in Every State? In Hawaii it's about the size of a shipping container
2. Lawsuit Exposes Details of 2017 Kewalo Basin Kidnapping by Miske associates
3. Study: 47% of State Prison Inmates were Under-Sentenced by Soft-on-Crime Judges
4. School Enrollment Down 13% as Families Flee Hawaii
5. Pacific Biodiesel Occupies State Land In Keaʻau; No Lease, No Rent
6. SB1396: Another Massive TAT Hike to Create Green Make-Work Jobs
7. HB286: Tax-free Individual Housing Accounts
8. City ‘Climate Resiliency Fund’ Raided for Cesspools, Sewers
9. Activists Want to Turn Hawaii County into Sanctuary for Illegals
10. SB614: Sovereignty Activist Holiday for State Employees

1. The Unity House Scandal Never Really Ended — decades later, it might bankrupt Hawaiian Electric
2. Spreading Aloha Through Saying Goodbye
3. Lien on Me
4. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
5. Planned Parenthood Hawaii Begins Promoting Sex-Change Telehealth
6. Hawaii Needs Constitutional Convention to Smash Administrative State
7. Child Care Cost Pushes Parents out of Hawaii
8. HB1494: There’s Still Time to Kill Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
9. Bills To Loosen The Grip Of Special Interests Are Still Alive — So Far
10. Make Spot The Robot Dog Earn Its Keep
11. OHA home ownership program attracts interest

1. Social Worker Arrested in Torture Death of Foster Girl
2. 19 months later: Maui Council gives initial approval to bill to rebuild Lahaina disaster-impacted properties as they were  
3. State Had Earlier Reports Of Abuse In Kapolei Household Where Girl Starved
4. Law change behind challenge to criminal case against police officers in near-fatal crash

1. “It’s becoming harder and harder for the working person who doesn’t own a home yet just to rent a place to live”
2. Seven Gun Bills Moving Fast at Half-Way Point in Legislative Session
3. Hawaii AG Celebrates Injunction Against Trump Funding Cuts
4. Maui County Spools up $7.7B Ask for ‘Wildfire Recovery Plan’
5. Crossover: 765 Bills on the Move
6. Still no clear answer for combating Hawaiʻi physician shortage
7. Ed Case among 10 Democrats joining with Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green for Trump speech protest
8. Will Maui County Expedite Lahaina Historic District Rebuild Permits?
9. State Department of Education receives nearly 11% of its annual funding from the federal government
10. An Oahu inmate was murdered in his cell. Was a housing error to blame?

1. DBEDT Reduces Hawaii Economic Growth Rate to 1.7%
2. Kewalo: Gather to celebrate the death of bill SB 534
3. $21.19B: House Finance Committee Approves State Budget
4. SB350 Fakes Contraceptive Protection in State Constitution
5. Kaluas Allegedly Spent Month Dissolving Ariel Sellers’ body in Acid
6. Hidden Links Exposed: Hawaiʻi Fireworks Bust Tied To Mainland Suppliers
7. Carr: New Aloha Stadium Just a Black Hole
8. Hawaiʻi pays 64% above national average for electricity
9. Mountain View man was free on bail when he allegedly slayed ex-girlfriend’s sister
10. Armed security coming soon to select Hawaii schools
11. Honolulu Will Allow Some Architects and Engineers To OK Their Own Projects
12. ‘Calculation error’ discovered in Skyline audit – Rail Ridership Down ‘only’ 44%
13. Hawaii County, HGEA reach 15% Bonus COVID compensation agreement – Honolulu Next

1. LIVE: Trump Address to Congress
2. Lawsuit Filed Against State After Latest CWS Child-Torture Death
3. Applicants Wanted for State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
4. Will Kōloa Rum Co. lawsuit be the nail in Jones Act coffin?
5. How the century-old Jones Act is hurting Hawaii’s economy
6. Senate Fireworks Bills on the Move
7. Despite apology, Hawaii mobster gets 9 years for role in crime syndicate
8. HB1118 Vaccination Bill Dead
9. Salary Commission Approves 48% Raises For Legislators, State Officials
10. Hawaiʻi House Advances Sports Betting Bill
11. Mafia Thugs Suffer as Hawaii film industry down nearly 50%
12. Honolulu Hasn't Prosecuted A Single Ghost Gun Case Since 2020 Ban

1. Blangiardi Fiscal Year 2026 budget--Spending up 8.4%, CIP up 15.8%
2. Hawaii defense contractor exec must face some campaign finance conspiracy claims
3. Hawai‘i students turn local ingredients into unique products through entrepreneurial program
4. City adds three more town hall meetings on proposed sewer fee increases
5. Hawaii Assisted Living Costs Highest in USA
6. OHA Scam Fails Again: Senators kill bill lifting residential ban on Kakaʻako Makai
7. Misdemeanor Plea Deal: Honolulu officials charged in Kealoha retirement payout case
8. Teachers union preps Hawaii college officials to respond to ICE inquiries
9. CNHA: Native Hawaiian Convention Coming to Tulalip Indian Casino
10. Hawaii vacation rental occupancy drops nearly 20 percentage points compared to 2019
11. Protectionist Jones Act Actually Encourages Hawaiʻi Reliance On Foreign Energy
12. Pricey Honolulu Police Robot Dog Is Out Of Service

1. Grassroot Institute Legislative Week in Review
2. Is ACLU Worth $1B? Report Shows how ACLU Artificially Inflates Hawaii Jail Construction Costs
3. Hoteliers push back on proposed tax hikes
4. Trump Effect on Legislature: “I don’t think you’ll see any gigantic programs spooling up this year”
5. Military Lease Renewals: OHA, CNHA in DC to Lobby the Pentagon for Money
6. Hawai‘i education then and now: A 50-year view on soaring costs and declining enrollment
7. In Shipbuilding, the U.S. Is Tiny and Rusty
8. Larry Ellison’s Half-Billion-Dollar Quest to Change Farming Has Been a Bust
9. Honolulu’s Airport Flawed Layout Nearly Caused Airline Disaster
10. Decades-old city-state spat afflicts community in Oahu’s ‘Second City’

1. Gabbard Lahaina Charity Spends only 34% on Fire Victims
2. HB202: A Stealthy Unemployment Insurance Tax Hike
3. Hawaii End Meth Summit
4. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
5. SB1269: Mililani Trask’s Geothermal Scam Comes Back for More Millions
6. HB141: Stop Republicans from Appointing Sovereignty Activists to Election Commission
7. SB1618: Repent, journalists, repent or face senatorial payback
8. Billionaires Behind Hawaii News Sites
9. SB1553: Hawaiian Home Lands looks to factory-built housing for projects
10. Young Bros Rate Hikes Kill off County Fairs

1. Audit: Poor Design of Honolulu Rail System Contributes to Low Ridership
2. UHERO: Federal job cuts raise risk of Hawaii downturn
3. Hawaiʻi Cost Of Living Is Creating A Mental Health Crisis For Workers
4. Hawaii AG wants pharmacy benefit manager lawsuit in state courts
5. Safety cameras to begin sending warnings for speed March 1
6. Shelter for Mentally Ill Homeless at Center of Iwilei TOD Plan
7. State housing program expanded to support more City Employees
8. Hawaii Gun Ban Bills Advance Out of Senate Committee
9. Trump Cuts Stop US-Funded Transsexual Activism in Pacific, Asia
10. Rate Hike Coming: PUC Will Open a Consolidated HECO-MECO-HELCO Rate Case
11. Bill 63 Approved by City Council -- ADUs to bolster housing supply
12. State claims it will quickly rebuild affordable housing projects in Lahaina

1. Debt: Honolulu 4th Worst 'Sinkhole City'
2. Another CWS Hell House: Four Children Tortured, One Girl Starved to Death
3. SB281: Outlaw Child Torture
4. The Cost Of A New Aloha Stadium Is Now Up To $650 Million
5. Survey: Crime and safety, affordable housing, cost of living among top concerns for Hawaii residents
6. 1981-82: Hawaii No. 1 home-price yo-yo
7. HEI is selling Hamakua Energy
8. Hawaii May Get Four New Waste-to-Energy Facilities

1. VICTORY! SB1150 Child Sex-Change Kidnap Bill Deferred
2. Grassroot: State's school impact fees earn 'F'
3. SB933: Shell Bill with Blank Dollars to Make up for Federal Funding Freeze
4. Jury in ‘Moana’ copyright trial gets primer on Polynesian, Hawaiian culture on day 1
5. Comments Sought on Judicial Nominees for Maui County, Hawaii County
6. Affordable Home subsidy purchase program gives $10M to lawyers, activists
7. Critic of High Costs of Tiny House Villages Quits Top Homelessness Post
8. Trial set in affordable housing credits scam
9. Government workers who don't do much—is it worth the cost to fire them?
10. Oʻahu Public Housing Tenants Promised Relocation Help Hit Dead-Ends
11. Hawaii 20% SNAP Food Program Overpayment Rate
12. HECO Electricity not 60 cycles per second--Making Clocks Run Fast
13. Hawaiian Homes Commission Greenlights New Hilo Diesel Power Plant to charge Batteries—calls it ‘bio’
14. Homeowners in Aliamanu fireworks explosion case released pending investigation
15. Group of jewelry scammers being kicked out of the country
16. Movie to feature the war for control of Hawaii organized crime in the ’60s and ’70s

1. Leaving Hawaii: Over Half Immediately Able to buy Home on Mainland
2. Hawaii Gun Bills: Decision Making Hearings Scheduled
3. Defamation: UH Law School Dean Sues Ken Lawson
4. 2025 Wildfire Summit: 'Exploring our Wildfire Future'
5. Extradition to Hawaii ordered in 1977 murder case
6. Instant Results: Gabbard fires over 100 perverts from Intelligence Agencies
7. The NSA’s Secret Sex Chats
8. Smaller providers stepping in to ease Hawaii insurance crisis?
9. HNN Investigates uncovers apparent geographic oversight in national kidney allocation policy
10. California ‘body brokers’ offer to fly homeless zombies out of Hawaii
11. Defend Hawaii: Mainland Drug Dealer Comes to Hawaii—busted in only FIVE DAYS
12. Hawaiʻi Cost Of Living Is Creating A Mental Health Crisis For Workers
13. 150 laid off as DLIR Cuts off MEO, CNHA--Blames ‘Federal funding Issues’
14. Legislators Reject $20M ‘Green’ Subsidy for Oil Refiner
15. Rail Construction Damaged Honolulu Freshwater Springs
16. $275,000 For Heart Attack Caused By False Missile Alert 
17. Major Fireworks Seizure At Honolulu Port Points To Federal Failure

1. Jones Act Keeps Hawaii Energy Expensive
2. Hawaii Can Auction Off Your Car Without Ever Convicting You
3. UH Trump Watch: New website on federal policy updates
4. Kōloa Rum Company challenges Jones Act in court
5. Proposed tax on foreign ships could increase costs in Hawaii
6. HB1308: Contentious Hawaii Sports Betting Bill Reaches House Floor
7. TRO filed against Honolulu Fire Battalion Chief in rape case
8. Testifiers sound off on Hawaiʻi measure to ban non-medical vaccine exemptions in schools
9. Few Property Sales, High Prices in Lahaina As Victims Try To Recoup Losses
10. After DLNR Wrecks Banyan Drive, HCDA to Take Over?
11. People Have Been Waiting Most Of A Decade To Use This Bathroom

1. Study Identifies the Cities Where Residents Live Most Beyond Their Means--Honolulu 6th
2. HECO Plan: Collect $1 Billion From Customers
3. 18 Months Later: Electricity Still not Restored in Lahaina Burn Zone
4. Lahaina Harbor is fixed, why hasn’t it reopened?
5. Census Bureau Says Hawaii Population Increasing: Economist Skeptical
6. Hawaii fireworks injuries have risen over past decade
7. Half of Hawaiʻi Inmates Choose to Leave Prison Without The IDs They Need to Start Over

1. Political problems not the same as true emergencies
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 22, 2025
3. TAT Is Not Duct Tape
4. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review Feb 21 2025
5. Rail Line to Terminate at Iwilei Station?  Hanabusa squabbles with engineers
6. Trump policies threaten University of Hawaii ethnic studies programs
7. Hawaii Undermines anti-Trump ‘Resistance’
8. Miske death certificate filed in court while sentencing of his associates continues
9. Jones Act Keeps Hawaii Energy Expensive
10. 240 Vacancies at Lunatic Asylum: State hospital employee says horrific conditions are putting everyone at risk
11. The Legislature’s Schedule Works Only For The Most Powerful Committees
12. Dead Or Alive? With A Week To Go, Some Sunshine Bills Are Teetering
13. Many Proposed Constitutional Amendments Dead
14. “Backend software” issue hides legislators’ connections to lobbyists
15. Hawai‘i Convention Center seeking $55M to reward contractors for campaign contributions
16. Apparent settlement reached in Honokohau Harbor sewage lawsuit

1. Liquor Comm. Insider Bails out as Federal Oversight Commences
2. Hawaii Among Worst States to Start a Business
3. Honolulu Next? U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy Announces Review of California High-Speed Rail Project
4. Trump’s Federal Budget Cuts May Save Hawaii from Rail Tax Extension
5. HART board member challenges closed-door meeting policy
6. Fire burns Hawaiian Electric Industries with $1.4B loss
7. Wahiawā Charter School Accepts Permanent Closure
8. Maui Man Released After 30 Years In Prison For A Murder He Says He Didn't Commit

1. SB433: Hawaii Knife Ban Bill Stopped
2. Fire debris cleared from final commercial property in Lahaina
3. Island Flex Open Enrollment Period: March 1 through April 30, 2025
4. Hawaii-AG-Backs-Suit-Against-Closure-of-Consumer-Financial-Protection-Bureau
5. Three Bills Could Speed Up Rebuilding Of Lahaina's Front Street
6. Cochran absent from House Floor 80% so far this session
7. More Miske associates sentenced
8. Proposed pay hikes for state ‘leaders’ spark outrage
9. SB1553: A Pre-Fab Factory to Get More Native Hawaiians Into DHHL Homes
10. Mindless DPP Bureaucracy Makes 'Renovation Aloha' Illegal
11. Maui Council’s $300,000 vacation rental phase-out study strays off course
12. ‘Sustainable’ Aviation Fuel: $80M Subsidy to Refinery, Airlines
13. Hawaii Tax Revenues for January Down $171M From Last January
14. Lawsuit over Rail’s ‘Foul Miasma’ -- HART ‘flooded with sewage’
15. Police union approves COVID hazard pay settlement

1. Case and Ward ask Trump Admin to Ban Windfarms from Kaiwi Channel
2. Court ruling makes Miske indictments and convictions disappear
3. Gas Attack: Former associate of late crime boss Mike Miske sentenced
4. HB1307: Big Island’s Next Geothermal plant to be on DHHL Land next to Pohakuloa?
5. Investment Houses Salivate over Chance to Milk Passive Investors as Hawaii automatic retirement savings scam bills move forward
6. County vows to install cameras, lights after slew of thefts in Lahaina burn zone
7. Did Maui’s Vacation Rental Crackdown Hit A Wall?
8. Deadline Tomorrow: Candidate Registration for Neighborhood Board Elections
9. Honolulu Fire Battalion Chief released pending investigation in sexual assault case
10. Pentagon chief orders big cuts, but Indo-Pacific Command among exemptions
11. Trump order halts ‘community benefits plans’
12. To Rescue The Cliffs Below Diamond Head, This Group Went Rogue

1. 'Malicious Prosecution' Kaneshiro Tries to Beat Back Civil Suit
2. Indictment: Alleged Embezzler Busted at Hawaii Eco Group
3. Green Executive Order to Speed State Hiring?
4. UH: TRO Protecting DEI from Trump Executive Orders
5. Double the Fraud: SB184 100% fee hike for beverage container recycling
6. Consumers Sacrifice To Pay Hawaiʻi’s Record Electric Bills
7. $42.5M: UH students are on hook for COVID pay to employees
8. Leaks And Mold: Hensel Phelps’ 4-Year-Old State Hospital Needs New Roof
9. Hawai‘i Condo Owners Could Benefit From State Plan To Prop Up Insurance Market
10. Sanctuary County? Council members challenge Hawaii County PD cooperation with ICE, DHS, FBI
11. Auckland Airport cocaine bust: 100kg in bags smuggled on Hawaiian Airlines flight

1. Rising Costs on the Horizon: How Increased Tariffs on China Will Impact Hawaiʻi
2. City announces two more town hall meetings on proposed sewer fee increases
3. Abolish Salary Commissions?
4. Corruption:  First test of AG’s “Special Investigation and Prosecution Division” – How will she throw JL Capital case?
5. The Hawaiʻi State Capitol Could Be Closed For Years As Contractors Milk $100M Allocated To Fix Aging Systems
6. Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles Arrive in Waikiki, City will soon be stripped of all Coconut Palms
7. ​Transsexual files Lawsuit filed over 2020 COVID mask incident
8. Kauai, Island of Retaliation: Sex Harassment Claim Against Judge Could Cost Taxpayers $90K

Abolish Salary Commissions?

1. Amended SB1150 Still Legalizes Kidnap of Children for Sex-Change
2. House Report: 60 Chinese espionage cases in three years
3. Hawaii GOP hopes era of cooperation leads to new laws
4. This Luxury Kauaʻi Hotel Is Housing Foreign Workers In Container Homes
5. High Cost of Living Means Being A Mom In Hawaiʻi Isn't Easy.
6. What happens to Miske’s Portlock luxury home and other assets?
7. DLNR Demands Money for Lahaina harbor rebuild

1. Candy Crush
2. LIST: Dozens of Bills That Could Affect Cost of Living
3. Policies that could help turn the tide of people leaving Hawaii
4. If we're not careful, nearly everything will become "historic"
5. California wildfire recovery lessons from Lahaina
6. This Week in Hawai'i: Freedom to Read, Gender Affirming Health Care, Marijuana & Gambling
7. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 14, 2025
8. SB492: 20 More Years of The Honolulu Rail Tax Being ‘Temporary’?
9. Let LNG flow for cheap, clean energy
10. Ethics Complaints up 552%
11. No Legislator Admits to Lobbyist Relationships, Given Extension to Correct their Lies
12. Prison Designer Hosts Indiana Fundraiser for Green
13. Those who lost loved ones in the Lahaina fire could receive some funds next month
14. Miske’s criminal case enters its final stage
15. Hawaii County Police discipline: Sex Offender Gets Job Back, Armed Robber and Bribe Taker Next
16. Maneuver: House ‘Recommits’ Marijuana Legalization Bill Forcing Senate to Take Lead
17. Federal job losses could be local government gains

1. Case, Moylan Introduce Jones Act Reform Bill
2. Honolulu Neighborhood Board Candidate Registration Ends Feb 21
3. 18 Months Later: Maui Council Begins to Loosen Rebuild Restrictions
4. Frustrations, ironies of ‘Princeville Market saga’
5. Report urges changes to cut review delays at State Historic Preservation Division
6. Releasing Mosquitoes to Help Kauai Forest Birds
7. Busted on Guam: Federal Juror Took Bribe from Dirty ex-Cop
8. How Zoning Ruined the Housing Market in Blue-State America
9. SB27 and SB28 advance to end county council obstructionism of state-funded housing projects
10. County bill advances to allow nonconforming structures in Lahaina to be rebuilt as they were before the wildfires
11. ‘I knew the truth.’ Red Hill whistleblower responds after inspector general report clears leaders
12. Game Room Enforcer with 50 Priors Gets Probation Again and Again
13. Death of neighbor sparks kauhale health concerns

1. Navatek ex-CEO Gets 87 Months for Fraud
2. Hawaii AG Sues to Stop Musk
3. Hawaii AG Wins Injunction Against Trump's 'Birthright Citizenship' Order
4. How to Maintain DEI Programs: Hawaii AG 'Guidance' for State Contractors
5. $550M Short, Stanford Carr might be forced to walk away from Aloha Stadium project
6. Another CWS Hell House: Three Babykillers Get Probation
7. SB897 to Facilitate Clean, Cheap Natural Gas for Hawaii?
8. HB982 Raise Rates Now to Pay HECO for its NEXT Disaster
9. Family Ties Could DQ Judge From Hawaii Wildfire Litigation
10. Hawaii lawmakers put end to casino gambling bill
11. SB1432: Dissolve Hawaii’s 5^th County--or make Molokai its own County?
12. Congresswoman demands answers after HNN investigation exposes one-sided kidney trade
13. Delayed teacher paychecks discussed at Hawaii Board of Education meeting (again)
14. Toxic Work Environment Concerns Derail Honolulu EMS Director Reappointment
15. Why can’t Hawaii taxpayers use IRS Direct File?

1. McConnell: 'Unworthy' Gabbard an 'Unnecessary Risk' to America
2. Honolulu 4th Highest Inflation in USA
3. Honolulu Bankruptcy Courthouse: Oral Argument at Ninth Circuit Against SEC’s Illegal Gag Rule
4. “You cannot run from the facts” Miske half-brother gets 20 years
5. Lahaina FEMA Housing: Rent to be collected starting March 1
6. Feds Release Red Hill Health Study
7. Hawai‘i’s Housing Crisis Was Decades in the Making
8. Testimony over transsexual child kidnapping bill gets heated
9. ‘Harm Reduction Ripoff?’ -- Kauhale Cost $103K per bum per year
10. Maui’s Vacation Rental War: A Crackdown or Engineered Uproar?
11. More than 600 Lahaina structures can be rebuilt faster with new permitting policy
12. Police to vote on $20K each COVID hazard pay settlement
13. SB1588: Nuclear power exploration legislation gains steam
14. HB661: Save Boat Tours from Eco Activist Obstructionism
15. Hawai`i State Legislature`s Third Attempt at Carbon Sequestration Scam
16. Hawaiʻi Algae Feed Project At Risk Amid Federal Funding Freeze
17. Trump executive order impedes funding for Native Hawaiian-led ‘climate’ work
18. Hawaii Couple's Energy Tax Credit Suit Gets Review by High Court

1. Feds Begin to Pull 'Project Labor Agreements'
2. Russian Bot In Charge of all US Intelligence Agencies: Gabbard Confirmed by Senate 52-48
3. SB1201: HECO Wants Rate Hikes to Cover Maui wildfire settlement
4. $5B Tax Hike: A 15-Year Extension Of Honolulu Rail Tax Advances In The Senate
5. Maui Fire ruling is a “lose-lose” for Hawaii residents—secret mediation underway
6. Half-brother of late crime boss sentenced as part of ‘Miske enterprise’
7. Sewage plant prompts emergency proclamation
8. Hawaii 'Stand your ground' laws could expand after killing
9. High risk, low pay: Dangers faced by Hawaii’s private security guards often underestimated, experts say
10. Acasio, 7 others sue state House
11. Return to Sender: Bills would deport bums back to Mainland

1. FULL TEXT: State Supreme Court Ruling Goes Against Maui Wildfire Insurers
2. Hawaii Supreme Court gives green light to $4 billion Maui fire settlement
3. Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Public Hearings on Wednesday
4. What Lingle v Chevron Missed: Eminent Domain Pretext
5. Indictment: Developer Behind False-Name Contributions to Amemiya, Pine
6. Hawaii AG Joins Suit Against Trump administration for ‘indiscriminate’ public health research funding cuts
7. Hawaiian Electric claims to be 36% 'renewable'
8. ‘Russian Bot’ to be Director of National Intelligence: Senate tees up final vote on Tulsi Gabbard nomination
9. State officials could see big pay raises soon
10. Lahaina Disaster Still A 'Relentless Presence' In Fire Survivors' Lives

1. Federal Court Upholds Hawaiʻi’s firearm age restriction laws
2. Racism Is Common In Hawaiʻi Schools — And Often Goes Unaddressed
3. ACLU Cites 'Pattern Of Violence' After Murder At Oʻahu Jail--demands mass release of criminals so they can inflict the ‘pattern of violence’ on us
4. With massive flooding in Kīhei wreaking havoc every winter, community wonders: When will things change?
5. Suspected meth found at Guam AG's office
6. Congressional Delegation (again) Pretending to Reunite Filipino WW2 Veterans’ Families

1. Don't tax me, bro!
2. Dedicated Funding?!
3. ACLU, Judiciary Plot to Release Hundreds of Criminals onto the Streets
4. Feds Collect $1.7M in Hawaii Forfeitures
5. Hawaiʻi Water Safety Plan to address drowning crisis
6. Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How they Voted February 7, 2025
7. The Hawaii Contradiction: Is Sustainability Just A Price Hike?
8. Bananas prove slippery for former city officials
9. Hawaiʻi Foster Care Numbers Are Down. But Not Down Enough
10. Rep Gene Ward Missing from Legislature
11. What’s next now that the eviction moratorium has ended?
12. HB606: Hawaiian Home Lands seeks public support for a bill to increase, extend deadline on $600M spending plan
13. Fifty Years of Hawaii Lobbying Reform

1. SB1150 Would Legalize Child Kidnapping for Sex Change
2. Monday: Salary Commission to Hear Testimony on Salary Increases
3. Legislature Votes on Abortion, Vaccines and Marijuana--Sex Change Next
4. ‘Enough is enough’ says Case regarding Jones Act and Hawaii
5. First Christian Good News Clubs in Hawaii Schools after Court Victory
6. SB893: Casinos at New Aloha Stadium and Convention Center
7. Samoan tragedy kept in forefront of Kennedy fight
8. Bill Could Allow Maunakea Authority To Side Step Sunshine Law

1. PHOTOS: Lahaina Strong Leaders Show Off Luxe European and Asian Vacations
2. Honolulu Rate Commission seeks input on recommended fare hikes
3. Legislature Votes on Abortion, Vaccines and Marijuana
4. GE Tax Imposed on 119% of State Personal Income
5. Poll: Trump Favorability 28% in Hawaii—2^nd lowest in USA
6. HB959: 50% Hike in GE Tax
7. Supreme Court Hears Case for Robbing Insurers to Save Hawaii Political Insiders from HECO Bankruptcy
8. Lahaina seaside owners want accelerated rebuilding process
9. UH Cancer Center: Tax Hikes and Another Mercado Kim Shakedown
10. Family of fallen Maui firefighter demands $14M

1. California Home Insurance Crisis Provides Another Example of the Pitfalls of Government Intervention
2. Hawaii Attorney General Pledges to Continue Sex-Change Operations on Children
3. Proof of Concept Study Completed for New Oahu Jail
4. Lahaina Rebuild: Green's Latest Emergency Order Gives SMA Exemptions Mauka of Front Street
5. Maui Wildfire Settlement – Jack up Electric and Insurance Rates to Save HECO -- now before Supreme Court
6. How High Will Hawaii’s 18% Hotel Tax Go With Latest Proposal?
7. SB1124: A Per-Box Delivery Tax
8. What will Happen to Pacific Island nations as Trump Deports Criminals?
9. Hawaiʻi recycling program headed by 911 trooother says accounts frozen by Trump's executive orders
10. Red Hill community group says Trump memo is impacting talks with the Navy
11. HB1118: Eliminate Antivaxxers’ Religious Exemptions
12. SB1542: Parental Control Over Online Apps
13. HB371: Bill To Close Pay-To-Play Loophole In Hawaiʻi Moves To Full House

1. Honolulu Charges the Highest Tourist Tax in the World
2. Here’s the Salary a Single Person Needs to Live Comfortably in Hawaii
3. Do you think the city spends your money responsibly?
4. Senate bill passes to waive SMA permits for rebuilding parts of historic Lahaina town
5. Governor questions Trump picks’ experience, tells loyalists: ‘You have been tricked’
6. Victim: Red Hill advocates wrong to mix with RFK antivaxxerism
7. OHA Kakaako Makai housing bill advances
8. First climate tax hike bills pass initial hearing
9. Hawaii Legislature Considering Geothermal and Nuclear Power
10. Marijuana Legalization Gets Initial Approval From 2 House Committees
11. Bill would create statewide policy for police car chases
12. State stops 24/7 enforcement of Waianae Small Boat Harbor

1. VIDEO: Tulsi's New Age Guru and the Source of Her Mysterious Wealth
2. Greatness
3. Hawaii Gun Ban Bills Scheduled for Public Hearings this Thursday
4. 2024 Homeless Report showed many underutilized housing programs
5. Wheat Retires, Corruption Investigations Over:  Its Party Time Again -- Sweet Deal for Former city officials Guilty in police chief payoff conspiracy
6. Senate panel advances Tulsi Gabbard nomination for DNI after Trump, Musk Flip Votes
7. SB534:  OHA’s Crooked Kakaako Deal
8. Council members question effectiveness of homeless-related grants
9. As Usual, Penalty Reduced in Arbitration For HPD Officers
10. Ethics Bills on the Move (for now)
11. Multifaceted writer Cliff Slater dies at 91

1. Legislature: Grassroot Institute sifts through onslaught of bills
2. 2024: Tourist Count Up--Spending Down
3. Honolulu Egg Prices up 52%
4. Hawaii AG Claims Victory--Sued to Overturn Trump Funding Freeze
5. City touts 'bold initiative' to expand affordable housing
6. SB1618 'Patently Unconstitutional'
7. Small business struggles highlighted in new UHERO report
8. SB1618: Donna Mercado Kim bill would Abolish Freedom of the Press
9. SB311: State Constitutional amendment would Abolish Freedom of the Press
10. Legislature ‘mulls’ multiple insurance bills
11. Intervention Window Opens for Reviewing HECO`s Wildfire Mitigation Plan
12. Maui's Historic Restaurants Get Help From National Trust
13. 24,000 in Hawaiʻi Call Federal Government Their Boss

1. Hold On to Our Gains!
2. Proposed "green fee" a reason for red flag
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 31, 2025
4. ‘Snowed-in’ -- Trump Rattled by Gabbard’s Poor Performance at Hearing
5. Pay Hikes:  Legislators make bank as their electorate suffers
6. Hawaiʻi Lawmakers At Work Year Round? Nightmare Scenario That's Becoming A Real Possibility
7. OHA CEO, Chair tied to Sen Dela Cruz
8. Hawaii Supreme Court considers fate of $4B wildfire settlement
9. House bill advances to speed up historic preservation reviews of development projects
10. More Delays for Front Street: State official says ‘community’ needs time to ‘decide future’ of Lahaina’s Historic District
11. KSBE Can Get Away With Anything: Kahala Hotel beach access lawsuit
12. Don’t raise hotel tax while Hawaii tourism still struggles
13. Vague Laws, Big Consequences: As Intended, Uncertainty Chokes Maui Vacation Rentals
14. HART board discusses next evaluation for CEO Kahikina
15. DoT Wants 187 Speeding Cameras to ticket drivers

1. HB900: Lawyers for Abused Foster Kids?
2. 'Severe Housing Problems' Drag Down Hawaii Health Rankings
3. DoE Tries to Spin Latest Batch of Failing Test Scores
4. What happens When UH Hires a Disbarred Ex-Con as Law Professor?
5. Trump Executive Order Mandates School Choice for Military Families
6. Taxpayers Buy State Rep Poepoe an Oceanfront 300ac
7. Mitsunaga Money Laundering Convict Wesley Segawa confirmed 6-3 as director of Hawaiʻi County’s Department of Environmental Management – immediately identifies ‘contract’ opportunities
8. Lahaina housing: Former tenants eager to return, daunted by four-year wait
9. ‘Resident preference’ housing bill unanimously OK’d
10. HB1308: Online sports betting in Hawaii moves ahead in state House
11. HB790/SB589: Reach in Your Pocket to Pay More Solar Subsidies
12. Easy Pander: Honolulu Council opposes landfills over Oahu’s aquifer
13. Grim memories resurface after DNA advances lead to arrest of suspect in Hawaii teen’s 1977 murder
14. Federal prosecutors sue to get Miske’s $25M in assets after criminal case upended by his death

1. Save Kakaako Makai: Friends of Kewalo Invites the Public to its Information Gathering Potluck BBQ
2. Thieves: Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Wealth Asset Tax Bill for Assets Above $20M
3. HB1246: Legalize Marijuana Edibles
4. Puna Man Arrested in Alleged Neo-Nazi Child Molestation Ring
5. HB1494: ‘Stop all Procurement’ for Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
6. Trump Admin a Threat to CNHA Cashflow?
7. SB1170: Exempt from SMA permitting five specific affordable housing complexes destroyed in Lahaina fire
8. Hawaii vacation rentals only about half full in 2024
9. Hawaiʻi's ‘new energy strategy’ opens door to liquefied natural gas imports
10. Hawaii Legislators Target Generational Tobacco Ban
11. No charges filed against officers involved in New Years Day pursuit
12. Four More Arrested In New Year’s Fireworks Explosion
13. Did crews clear homeless camps along streams before storm?

1. WSJ: Hawaii 'Down to Earth' Markets Tied to Ponzi Scheme  
2. VIDEO: Gabbard's 'Frosty' Confirmation Hearing
3. Gabbard Attended Pro-Russia Conference in Rome--then invented story about Terror Watchlist
4. Jail Guard Pleads Guilty to Importing Illegal Fireworks--via jail mailroom
5. Hawaii AG Sues to Overturn Trump Funding Freeze
6. '50,000 Batteries' -- Green Signs 'Renewable' Energy Executive Order
7. Schatz, Cruz, Murphy, Britt Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Keep Kids Safe, Healthy, off Social Media
8. ‘He’s a liar.’ Green calls out Kennedy’s bullsh*t
9. OHA Salary Commission Approves 62% Trustee Pay Raises
10. OHA’s Kakaako Makai Bill On The Move
11. Lahaina Fire: Last-Minute Deal Prevents Class Action Lawyers from Airing Dirty Laundry
12. Lahaina Rebuild: Maui plumbing rules headed for much-needed update
13. 8 Criminals on Oahu are detained in immigration crackdown
14. Bills would Block Local Police Cooperation with Immigration Enforcement
15. Kratom: Will Hawaiʻi ban 'Gas Station Heroin'?
16. Harmful Sewage Continues To Pollute Kailua Bay Despite CIP Projects

1. Lahaina Fire: How Maui Emergency Operations Center Lost 'Situational Awareness'
2. Red Hill moms organized by Antivaxxer RFK—in DC to Attend Confirmation Hearing
3. Hawaii Governor, a Doctor, Blames R.F.K. Jr. for Measles Deaths in Samoa
4. A $4B settlement for Hawaii wildfire victims is in legal limbo as an unusual trial starts
5. Fireworks patient in Arizona dies, raising Aliamanu death toll to 5
6. Relief from soaring Hawaii property insurance costs is elusive
7. SB214 End of Tip Credit Could Put Restaurants out of Business
8. Not all recyclables are recycled on Oahu; what happens to all those blue bin items

1. Lahaina Rebuild Obstruction May Cause Fire Victims to Reject Green’s ‘Settlement’
2. COFA Migrants win Second Amendment Rights in Hawaii Suit
3. 56% Pay Raises for Legislators, 61% for Governor
4. Insiders Looted Kamalani Academy Before State Opted To Shut It Down
5. UH likely to take big hit from federal grant funding halt
6. Enviros sue governor over water commission appointee

• Lahaina Rebuild Obstruction May Cause Fire Victims to Reject Green’s ‘Settlement’
• Celebrities Come Home!

1. Hawaii’s failed wildfire rebuild should not be a model for California
2. Case: Boosting Long-term U.S. Engagement in the Pacific
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 24, 2025
4. HIDOE releases after-action report on Maui wildfire response and recovery efforts
5. Tulsi Gabbard will be rejected by Intelligence Committee
6. Prosecutors agree Miske indictments must be set aside
7. SB6: How much power should the Maunakea Authority have?
8. Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustees In Line To Get Big Pay Raises
9. Absolute Secrecy Thwarts Understanding And Reform Of Child Welfare Services
10. Housing pressures increase on Maui as assistance ends
11. AIG, Gas Company Lock Horns in Hawaii Climate Change Dispute

1. Lowering our cost of living is worth cheering
2. Those Nickels Add Up!
3. Oahu Man Sentenced to Over 16 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Illegal Gambling Charges
4. Kapolei Woman Indicted for COVID Fraud
5. Hawaii taxpayers could benefit from new IRS Direct File system
6. Squeeze on Honolulu rail -- GE Tax Surcharge Diverted
7. ALICE families in dire straits in Hawaii
8. Accusations of misconduct, theft, exclusions -- Hawaiʻi County nonprofit funding
9. BLNR Makes Another Oceanfront Hotel Worthless
10. Billionaire Boat Stops at Molokai Without Paying off Walter Ritte—guess what happens next
11. SB1618: Donna Kim Dreams of State Controlled Media
12. House ‘Social Media Policy’ designed to Censor Legislators
13. Republican Caucus: The Hawaiʻi First Agenda
14. Major Reform Bills Are Still On The Table (again)

1. Tulsi Gabbard’s performance in Jan. 30 hearing could ‘make or break’ her chances
2. How to use Control of Water to Block Lahaina Rebuild
3. Butterfly Knife Ban: 9th Circuit’s Devious Maneuvers Against 2nd Amendment
4. HIFICO: Hawaii Gun Bill Tracker
5. 2024 Check Register: OHA Spending up 9.6%
6. MEMA After-Action Report on Maui wildfires released
7. GE Tax Hike on the move in the legislature
8. GE Tax Hike: Green Wants To Extend Excise Tax Surcharge On Neighbor Islands
9. How UPW Negotiating Team Set up Overtime Games Responsible for toxic environment in Hawaii jails
10. Bill proposes Some SMA permit exemptions for rebuilding in Lahaina historic district
11. 2 arrested in connection with deadly fireworks explosion
12. Federal Government Seeks To Seize Mike Miske's Assets After His Death

1. 18 Months After Wildfires Destroyed Some 2,000 Homes on Maui, Only 3 Have Been Rebuilt
2. 18th Homeless Kauhale Opens in Waianae
3. Hawaii AG: Local Law Enforcement Cannot be Commandeered by Trump
4. VIDEO: 2025 State of the Judiciary Address
5. ACLU, Judiciary Plot to Release Hundreds of Criminals onto the Streets
6. Robotics teams to compete in the 2025 Hawaii VEX Regional Championships
7. Hawaii offshore wind farm plan frozen by Trump order
8. HB109/SB184: Double Hawaii bottle tax to feed corrupt ‘recycling’ program
9. Lawmakers looking for answers from UH athletics department
10. Charter Commission Votes To Close Down Kamalani Academy In June
11. Oahu Group cracks down on 'predators;' posts meet ups on social media
12. Hawaiʻi Finally Revokes Professional Licenses Of Registered Sex Offender
13. Months after announcing retirement, embattled KPD chief won’t reveal departure date
14. COVID Free Ride Over: DoE Starts Charging for Summer School Again
15. HB212: ‘Return-to-Home program’ proposed for homeless people to return to their home states  
16. ‘Help us’: Public housing redevelopment forces 60 Kuhio Park Terrace tenants to relocate
17. Falls of Clyde removal contract awarded
18. Chinatown Fire Ended Bubonic Plague Epidemic

1. Navy can’t dodge Clean Water Act claims over Honolulu fuel storage facility
2. Hawaii K-12 Parent and School Expo to Highlight Learning Options and Family Fun
3. Report: Hawaii Jail Guards Under Extreme Stress Due to Mandatory OT, Understaffing
4. Trump Preparing to Dump Gabbard
5. Bye-Bye DEI: OHA Cronies object to Trump’s ‘race-blind’ actions
6. How Honolulu Crime Boss Mike Miske Fed The Illegal Fireworks Market
7. It’s been 2+ years since a high-profile fireworks bust at OCCC. Where’s the accountability?
8. Saiki returns to help control insurance coverage, costs
9. A quick look into the financial disclosures of Honolulu city officials
10. Buy HECO?  Lose your Free Speech til 2040
11. SB217: New bill paves the way for toll roads in Hawaii
12. State’s 18th kauhale blessed in Waianae
13. Hawaii should count homeless population
14. Schatz denounces RFK Jr. nomination to head health department
15. Trump Should Develop A National Strategy For COFA Nations
16. The Eldercide Of The Pandemic
17. "Discipline Will Be Forced" on Hawaiian, Says Alaska
18. Brothers wrongfully convicted in Dana Ireland murder case file new lawsuit citing ‘botched’ investigation