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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Hawaiʻi HS class of ‘24 ties record 86% grad rate, college enrollment up
By News Release @ 1:27 AM :: 160 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... completers of Dual Credit classes up 3% from 24% to 27% ....

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
UHERO: Hawaiʻi migration trends show more balance than expected
By UHERO @ 1:08 AM :: 152 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... domestic out-migration, particularly among young adults, continues ....

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Hawaii #1 Tax Burden in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:48 AM :: 184 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

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

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Hope Bancorp Completes Merger With Territorial Bancorp
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 154 Views :: Small Business

... Territorial Savings Bank will operate under the trade name Territorial Savings, a division of Bank of Hope ....

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
HB1308: Sports Betting Bill Passed by Senate Ways & Means
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:30 PM :: 147 Views :: Gambling

... VOTE:  7 Ayes, 4 Aye with reservations, 2 Nays ....

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Hensel: How Trump Executive Orders are Affecting UH System
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 229 Views :: Higher Education

"Trump EOs ... interpret Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts to be discriminatory"

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Maui transient vacation rental phaseout means fewer jobs
By UHERO @ 1:59 PM :: 217 Views :: Maui County, Land Use, Tourism

... the policy could also reduce visitor spending by nearly $900 million annually, resulting in job and income losses, declining property values and an estimated $60 million drop in county property tax revenues ....

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Hawaii AG Sues DHHS to Keep the COVID Money Flowing
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 PM :: 229 Views :: COVID-19

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

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Hawaii: Work 17 days of month to afford mortgage payment
By Selected News Articles @ 6:29 PM :: 215 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

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

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
HB300 Highlights: Senate WAM Passes Budget Bill
By News Release @ 6:06 PM :: 214 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... A summary of totals included in the approved budget ....

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Hawaii Egg Prices Nearly Double Mainland
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 226 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawai‘i still pays significantly higher prices than the rest of the U.S., which averages at $4.90 per dozen ....

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
‘Long and tortuous path’ continues in Hawaii bioenergy dispute
By Court House News @ 5:16 AM :: 261 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Labor

... A federal judge signaled he is likely to dismiss some claims in a dispute between Hu Honua and Hawaiian Electric ....

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Monday, March 31, 2025
50-State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2025
By Tax Foundation @ 11:59 PM :: 290 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... Hawaii significantly revised its individual income tax brackets under H.B. 2404, enacted in June 2024 ....

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Monday, March 31, 2025
Hawaii Road Taxes Cover 97.2% of Spending
By Tax Foundation @ 11:38 PM :: 232 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... Hawaii has increased its proportion of roadway spending furnished by road users from 78 percent to 97.2 percent--7th highest in the USA ....

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Monday, March 31, 2025
Barking Sands: Next step in Hypersonic Missile Defense
By Selected News Articles @ 10:09 PM :: 287 Views :: Kauai County, Military

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

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Monday, March 31, 2025
Goats and Sheep are best Way to Control Wildfire Fuel Load--DLNR Shoots them dead
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 247 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment

... While wildfire threatens Hawaii's communities, DLNR pays for helicopter-borne extermination operations ....

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 29, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 8:17 PM :: 471 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
HB900 Dies in Senate: No Lawyers for Abused Foster Kids
By Andrew Walden @ 8:14 PM :: 1672 Views :: Ethics, Family, Judiciary

“...Hawai’i is one of only five states that does not currently guarantee the right to legal counsel for children during the duration of their child welfare case....”

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 8:02 PM :: 516 Views :: Gambling, Hawaii State Government

... SCR121 Sports Betting Working Group ....

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
Grassroot Institute Testifies on Dozens of Bills
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:31 PM :: 517 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... dozens of bills still on the move ....

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
VIDEO: Progress in reducing housing regulations
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:17 PM :: 475 Views :: Development

... conversation between Ted Kefalas, the Grassroot Institute director of strategic campaigns, and state Rep. Lauren Matsumoto on the March 11 episode of “The Right Side” radio show ....

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
New maps improve Hawaiʻi’s wildfire risk warnings
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 578 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government

... these maps provide a daily, high-resolution look at the most current fire ignition risks statewide ....

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
You Want to Raise the TAT by HOW Much?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 719 Views :: Taxes, Tourism

... the bills replace the current 10.25% tax rate with a blank ....

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
We can do more to help Hawaii businesses rebound
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:29 AM :: 513 Views :: Economy, Small Business, COVID-19

... Hawaii’s anemic economic growth — the second slowest in the country — should be a sign ....

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
DHHL Distributes 665 Ewa Beach 'Project Leases'
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 508 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL

... Unlike previous processes, beneficiaries secure a homestead lot prior to the completion of development. ...

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
VIDEO: Green Slams Anti-Vax Celebrutard
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 PM :: 1013 Views :: COVID-19

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

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
Kaua‘i Police Commission appoints Elliott Kalani Ke as Interim Chief of Police
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 551 Views :: Kauai County, Police

... The appointment will take effect upon Chief Raybuck’s retirement this year. That date has not yet been determined ....

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
Hawaii 3rd Most Expensive State to Start a Business 
By Selected News Articles @ 1:26 AM :: 624 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Cost of Living

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

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
UPW Tracks Statewide Payout of COVID Hazard Pay
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 587 Views :: Labor, COVID-19

... United Public Workers is actively engaged in a legal fight for Temporary Hazard Pay (THP) with employers in nine jurisdictions across Hawaii ....

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
DoE Announces 2025 HS Graduation Schedule
By News Release @ 1:03 AM :: 583 Views :: Education K-12

... statewide list of commencement celebrations ....

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Friday, March 28, 2025
Chief Justice Appoints Sonya H. Toma as District Family Court Judge for Maui
By News Release @ 12:41 PM :: 1161 Views :: Judiciary

... Circuit Judge in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit and District Family Judge, Second Circuit .... 

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Thursday, March 27, 2025
Jones Act Loophole Allows Puerto Rico to Finally Access American Natural Gas--Hawaii Next?
By Cato Foundation @ 11:23 PM :: 623 Views :: Energy, Jones Act

... none of the world’s more than 600 LNG tankers comply with the Jones Act ....

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Thursday, March 27, 2025
February: Canadian Tourism Down Only 1.4%--Spending up
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 517 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... In February 2025, the average daily census of 20,686 Canadian visitors decreased from February 2024 (20,977 visitors, -1.4%) ....

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Thursday, March 27, 2025
Green Appoints Water Commissioner and Circuit Court Judge
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 570 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Development, Judiciary, Land Use

... Governor Green has nominated Kauanoe A. D. Jackson to serve as a Circuit Court Judge in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit and Hannah Kihalani Springer to the Commission on Water Resource Management ....

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Thursday, March 27, 2025
Tax hike on tourism would create ‘unintended consequences for all’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:00 PM :: 650 Views :: Taxes, Tourism

... For the third year in a row, Hawaii policymakers are considering a bill that suggests they believe tourists are an endless source of funds ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Jones Act Operator Calls for Shipbuilding Reforms
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 PM :: 659 Views :: Jones Act, Military

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

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Prince Kuhio's Fight to Americanize Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 42888 Views :: DHHL, Agriculture, Hawaii History, Land Use

...the homestead associations he championed in his first decade of service were multi-ethnic groups seeking the fee-simple ownership of land promised in the Hawaii Organic Act....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Hawaii Firearm Storage Bill Scheduled for Decision Making Hearing on April 1st
By NRA ILA @ 4:24 PM :: 687 Views :: Second Amendment

... House Bill 125 expands upon Hawaii’s existing firearm storage mandate by requiring firearms to be stored in a locked box, safe or with a trigger locking mechanism ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Hawaii to Charge EVs a Road Usage Tax Starting July 1
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 PM :: 893 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living

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

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Feds Release $2.5M to Reimburse Nonprofit for Shuttered Lahaina Jobs Program
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 510 Views :: Maui County, Labor

... temporary jobs focused on cleaning up debris and repairing damage caused by the fires ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
A Man Convicted of Trump Media Insider Trading Had Ties to a Firm Holding Hawaii Cannabis Contracts
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 1339 Views :: National News, Ethics, Drugs

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

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Trump Pardons Devon Archer, Hawaii High-Tech Tax Credit Scammer Turned on Bidens
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 1274 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Tax Credits

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

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Hawaii 2nd-Highest State Tax Collections Per Capita
By Tax Foundation @ 9:00 PM :: 663 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... the State of Hawaii takes $7,070 per person in taxes ....

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Hawaii 2nd Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 PM :: 695 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

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

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Hawaii State Commission on Fatherhood Announces Awards, Scholarship Opportunities
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 525 Views :: Family

... commitment to promoting healthy family relationships by underscoring the vital role fathers play in the lives of their children ....

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Monday, March 24, 2025
Maui judge rules Haleakala trail must be open to public access
By Court House News @ 10:53 AM :: 732 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Land Use, Tourism

... The state must now open the historic Haleakala Trail for public access, putting an end to a decade-long fight for it to be declared a public right of way ....

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Sunday, March 23, 2025
The New Tax Cuts Website
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 714 Views :: Taxes

... in big bold type it screams ....

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Saturday, March 22, 2025
SCR179 and SR149: LGBTQ Commission to Rewrite Entire Hawaii Legal Code with "Gender Neutral Language"
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:25 PM :: 1356 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government

... the state LGBTQ+ Commission and the Commission on the Status of Women review the Hawaii Revised Statutes ....

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Saturday, March 22, 2025
Lahaina: Still waiting for permits
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:59 PM :: 752 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... he’s paying a mortgage on an empty lot and watching his resources drain away while waiting for permits and approvals to rebuild ....

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Saturday, March 22, 2025
About that Medical Freedom
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:49 AM :: 670 Views :: Health Care

... it has been a miserable ride to say the least ....

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