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Friday, July 17, 2026
Marijuana: Is the Honolulu Police Department ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court?
By News Release @ 1:18 PM :: 42 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment, Drugs

...On June 18, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that the government cannot impose a blanket prohibition on firearm rights simply because someone is, or was, a medical marijuana patient....

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Friday, July 17, 2026
Soft on Crime Hawaii Supreme Court Gives Maui Rapist a Second Chance
By Court House News @ 11:18 AM :: 147 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary

... The victim in the case reported that Granillo struck her in the parking lot, dragged her into his car, drove her to a beach, held her at knifepoint and repeatedly sexually assaulted and beat her before she escaped ....

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Friday, July 17, 2026
UPDATE: AG Investigators "work toward completing" bribery investigation
By News Release @ 10:20 AM :: 28975 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement

... "work toward completing the investigation" .... 

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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Green Vetoes One, Line-item Another
By News Release @ 4:21 PM :: 399 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government

... Green concluded this year’s bill signing period and issued his final veto decision with 266 of the 267 measures becoming law ....

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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Kauai CASPER Survey Results
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 357 Views :: Kauai County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...Kauaʻi District Health Office (KDHO) has released its report of the 2026 Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey....

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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Soft on Crime: Lifelong Criminal Busted Again in $1.2M Fraud
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 535 Views :: Law Enforcement

... the defendants allegedly manufactured and deposited fraudulent checks totaling approximately $1.2 million between June and August 2024 ....

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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Oahu Man Pleads Guilty to Transferring Money to Iran in Violation of U.S. Sanctions
By News Release @ 7:11 AM :: 477 Views :: National News

... Arash Einolghozati, 37, of Waialua, Oahu, pled guilty on July 13, 2026 ....

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Decades of policy choices make gas more expensive for Hawaii, West Coast States: Report
By Selected News Articles @ 5:48 PM :: 651 Views :: Democratic Party, Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

“...most of that gap is driven by just four states: California, Hawaii, Washington and Oregon....”

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Judge stalls Turtle Bay resort redevelopment over outdated environmental reviews
By Court House News @ 2:29 PM :: 649 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Tourism

"...The impacts to an endangered Hawaiian bee that moved into the redevelopment area were not included in previous environmental reviews...."

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
​Judge Gillmor closes Trump administration's case to stop Hawaii climate lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 2:22 PM :: 619 Views :: Environment

... The Trump administration has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to stop the litigation ....

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Report: 'Possible Loss of Life' Due to Tsunami Evacuation Confusion
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 747 Views :: Honolulu County

"...Extended care medical facilities and medically fragile populations lacked individual evacuation plans and procedures...."

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Hawaii: 95% Child Care Desert
By News Release @ 11:52 AM :: 630 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Cost of Living

... only Alaska has a worse child care availability shortfall ....

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Bill Collectors Cheer as Hawaii Enacts Medical Debt Relief Program
By News Release @ 9:46 AM :: 699 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Cost of Living

...With the signing of SB 3025, Hawaii joins a growing roster of 27 cities and states utilizing nonprofit partnerships to purchase and forgive health care debt portfolios....

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
APA Applauds New Prescribing Psychologist Law in Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:28 AM :: 650 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Health Care

"...New legislation will help psychologists provide an integrated model of care for patients, APA says...."

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Hawaii Voters to Receive Primary Election Ballots by July 21
By News Release @ 8:02 AM :: 629 Views :: Office of Elections

... Return your ballot as soon as possible. Ballots must be received, not postmarked, by 7:00 PM on August 8, 2026. Ballots received after the deadline cannot be counted ....

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Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Act222: Hospital ERs to Provide Real-Time Disease Data to DoH
By Selected News Articles @ 10:04 AM :: 854 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19

... Program provides an early warning system for emerging threats ....

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Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Next Kakaako: City Buying up Property in Iwilei
By News Release @ 9:44 AM :: 945 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

...advancing the administration’s long-term strategy to assemble and revitalize land surrounding the future Kūwili Skyline Station and support the delivery of thousands of ... housing units through transit-oriented development....

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Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Act233 Another Massive Pay Hike for Teachers
By News Release @ 9:31 AM :: 982 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

...who needs collective bargaining when legislators keep enacting raises outside of the contract process?....

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Monday, July 13, 2026
Honolulu Charter Commission considering vague ‘empty homes’ tax ballot measure
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 AM :: 1096 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living

... a nearly identical tax approved by San Francisco voters has been ruled unconstitutional in court and is still being held up by appeals, which means Honolulu could be walking into a similar costly legal battle ....

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Sunday, July 12, 2026
Planting the seeds for progress
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:51 PM :: 1263 Views :: Agriculture, Development, Small Business

... two measures proposed by Grassroot to advance agricultural development in Hawaii have become law ....

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Sunday, July 12, 2026
Empty Homes Tax Won’t Go Away
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:00 AM :: 1557 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living

... They have brought the matter to the Honolulu Charter Commission ....

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Saturday, July 11, 2026
SD18: Democrats Send Three Nominees to Green
By News Release @ 11:40 AM :: 1812 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government

... Laiu, Fukumoto, Bass ....

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Saturday, July 11, 2026
Act 225 Extends Statute of Limitations for Bribery
By News Release @ 7:15 AM :: 1640 Views :: Ethics

... Under existing law, bribery offenses, which are classified as Class B felonies, must be prosecuted within three years, or within six years under certain circumstances. SB2494, Act 225, extends the statute of limitations for bribery offenses to nine years ....

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Friday, July 10, 2026
Disqualify Dentons, Alston from OHA Litigation?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:45 PM :: 3568 Views :: Ethics, OHA

...lawsuit has dogged Kahele since it was filed last year....

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Friday, July 10, 2026
Act 220: State to buy up Medical Debt
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 1822 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living

... SB 3025 requires the Office of Wellness and Resilience (OWR), now under DHS, to establish and administer a Medical Debt Acquisition and Forgiveness Program ....

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Friday, July 10, 2026
Act 11 won’t stop wealthy individuals from financing campaigns
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:51 AM :: 1679 Views :: First Amendment

... Act 11 unconstitutionally silences nonprofit organizations on ballot initiatives and other election-related topics in the name of campaign finance reform ....

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Friday, July 10, 2026
Line-by-Line: State Energy Office Debunks UHERO Solar Report
By News Release @ 8:37 AM :: 1960 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Higher Education

...The Hartley/Roberts report’s centerpiece assumption of installing 5,243 MW of utility-scale solar on 31,500 acres on Oʻahu is deeply flawed....

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Thursday, July 9, 2026
CNBC: With Sylvia Luke Under Investigation, Hawaii becomes Worst State for Business in 2026
By Video @ 9:12 AM :: 3110 Views :: Ethics, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

... Sylvia Luke pops up at the end of this CNBC video ....

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Auditor Gives Up: Homeless CORE Program too Chaotic to Audit
By News Release @ 3:21 PM :: 2101 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness

"...The program's scope is currently transitioning away from purely voluntary engagement toward the 'MH-3' framework...."

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026
AG Nabs Three Sex Offenders
By News Release @ 2:08 PM :: 2064 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement

... Investigators conducted compliance checks on multiple registered sex offenders ....

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Shipping Thrived After Trump Waived the Jones Act
By Selected News Articles @ 1:53 PM :: 2535 Views :: Energy, Jones Act

... Hawaii bought gasoline from Texas ....

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026
'That Study was Baloney': UHERO Withdraws Report co-written by Paid Solar Activist
By News Release @ 5:43 AM :: 2586 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Higher Education, Cost of Living

... “one of the individuals on that study ... was completely compromised. They run a think tank that is all in on one issue, and that is fully renewable solar. ” -- Green ....

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026
'No Firearms Allowed?' Think before you post
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 2563 Views :: Second Amendment, Small Business

... It’s important to understand who these signs actually affect ....

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Green Signs Act 189 and Act 190: Most Vapes to be Outlawed
By News Release @ 8:46 PM :: 2101 Views :: Health Care, Drugs

... beginning January 1, 2027 ....

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026
A career of serving America and Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:04 PM :: 2637 Views :: Hawaii History, Law Enforcement, Military

...Former Hawaii Attorney General Michael Lilly has spent his career in uniform, in the courtroom, and in government....

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026
July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 62146 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Labor

...When the USSR collapsed in 1991, long-secret archives of the Communist International were thrown open to western researchers for the first time.  Many previously unknown details of communist history have been revealed--including the 1935 Comintern orders directing Communists to begin work in Hawaii....

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Monday, July 6, 2026
Official ballot drop boxes begin arriving across O‘ahu
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 2362 Views :: Honolulu County, Office of Elections

...There are 17 official ballot drop box locations across Oʻahu....

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Monday, July 6, 2026
Tax Credits: Green Signs $60M give away to Movie Moguls
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 2540 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits, Tourism

...sets the aggregate annual cap at $60,000,000. Beginning with costs incurred after December 31, 2023, any unused portion of the aggregate cap will carry over to increase the next year’s cap....

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Monday, July 6, 2026
Military-Related Urgent Needs Now Qualify for Hawaii Family Leave
By News Release @ 4:22 PM :: 2352 Views :: Family, Labor, Military, Small Business

... up to four weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave during any calendar year ....

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Monday, July 6, 2026
Trump admin can't duck blue states' suit over canceled clean energy grants
By Court House News @ 4:14 PM :: 2348 Views :: Energy, Environment

... Thirteen Democrat-led states can continue pursuing their lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of terminating multi-billion dollar clean energy programs without congressional approval ....

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Monday, July 6, 2026
Open the Books: Transsexual Agenda Being Forced out of DoD Schools
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 AM :: 3295 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Military

"...These 'explicit conversations' provoke 'strong emotions' and crying students are expected...."

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Monday, July 6, 2026
Half of Oahu residents say transportation costs hurt their access to daily life
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 2672 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail, Cost of Living

...Twenty-eight percent of households earning below $75,000 have zero cars....

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Sunday, July 5, 2026
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 2, 2026
By GovTrack .us @ 11:02 AM :: 2546 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ...

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Sunday, July 5, 2026
SNAP Disaster Imminent
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:00 AM :: 3119 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living, COVID-19

... if the error rate is 10% or more, then we get socked for 15%, which would come out to about $109 million ....

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Saturday, July 4, 2026
UHERO: Honolulu remains among nation’s least affordable
By Selected News Articles @ 11:27 AM :: 2979 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... In 2024, the median home price in Honolulu was about twice what a median-income household could afford ....

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Saturday, July 4, 2026
Pandering to protesters: UKIRT is third Maunakea telescope decommissioned
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 AM :: 3374 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA

"...funding challenges, especially given the expiration of the UH master lease in 2033, in addition to the obligations contained in the UH Master Plan, led to the decision to end science operations...."

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Saturday, July 4, 2026
Hawaiʻi patients spent $230M+ on out-of-state cancer care, 2021–2023
By Selected News Articles @ 10:42 AM :: 2825 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... patients with complex cancers, such as leukemia and brain tumors, were most likely to require out-of-state care ....

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Saturday, July 4, 2026
Let freedom ring
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:19 AM :: 2696 Views :: Hawaii History

... Happy Independence Day! ....

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Saturday, July 4, 2026
Two Worlds, One Foundation: Hawaiian and American Ideals of Freedom
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:44 AM :: 3303 Views :: Hawaii History

... the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the 1840 Constitution and Declaration of Rights of the Hawaiian Kingdom under King Kamehameha III ....

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Saturday, July 4, 2026
The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
By Robert Thomas @ 12:15 AM :: 30471 Views :: National News, Hawaii History

...the structure and style of the Declaration follows a form familiar to most modern lawyers: a complaint initiating a lawsuit....

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