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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Tsunami of Traffic: How One Gas Station Line Jammed up All of Kapolei
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 AM :: 313 Views :: Honolulu County, Police

... Behind this blockage, total traffic gridlock took hold for three hours between 4pm and 7pm on Kapolei-area roads ....

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
VIDEO: Tsunami Draws Water Down 15 feet in Kahului Harbor
By News Release @ 3:12 AM :: 898 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii harbor mouths opening towards Kamchatka saw larger tsunami effects ....

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
UPDATE: DoT Extends Public Comment Period on Teenagers' Climate Plan
By News Release @ 7:50 PM :: 815 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics

“...This isn’t just a policy document. These proposals will have real and lasting impacts on families, kūpuna, workers, and businesses across Hawai‘i...”

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Spain Offers €400M to Bring TMT to Canary Islands
By News Release @ 7:16 PM :: 251 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Higher Education, Land Use

... Hawaii's master lease renewal process pays off big for Chile ... and now Spain ....

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
FBI Director Kash Patel visits Honolulu field office
By News Release @ 2:29 AM :: 312 Views :: Law Enforcement

... He praised the great working relationships between the FBI and the local, state, and federal law enforcement partners ....

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Corruption Lawsuit: Another Hawaiian ‘8a’ Defense Contractor in Court
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 AM :: 374 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA

... alleges that ‘8a’ insiders from several interrelated 8a contracting firms are systematically shortchanging the Kailua-based ‘Native Hawaiian Legal Defense and Education Fund, LLC’ aka Ho‘omaka Foundation ....

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Monday, July 28, 2025
How 'Big Beautiful Bill' Affects UH Student Loans and Research Grants
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 267 Views :: Higher Education

... This message was shared with the students, faculty and staff of the 10-campus University of Hawaiʻi system on July 21, 2025 ....

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Monday, July 28, 2025
$40M Rate Hike for Hawaii American Water
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 414 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Cost of Living

... at Mauna Lani and Waimea the typical single-family customer will see a rate increase of approximately $18 to $25 per month ....

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Sunday, July 27, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 25, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 5:13 PM :: 356 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, July 27, 2025
Pay for No Work
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1283 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... $6.3M salary for 'administrative leave' ....

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Saturday, July 26, 2025
Baked to order: New cottage food rules
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:23 PM :: 584 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business

... to more easily produce and sell jams, relishes and sauces made with local ingredients ....

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Saturday, July 26, 2025
Affordable: Green Signs 'Shot Clock', other homebuilding bills
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:31 PM :: 689 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

... Green altered course when he signed a handful of bills that had been on his intent-to-veto list ....

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Saturday, July 26, 2025
Chiefess Kapiolani: The greatest student of Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus)
By News Release @ 11:03 AM :: 671 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

... a foundation builder of the Hawaiian church ....

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Friday, July 25, 2025
Trump Executive Order: Clear Homeless Drug Addicts from Streets and Put them in Treatment Centers
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 1001 Views :: Homelessness, Drugs

... Executive Order to restore order to American cities and remove vagrant individuals from our streets, redirecting federal resources toward programs that tackle substance abuse and returning to the acute necessity of civil commitment ....

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Friday, July 25, 2025
Schatz: National Housing Shortage Is A Problem The Government Has Created; We Can Fix It
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 556 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... Schatz Introduces YIMBY Act To Encourage Localities To Cut Regulations, Adopt Pro-Housing Policies ....

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Thursday, July 24, 2025
Energy companies seek dismissal in Hawaii climate lawfare case
By Selected News Articles @ 10:35 PM :: 526 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Higher Education, Judiciary

... Energy companies being sued by the city of Honolulu over climate change accusations have motioned for summary judgment, stating that Hawaii’s two-year statute of limitations makes the plaintiffs’ case unsubstantial ....

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Thursday, July 24, 2025
How to Apply for Honolulu Property Tax Credit
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 952 Views :: Honolulu County, Tax Credits

... Sept. 30, 2025 is the deadline to apply ....

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Thursday, July 24, 2025
Hawaii Attorney General Releases Annual Firearm Statistics
By News Release @ 12:04 PM :: 497 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment

... 16,879 personal/private applications for permits to acquire firearms were processed statewide during 2024, marking a 28.3% decrease ....

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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
DoE Ready to Resume Most School Bus Routes
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 361 Views :: Education K-12

... nine routes remain temporarily suspended — about 6% of the 138 routes that were impacted at the peak of last school year’s disruptions ....

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Monday, July 21, 2025
Hawaii's Only Oil Refinery Inks $100M 'Renewable' Fuels Deal
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 871 Views :: Energy, Environment

... Par Pacific, Mitsubishi, and ENEOS to Establish Joint Venture for Renewable Fuels in Hawaii ....

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Monday, July 21, 2025
DoH: COVID Activity on the Increase in Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:11 PM :: 629 Views :: COVID-19

... The test positivity rate statewide was 12.4% as of July 19, 2025, up from 10.9% the previous week ....

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Monday, July 21, 2025
Search is on for a new KSBE Trustee
By News Release @ 6:28 PM :: 655 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Development, Land Use

... Trustee to succeed Trustee Robert K.W.H. Nobriga, whose term expired on June 30, 2025 ....

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Monday, July 21, 2025
Sovereignty Activists team up with Chinese Communist Front Group
By Andrew Walden @ 5:27 PM :: 1229 Views :: Higher Education, OHA

... "How a U.S. Tech Mogul Used Nonprofits to Sow Chinese Propaganda" -- NYT ....

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Sunday, July 20, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 18, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 3:06 PM :: 527 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, July 20, 2025
Nonprofit Blankety Blank
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 824 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... $50 million in the hands of a four-person committee ....

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Saturday, July 19, 2025
Hawaii climate policy going overboard on cruise ships
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:24 PM :: 896 Views :: Environment, Tourism

... the DOT is supposed to decarbonize every transportation sector in Hawaii, but there aren’t a lot of options when it comes to maritime emissions ....

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Saturday, July 19, 2025
So Many Pools, So Little Truth: Inside Maui’s Water Crisis Theater
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 PM :: 1691 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism

... The only cited support was a comparison of empty non-owner occupied second homes in one phase of the Wailea Palms property to another phase that allows short-term rentals ....

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Saturday, July 19, 2025
Need $600K? Maui County Launches New Federally Funded Fire Recovery Program
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 953 Views :: Maui County

... Hoʻokumu Hou programs are open to individuals and families who meet eligibility requirements that include income limits and loss of property during the 2023 Maui wildfires. ...

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Saturday, July 19, 2025
Maui County Clears Out Homeless Meth Addicts (again)
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 687 Views :: Maui County, Homelessness, Drugs

... Work crews encountered unsanitary conditions including rat infestations, feces and maggots ....

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Saturday, July 19, 2025
Green Issues Emergency Proclamation for Wildfire Season
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 513 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Military

... Hawaiʻi National Guard’s Operation Hoʻopauahi to Improve Emergency Response Time ....

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Friday, July 18, 2025
Student Jones Act Essay Contest
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:29 PM :: 597 Views :: Jones Act

... High school, college students can earn $10,000, $5,000 or $1,000 from Jones Act essay contest ....

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Friday, July 18, 2025
Maui lawmakers give green light to food trucks and kitchenettes
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:14 PM :: 542 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Development, Small Business

... the Planning Commission backs a bill that would make it easier for B&Bs destroyed in the 2023 fires to rebuild ....

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Friday, July 18, 2025
Fraud and Misrepresentation: IDG Geothermal Schemers Get Cold Reception from Hawaii County Council
By Andrew Walden @ 5:58 PM :: 1344 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics

... Successful geothermal project leadership in New Zealand? There is a record of litigation surrounding those efforts which include claims of fraud and misrepresentation ....

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Friday, July 18, 2025
Transportation barriers impacting Hawaiʻi rural health care
By News Release @ 2:00 AM :: 547 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living

... Long ambulance response times, costly and unreliable non-emergency transportation, and insufficient insurance coverage for travel-related health care expenses ....

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Friday, July 18, 2025
Two Indicted for Fraudulent FEMA Claims for Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 1:35 AM :: 920 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... Daylyn Harris, 34, and Chelsea Johnson, 32, of Honolulu, Hawaii, were arrested on July 15, 2025 ....

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Thursday, July 17, 2025
Insurance Companies Dumping Single-Wall Homes
By Selected News Articles @ 12:21 PM :: 1991 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living

... single-wall construction is considered structurally inferior in hurricane-prone areas ....

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Thursday, July 17, 2025
Scott Saiki Appointed Insurance Commissioner
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 695 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

... As Speaker, Saiki Co-chaired the Governor’s Executive and Legislative Condo and Property Insurance Task Force ....

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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
After Latest Fire at Sea, Matson Begins Refusing Shipment of Electric Cars
By Andrew Walden @ 2:28 PM :: 1965 Views :: Energy, Jones Act

... Questions: Will Pasha follow suit?  Does Matson's ban extend to shipments of lithium batteries for consumer products and for solar installations? ....

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025
House Committee Approves East-West Center Funding 
By Andrew Walden @ 11:39 PM :: 702 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Higher Education

... $16.7M for the East-West Center ....

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Monday, July 14, 2025
Hawaii gang enforcer gets 30 years, ending landmark case
By Court House News @ 11:31 PM :: 983 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Police, Politicians, Drugs

... drive-by shootings and armed robberies as part of the notorious Miske Enterprise ....

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Monday, July 14, 2025
HDoT Awards Contract for Removal of 'Falls of Clyde'
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 643 Views :: Hawaii History

... The 146-year-old vessel has been docked at Honolulu Harbor since 2008 ....

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Monday, July 14, 2025
State Job Growth? 'Health Care and Food Services'
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 561 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor, Small Business, Tourism

... Hawai‘i Projects 41,000 New Jobs by 2032, Led by Health Care and Food Services ....

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Monday, July 14, 2025
Discovery of unknown publications by Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus of Hawaii)
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 2530 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

... New Evidence from the Ke Kumu Hawaii Newspaper ....

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Sunday, July 13, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 11, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 6:48 PM :: 541 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, July 13, 2025
LGBTQ Commission Pushing Green to Sign Executive Order Making Hawaii Sex-Change Kidnapping Sanctuary
By News Release @ 5:36 PM :: 2082 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement

... SB1150 failed in the Legislature, but the LGBTQ Commission still wants to grab your children.  Will Green help them do it? ....

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Sunday, July 13, 2025
SNAP Cliffs Are Coming
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1144 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living, COVID-19

... the USDA whacked our state with an $11 million fine for its huge error rate two years in a row ....

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Saturday, July 12, 2025
Permitting progress prevails
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:08 PM :: 736 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development

"...decisive action to address Hawaii’s notorious permitting delays...."

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Saturday, July 12, 2025
Judicial Nominees Sought for Oahu, Maui, Big Island
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 619 Views :: Judiciary

... The following notices were posted to the JSC website on Friday, 11 July 2025 ....

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Saturday, July 12, 2025
HTA Board Positions Open
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 616 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism

... State Boards and Commissions Seeking Applicants ....

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Saturday, July 12, 2025
VIDEO: HFD Chief Hao on the Māʻili wildfire
By Video @ 4:33 PM :: 578 Views :: Honolulu County

... On July 6, 2025, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 2:33 p.m. for a wildland fire near 87-253 Pa‘akea Road in Mā‘ili ....

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