1. Hawaii Tax Changes Taking Effect January 1, 2025
2. HR6062 Passes Senate--creates process to Amend American Samoa Territorial Constitution
3. Hawaii Preferred Port of Entry for 'Birth Tourism' Scheme
4. ​Income tax cuts set to kick in
5. Maui Prep Dumps Trans Agenda: "Children should not be deciding if they want to change their gender”
6. “Historic Lahaina rebuild systematically stymied by Maui County officials”
7. HECO Files 95-Page Report to PUC on Lahaina Fire
8. Developers to build new Aloha Stadium on old foundations
9. NTSB: Mechanical issue after takeoff
10. TRO not Enforced before Killing
11. After Years for Purposeful Legislative Foot Dragging, Overcrowded Hilo Jail Gets 46 new beds
12. A booming problem: 0 illegal fireworks arrests in Hawaii this year
13. Conspiracy Nut News: Elections Commissioner Gets Kicked Out Of His Own Meeting

1.  Feds Waste Another $250M on Rail
2. Hawaii is the 5th Worst State for New Business Survival
3. HECO’s Shaky Credit: Utility Insiders Writing Bill for Legislators --Taxpayers to Cosign Loans
4.  When will Hawaiian Electric pay damage claim?  
5. Kamaka Air faces lawsuit with former owner
6. Will This Be The Year Hawaiʻi Charges Visitors For Their Environmental Impact?
7. Tourism is down on other islands; experts say it’s the ripple effect following Lahaina wildfire
8. Public Utilities Commission Addresses Life of the Land`s "Threat of Litigation"
9. East Maui Water: BLNR decides not to turn Mahi Pono into Dust Bowl for 2025
10. Maui Council OKs new Landfill site on first reading
11. The Impossible Task Of Building A New Landfill On Oʻahu
12. Pasteurization Protects Milk Supply from Spreading Bird Flu
13. Kuawa Street homeless camp closes—14 agree to accept shelter   

1. FBI Honolulu Publishes 2024 Fiscal Year in Review Document
2. Hawaii AG Joins 18-State Coalition Targeting 'Ghost Guns'
3. ‘Lack of Significant Intelligence’ -- ‘Serious pessimism about whether Gabbard could secure the votes’
4. Council Votes Kahuku Wind Turbines to be Torn Down Starting in 2031
5. Board of Water Supply manager calls proposed landfill site ‘Red Hill Two’
6. Congress Is Poised To Approve Another $1.6 Billion For Maui Fire Aid
7. In Hawai‘i Congressional Fundraising, Tokuda Outraises Case 

1. Green Submits Biennium Budget
2. Tokuda: Sex-Change for Children More Important than Hawaii’s Military Construction Budget
3. Sovereignty Activist Whines About Grassroot Institute and King’s Cathedral Lahaina Advocacy
4. US Senate passes Lahaina heritage bill
5. Data Dive: Hawaiʻi Deportation Cases Hit Quarter-Century High
6. Dopers Demand More THC in Gummies, Vapes
7. Truck driving instructor explains recent Nimitz Hwy rollovers

1. Reply to ACLU: Fixing Hawaii Bail Problem Requires Return to Core Constitutional Principles
2. Hawaii Gun Control Issue 'Far from Resolved'
3. Honolulu: The Real Value of $100 -- $88.57
4. 2025 State Tax Competitiveness Index -- Hawaii Ranks 42nd
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How they Voted December 13, 2024
6. Hawaii Airports Busiest Per Capita in USA
7. Kahele: I will redirect OHA cashflow to CNHA
8. Selection of Kamehameha Schools Trustees – Insiders Grab for Control
9. Lahaina School Enrollment drops by 1,000 After Fire
10. Donʻt Justify Public Preschools By Citing Dubious Studies
11. BLNR Tells Lahaina Condo Complex to Fall in Sea
12. Honolulu City Council Addresses Kahuku Windfarm Fiasco

1. "Empty homes" tax deferral shows your voice matters
2. PBS FRONTLINE documentary: ‘Maui’s Deadly Firestorm’ premieres Dec. 17
3. Lahaina Debris Clearing Nearly Complete
4. Qualified Charitable Distributions
5. Gov. Green 2026 reelection ‘Green Lighted’
6. Hawaii Supreme Court Just Like Trump
7. Queen’s plans new hospital in Kailua-Kona with helipad, housing

1. Feds do the Job the State Cannot: Molester Coach Pleads Guilty
2. DHHL Breaks Ground at Bowl-O-Drome Site
3. Kapaa Woman Indicted for COVID Fraud
4. Legislature Begins Accepting Grant-in-Aid Applications
5. UH lands $110M DoD contract for cutting-edge research
6. Too Bad, So Sad: With Trump in Office, Grifters Can’t Milk Hawai‘i’s Military-Leased Lands for Money
7. Hawaii's Population: Eight Years of decline
8. Senators:  Tulsi Gabbard ‘Shallow and Unimpressive’
9. Lawyers ‘Knife fight’ in court over Maui wildfire settlement fund
10. Briefing schedule set on motion to vacate Miske convictions and return seized assets
11. Manoa father cited for Christmas lights on public walkway
12. Bumflights: Hawaii Homeless influx expected before 2028 LA Olympic Games

1. UHERO: 'Housing affordability continues to deteriorate'
2. Red Flag Warning Ends with No Safety Shutoffs
3. Exodus Depresses Hawaii Economy
4. Tariffs Will Drive Cost of Living Higher
5. Another Boondoggle: Mile-Long Pedestrian Bridge in Wahiawa
6. Can a US missile defense system shield Guam from Chinese threat?
7. The Long Crusade To Build A West Maui Hospital Hits Another Snag
8. Police officer arrested for felony crime at downtown apartment complex
9. Former basketball coach pleads guilty to child sex crimes against 10 victims
10. Crackpot Comment on Hawaiian being ‘dead language’ at council hearing draws widespread rebuke
11. Honolulu Restaurant Tip Theft Case Hardly The Only One In Town
12. Court ruling could halt boat operations at Kāʻanapali Beach in 2025

1. Honolulu City Council votes to defer Bill 46 Empty Homes Tax
2. Designed to Fail: City Pretends to Select Wahiawa Location for Dump
3. Biden Admin Begs SCOTUS to Ignore Honolulu Climate Suit
4. Face It, Theyʻre Not Moving Back to Hawaiʻi
5. Applause as Council postpones empty-homes tax bill
6. Manager of senior housing complex left injured resident to die on apartment floor, new lawsuit alleges
7. Star-Adv: City Must Make Ghetto Lottery Pay
8. More red light safety cameras and speeding cameras coming to Hawaii roads

1. Survey: 40% consider moving out of state
2. Mariana Islands a Center for Chinese Birth Tourism
3. Honolulu’s proposed “Empty Homes” tax: ‘Some people will lose their homes’
4. Blangiardi doubts plastic bottle ban bill
5. Rules of the House, up close and personal
6. Designed to Fail: City pretends to pick area northwest of Wahiawa to pretend to be Oahu’s next landfill
7. Maui County files for dismissal of election suit
8. 23-Time Loser Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case
9. Police subsidized vehicle reportedly involved in Aiea hit and run
10. Price increase expected for Oahu Transit Services
11. Cell tower bills head to council
12. Bill 156: Maui Council to Ban Vapes?
13. Frequent Complaints about bums using drugs, exhibiting signs of mental illness or continuously occupying spaces

1. ANOTHER ONE: Alleged CEO Assassin is Honolulu Resident
2. Hawaii’s continuous exodus could get a whole lot worse
3. Justice Thomas slams Hawaii’s gun permit laws in SCOTUS denial
4. Senators Urged To Examine Gabbard's 'Deep and Intense' Ties To Hawaiʻi Cult
5. The Miske Enterprise case is about to disappear
6. No Transsexual Agenda for Maui Prep after Board Member Ousted  
7. Hawaii Second Amendment case may be Eligible for Second Bite of Supreme Apple
8. City council to vote Wednesday on empty homes tax bill
9. ‘Empty Homes Tax’ will Drive Up Rents
10. Legislative Agenda: Yamashita to grab for County Revenues (again)

1. Supreme Court Passes On Chance To Correct Hawaii Ruling Finding ‘Spirit Of Aloha’ Trumps Second Amendment
2. Tulsi Gabbard as U.S. Spymaster?
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 6 2024
4. ‘Monkey Business’ -- OHA too crooked to run Graveyard
5. West Oahu Has A Domestic Violence Crisis. The Cost Of Living Makes It Worse
6. City prepares to announce new landfill site; here’s what’s being considered

1. The Upcoming 2025 Session
2. Why Hawaii's housing costs are among the highest in the nation
3. Hawaii 3rd-Highest Pension Debt
4. Dream home in paradise leads to 'total dismay'
5. Insiders Scripting Next Legislative Session Right Now
6. Keiki Climate Change Settlement Behind Construction Projects
7. Public needs legislative transparency
8. Green Allocates $20M to Sue Trump
9. HPD looks to pull back West Oahu manpower
10. Legal Weed?  Tarnas Copying now-unpopular Maryland Law
11. Water Issues Strangle Troubled Residential Development in Rainy Hilo
12. General Plan meeting wanders into climate change discussion
13. Huge backlog for key business tax credit

1. Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy
2. City announces next five town hall meetings on proposed sewer fee increases
3. Affordable Housing: City Touts 'Year of Progress'
4. Light tunnel and brand-new displays to commemorate 40th anniversary of Honolulu City Lights
5. Dec 15 Deadline for Maui Interim Housing Program
6. DOH Approve State's 25th Medicated Marijuana Dispensary
7. How 1898 Annexation of Hawaii upset Japan’s plans of occupation
8. Lahaina residents hopeful as momentum builds in burn zone
9. FEMA seeks vacant lots for temporary housing for Maui fire survivors
10. Miske’s death also ends an assault case against him in state court that was ready for trial
11. Aunt of missing Maui woman says she’s parting ways with rest of family
12. Input wanted on proposed Skyline, TheBus and Handi-Van fare changes
13. Blangiardi administration skeptical of bill to ban single-use plastic bottles

1. New report challenges common claim that 'Jones Act jobs' have been increasing
2. Missing Maui Woman Secretly Married in Green Card Scam?
3. Senate passes legislation for Maui fire survivors tax relief
4. UH Contract Specifically Hides President Search Details From The Public
5. Everybody is Screwed: Honolulu DPP Yanks ‘Renovation Aloha’ Permit After Civil Beat Exposes Illegal Work
6. State Worker Charged In Monk Seal Pup Death Repeatedly Let Dogs Off Leash
7. Controversy looms over potential sites for Oahu landfill
8. McCoy Pavilion Renovation—5 years and counting

1. DBEDT: Tax Reform Improves Economic Outlook
2. Insurance Emergency: Green Extends Proclamation Again
3. Court: DoE Must Allow Christian Good News Clubs in Schools
4. DOOMED: Senators Set to Reject Gabbard nomination – but first they want to expose her foreign contacts
5. Unconstitutional:  Empty Homes Tax bill up for final reading Dec. 11
6. Bogus UCLA Study Behind Empty-Homes Tax
7. OHA Leadership Shakeup Puts Kai Kahele In Charge, With An Eye on Kakaako Makai Development
8. House approves push to designate Lahaina a heritage area
9. COVID Cheating Over: Long Lines as SNAP Now Requires In-Person Recertification
10. Why Did Hawaii Democrats Link Electoral Votes To The Popular Vote?
11. Mike Miske autopsy produced no immediate answers about his cause of death
12. Honolulu police ‘justified’ in fatal shooting on New Year’s Day, prosecutor says
13. Judge dismisses sexual assault case against Maui firefighter
14. Damages to Kula fire survivors' driveways after debris removal have some feeling 'betrayed'
15. Biden Admin Seeks to End Hawaii Doctors' Challenge to Abortion Pill Regs
16. Hawaii Farmers Face Risk of Crime Daily. Is A Murder Enough To Spur Reform?
17. Data Dive: Hawaii Spends More On Takeout Than Any Other State

1. Miske’s death may terminate some criminal proceedings
2. Years Later, Kilauea lava flow disaster recovery efforts still haven’t started
3. 20% Kickback Legalized? Nan Scores $150M DHHL project by teaming up with Kali Watson Crony
4. My Battle with Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Followers in Hawaii
5. For 'Renovation Aloha,' Permit Violations Are The Cost Of Doing Business
6. HPD corporal charged with making false reports to law enforcement goes before judge
7. Miske cause of death still a mystery
8. Will Miske Family Sue over Jail ‘Suicide’?
9. PUC: Justice = Free Electricity?
10. Kauai Council Sworn in Despite Election Challenge
11. How City Landfill Process is Designed to Continue Waimanalo Gulch

Years Later, Kilauea lava flow disaster recovery efforts still haven’t started

1. Legislators Announce 2025 Session Calendar
2. Tax and Trade issues top Taiwan Agenda during Hawaii Visit
3. How Family Got Justice Decades After Outgoing 19-Year-Old Was Killed in Her Hawaii Apartment
4. How to make Hawaii more livable
5. Hunting for a New Place in Renter’s Purgatory
6. $250M Later, Hawaii Kindergarten Readiness Remains Low
7. Green to Testify Before Congress on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s health secretary nomination
8. Roth announces $10.7 million savings for county from arbitration with Hawaiʻi Government Employees Association
9. 2.3% hike in SNAP benefits proposed by U.S. Ag Department to reflect Hawai‘i food costs 

1. ‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37%
2. SF Judge Rules 'Empty Homes Tax’ Unconstitutional
3. Maui County Officials Plot to Eliminate Front Street
4. Tulsi Gabbard Through The Years: What A Long Strange Trip It's Been
5. Kennedy nomination could place our keiki’s access to vaccines in jeopardy
6. Newly Elected? Here's How Not To Be Corrupted

1. Taiwan President Lai visits Bishop Museum in Hawaii
2. ALERT: Stop the misguided "empty homes" tax proposal
3. Deferred Maintenance
4. ​Breaking: Mike Miske found dead at Honolulu’s Federal Detention Center
5. DNI? Gabbard set to lose 48-52, RFK will lose 45-55
6. Slush Fund News: OHA Fears Trump Will not Give Cash for Military Leases
7. After Losing to Pierick Again, Rosenlee asks Court for a Mulligan
8. Hopeful restaurant owners have to begin as ‘snack shop’ due to county’s permitting process
9. No Excuse for Rolling Back Historic Income Tax Cuts
10. Empty homes tax raises many issues
11. DHS Plan: Make foster kids wait four more years for help
12. Tarnas: Legalize Drugged Driving
13. News Rules for Legislative Committee Referrals?
14. Green Fee Still Unconstitutional, Legislators will waste time on it anyway
15. Honolulu rail’s failures overburden residents
16. Hawaii looks to ban sale of single-use plastics at city facilities
17. ‘Details a Little Fuzzy’ as Plastiphobes Mandate Stainless Steel Bento Boxes for Downtown Hilo
18. Dude Admits he was trying to Sneak into Womens Restroom at US Congress

1. Eight Names: Who will be the next ICA Chief Judge?
2. Hawaii’s Firearm Laws Challenged in Federal Court  
3. Lahaina Benefits Expire: Another wave of Locals Leaving Hawaii
4. Vote-by-Mail Produces More Election Challenges
5. Jury awards more than $2M to family of homeless man killed by deputy sheriff at Capitol
6. Cannabis caregivers and large grow sites will soon be illegal in Hawaii, impacting thousands

1. Green Approves THC Oils, Gummies and Drinks, calls it 'Hemp'
2. Nikki Haley: Russian Symp Gabbard Dangerous at DNI
3. When are the town halls on higher sewer fees?
4. Hawaii's Last Sugar Lobbyist
5. Bill 123 Is Good Housing And Climate Policy For Hawaii County
6. City postpones pretending to identify next landfill site
7. Report reveals disturbing details in monk seal death involving state employee’s dogs
8. Four Inmate Suicides this year

1. Senate Announces Leadership and Committee Assignments
2. House Committee Assignments and Leadership Announced
3. Green Appoints Kusch to HD1 Seat (again)
4. October Tourist Count up 5.4%
5. HECO Proposes Controlling Phony Biofuel Industry
6. Arbitrator rules 550 UH UPW workers to get 15% hazard pay for pandemic work
7. State, deputy sheriff disallowed from claiming self defense in Capitol shooting trial
8. County employees accused of stealing gasoline from police station pump

1. Hawaii Claims the Highest Median Rent in the U.S.
2. What Happens when Hirono Retires from US Senate?
3. Child Welfare Services is doing almost everything wrong
4. Maui Rents Jump 44%
5. Homeowner, 83, is first to rebuild in Kula after Maui wildfires
6. Who needs Collective Bargaining?  More Free Stuff for Teachers
7. Importing Clean, Cheap Liquefied Natural Gas Faces Enviros Opposition
8. Latest UH AD situation just long list of clown shows
9. Former State Archaeologist Faces Ethics Probe Into Revolving Door Allegation
10. Bird flu spreading in Hawaii for the first time
11. At least $100K in transit fare revenue lost from cyber attack

1. UHERO Grudgingly Admits ‘Uncertainties’ in Empty Homes Tax
2. Answers to Questions for Tulsi Gabbard about the National Socialists who directed her Syria Trip
3. DHHL Awards 68 Ag Lots on Big Island
4. Green: RFK responsible for 83 deaths in Samoa
5. After losing race, former Maui County council chair calls for new election
6. Instead of empty homes tax, release more land
7. Hawaii Nursing Home Deficiencies Among Highest In The Nation
8. Matson’s New Vessels Illustrate Jones Act’s Grip On Hawaii Shipping
9. Trask Geothermal Scheme back with Backing from UH
10. Life in Academia: New UH President Was Only Accused Of Discrimination Twice Before Hiring
11. The Unnamed Dead Of Honolulu May Be Revealed Through DNA Testing

1. Do Marine Protected Areas Really Help Fisheries?
2. Gay Marriage Amendment won by only 1.3%
3. First Families Move Into Temporary FEMA Housing For Maui Fire Survivors
4. Campaign Spending Reforms Back for 2025 Legislative Session
5. DHHL makes largest agricultural lot offering since the late 1980s – 68 lots
6. Dole's Wahiawa Dam Is A Hazard. Now The State Is A Step Closer To Buying It

1. VIDEO: NYC Flying Unwanted Migrants to Hawaii
2. Put "empty homes" tax proposal on pause
3. Legislative History
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 22, 2024
5. Permit delays blamed for pervasive ‘pain and regulatory heartache’
6. Lahaina: Zero Permits for Commercial Rebuilding—Front Street to be Eliminated?
7. Surprise: DHHL Bowl-o-Drome rentals to go to non-Hawaiians
8. Military Lease Negotiations: Did the Election Cost Hawaii political insiders a Huge Grift off the Military Budget?
9. Pro-Tourism Activists at Surfrider attempting to shut down Kauaʻi Shrimp Farm
10. Advocacy groups seek to change how bills move through the House

1. JSC Seeking Nominees for Chief Justice of State Supreme Court
2. FEMA adjusting Lahaina rental assistance to wind down inflated rental prices
3. Light tunnel and brand-new displays to commemorate 40th anniversary of Honolulu City Lights
4. Blangiardi Makes Honolulu Perfect for LGBTQ
5. Schatz Joins Tiny Anti-Israel Faction in Senate
6. Hawaii Legislators and Judges Ask For Raises
7. Maui PD Complains to FCC about HNN Coverage of Lahaina Human Remains Recovery
8. Mission Accomplished: No need investigation of ‘retiring’ Kauai police chief
9. Honolulu city building permit backlog drops below 10,000
10. Proposal regarding hospitals advances
11. Lahaina DoE Employees Win $2500 each
12. Rising credit card debt may be connected to length of Maui wildfire recovery
13. 'Unreal': family grateful to move into first Lahaina home rebuilt after last year's fire

1. "Turmoil and Dirty Laundry" -- UH Athletic Director Craig Angelos Suddenly Ousted
2. Historic Preservation Division Streamlining Lahaina Approvals  
3. Fishing and Seafood Leaders Urge President Biden to Avoid Marine National Monument Designations in Final Days
4. Coast Guard establishes first Hawaii-based JROTC program
5. Lawsuit Challenges Hawaii Age Limits on Gun Purchase
6. Angelos Firing:  ‘Outright lies’ ‘coup’ ‘conspiracy theories’
7. Decision to fire AD Angelos reaffirmed during regents meeting
8. Bill aimed at taxing vacant homes moves along
9. Hawaii agency details plan to improve ‘failing’ foster care
10. Teacher housing project in limbo after proposed site stirs community concerns
11. HPD pushes for tougher ‘ghost gun’ laws amid spike
12. Hawaii Sheriff Division Faces New Scrutiny In 2019 Capitol Shooting Trial
13. No fentanyl related arrests made in October on Big Island
14. Par Hawaii debuts new Kapolei refinery

1. HIDOE holds community meeting to gather feedback on possible new site to rebuild King Kamehameha III Elementary School
2. Bridging Academia and Defense Innovation at USARPAC
3. Lahaina: “You are not bringing justice to the people of Lahaina. You have a problem with Chief Pelletier? Take it out with him.”
4. DHHL Haseko Deal Requires Another $70M for Infrastructure
5. Buntenbah to be sentenced today
6. West Side crackdown is reducing crime
7. Hawaii Ban on Teen Gun Purchases Draws Constitutional Challenge
8. Top UH booster cuts university funding over firing of athletics director Craig Angelos
9. Kawakami for Governor?
10. New Building Codes May Impact Hawaiʻi
11. Public Utilities Commission Lacks Deadlines
12. Conservationists sue the County of Maui to protect native seabirds from streetlights
13. More than $1.2M in PONC funds awarded to nonprofits
14. Secret Map Reveals 900 Feral Cat Colonies—each managed by ‘protectors’

1. 2025 Neighborhood Board Elections--Candidate Registration Coming Soon!
2. HR6062 Passes Senate--creates process to Amend American Samoa Territorial Constitution
3. UH Athletic Director Craig Angelos Suddenly Ousted
4. Will Trump Kill Rail?
5. Future of Aloha Stadium: Leaders discuss progress being made and challenges still ahead
6. Kauai: Waste, fraud, and abuse, is present in every large organization
7. West Oahu leaders urge immediate action on gang violence
8. National watchdog calls for federal probe into Maui police's handling of remains following Lahaina fire
9. Maui Relief TANF Program offers new benefits, including appliances
10. Move to Vegas: Civil Beat Finds Four Ways to make Housing More Expensive

1. When ending Ukraine war, Trump must not forsake Taiwan
2. The Value of Single-Family Neighborhoods
3. UH Manoa Ranks 42nd for Free Speech
4. Naming Names: Secret Dojo Where Hawaii Insiders Decide Everything
5. How Tulsi Gabbard Became a Favorite of Russia’s State Media
6. “Value-based payment”  -- Why Hawaii health insurance premiums have more than doubled
7. 39lbs of Meth: 24-time loser finally catches a Federal case
8. 911 Outage Complicated By Failure Of Backup System, Honolulu Police Say
9. Plastic bag bans can sometimes backfire: Study
10. Honolulu Condos: City Might Water Down Fire Safety Law Again
11. Maui County Bypasses Komar, Inks $4M Nan agreement for additional Maui landfill space
12. Craig Angelos out as University of Hawaii athletic director

1. $553 Million a Mile for Elevated Rail
2. A Student's 3 Good Questions About Honolulu Rail
3. Grassroot-backed proposals make headway at Hawaii's county councils
4. Bill 212 could speed up permitting process on Hawaii Island
5. Mike Gabbard to Switch parties, run for Governor in 2026?
6. DHHL Gives its $600M to KSBE, Grove Farm, Haseko

1. I see people leaving
2. Grassroot events shine spotlight on Hawaii’s permitting problems
3. Hawaii has no state-funded shooting facilities
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How they Voted November 15, 2024
5. Charging Convenience Fees for Our Kids
6. HPAI detected in Hawaii: Temporary ban on cockfighting imports to protect CNMI flocks
7. Chicken farmers, owners ‘scared to death’ over Hawaii’s first avian flu detection
8. Controversy over transgender athlete playing on women’s volleyball team heads to court
9. Hawaii State Libraries Overrun by Homeless
10. Bill 59: Honolulu lawmakers mull ban on sale of plastic bottles on city properties

1. Oahu: Avian Influenza Confirmed in Backyard Flock of Birds
2. Day 2: Red Flag Warning May Lead to Power Shutoffs Today
3. ‘Extraordinarily dangerous’: Intelligence community insiders warn against Tulsi Gabbard Nomination
4. Gov. Green calls Kennedy’s choice as HHS leader ‘insane’
5. HART wants 26% budget increase for fiscal year ’26
6. Another Ghetto Lottery Payoff? Settlement negotiations underway after Molokai police shoot homeless man wielding machete
7. When ending Ukraine war, Trump must not foresake Taiwan
8. Rep. Case votes for bill to shut down fake terrorist-funding nonprofits—Can Trump be Trusted with this power?
9. Ambassador calls for 23,000 undocumented Filipino migrants to leave Hawaii
10. West Oahu crash highlights need to open bypass roads

1. Hirono Claims SCOTUS Created Ability to Own Guns in 2008
2. Red Flag Warning May Lead to Power Shutoffs Today
3. Open Enrollment: Only 20,000 Sign up for Obamacare in Hawaii
4. Defend Hawaii: After Years of SHOPO Guerilla Warfare, Embattled Kauai police chief finally forced out
5. Next to Go: SHOPO Continues Attack on Maui’s Outsider Chief
6. Kamehameha Schools trustee process is upheld
7. Winners unchanged after 298 Maui voters cure deficiencies on ballots; gap in South Maui Council race narrowed to 97 votes
8. City considering new regulations on e-bikes
9. Doomed: Underground fuel tanks on Mauna Kea need to be replaced

1. DoD IG Rips Navy Red Hill Management
2. DoH Issues Cesspool Guidance for Kula Burn Area
3. Tulsi Gabbard ‘worst cabinet appointment in recent history’
4. Hawaii’s small and silly leaders mostly celebrate Tulsi Gabbard selection
5. Court Rules Lahaina Front Street May Not be Rebuilt
6. FEMA adjusting Lahaina rental assistance to wind down inflated rental prices  
7. Bill 212: Exempts home repairs from building permit requirements
8. Kea‘au to get health center
9. 27 Years Later: Hawaii appeals court hears case on State’s responsibility on Peter Boy’s death
10. ILWU’s Hu Honua Fiasco is Alive On Day 6,063
11. Hawaii Schools Superintendent could receive pay raise, contract extension
12. 55 years later, Leaks persist as work continues to replace iconic state Capitol pools

1. HSTA--Corrupt or Incompetent?
2. Hawaiian Electric Signs Bird Agreement
3. Map of Trump Support In Hawaii
4. Green: Hawaii Better Off Without Insurers
5. Are Taxpayers Paying for HECO`s Wildfire Liabilities
6. Hawaii's shrinking population could be making it unattractive for young people to stay home
7. Surprise: Bissen Refusing to Back West Maui Hospital Bonds
8. LOL! Gabbard eyes defense secretary job after switching parties to back Trump
9. Hawaii DOE Imposing ‘Code of Conduct’ on Parents
10. ACLU’s anti-Goldilocks zone for Hawaii homeless

1. Hawaiian Electric Reports on First Year of Wildfire Safety Efforts
2. Dramatic Decrease in Tourism Spending in Hawaii Affecting Small Businesses
3. Bill 60: $10.1B Project as Big as Rail – will cost you $248.53 per month
4. Hawaii Projects Billion Dollar Budget Surpluses Despite Historic Tax Cut
5. Hawaii Young Professionals Seek Solutions on Cost-of-Living Issues
6. First Lahaina residents expected to return home for Christmas
7. Don’t delay on cutting permit delays
8. Cell tower bill showdown: Competing measures to be heard at Dec. 5 meeting
9. Honolulu City Council bill would exempt veterans from vehicle fees

1. Backyard cottages one way to meet Maui housing needs
2. Out-of-touch Hawaii Dems have only themselves to blame for legislative losses
3. For Me, Voting In Person On Election Day Is About Culture, Not Politics
4. Following the money
5. 50 schools reading proficiency rates drop 20% or more since 2019
6. Chamber of Commerce Hawaii re-releases 2030 Blueprint to boost economic competitiveness
7. Hawaii activist is banned from South Korea: "a pawn for the North Korean regime or even an outright agent"
8. 12.5% Transit Fare Hike

1. Hawaii's permitting headaches: 'stories of anger and frustration'
2. HD39: Rep Pierick ahead 20 votes with 75 ballots to 'cure'
3. Washington Monument Strategy
4. Trump support grows in blue state Hawaii
5. Democrats and the Case of Mistaken Identity Politics
6. Vacation rentals bill shelved: Council decides contentious measure too complicated in current state
7. Bill 62 nullifies fire sprinkler installation requirements
8. $63M:  How much will Ala Wai bridge cost?
9. Yearlong renovation of Maui’s War Memorial Stadium could pave way for Hula Bowl, concerts, rodeos
10. 42 Time Loser out on bail, does it again—Catches Federal Case

1. Hawaiian Electric Reports 3Q Results--'Bankruptcy Threat Mitigated'
2. Labor Board Ruling: 100s of Teachers May be Shortchanged on Pay
3. Down Again: HIDOE releases 2024-25 enrollment figures for public schools
4. “We’ve issued more permits than any other county in the state”
5. Pierick Wins: Recount confirms Republican’s 20-vote margin in West Oahu (75 ballots need to be ‘cured’)
6. Maui Council: Cook beats King by 117 votes (1,069 ballots need to be ‘cured’)
7. HECO details $120M spent on wildfire safety, resiliency measures in 2024
8. Board rejects land director’s proposal for Maui water license
9. Hawaii vets stationed at Area 51 join nationwide fight for treatment for radiation exposure

1. Massive Political Realignment Beats Back Woke Witch Hunt
2. Trump why and how
3. Senate Holds Hearing on HECO Wildfire Plan
4. Nakamura to be Speaker, Announces Leadership Team
5. Honolulu Clerk has been Purposefully Keeping Voting Lines Long: 2020, 2022, 2024
6. 100 voters still in line at 11:30PM
7. Final Hawaii ballots trigger only one Recount: State House Dist 39
8. Recount: Cure Your Ballot
9. Gov. Green gives state workers bonus paid time off
10. Honolulu Police Shooting Lawsuit Heads To Court After Settlement Stalls
11. Morgue contractor suing Maui police for alleged unpaid bills after Lahaina fire
12. Overturn unsuccessful on Honolulu mayor’s to veto fireworks bill
13. Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen asks state land board to hold off on water permit conversation, again
14. Soft on Crime: Big Isle man accused of stealing ATV from Kea‘au High School in August now charged with theft of trailer from Pāhoa school
15. Hawai‘i Self-Defense Law

• Trump why and how
• Big Island General Plan a Word Salad
• $80M is a lot for HPP park

1. Kouchi Announces Senate Committee Chairs, Leadership
2. 2024 General Election Results --FOURTH READ
3. On 4^th Read Pierick beats Rosenlee (again) GOP gains 1 State Senator and 3 State Representatives
4. Star-Adv:  Republican Gains Mean State can no Longer Ignore West Side Issues
5. ‘Asinine, Lying’ Elections officials claim voting delays not predictable
6. Election Officials Make More Excuses for Long Lines
7. Lines Suppress Republican Votes on Election Day—but GOP still gains 1 State Senator and 3 State Representatives
8. Legislators to Name Nakamura House Speaker
9. Thousands oppose $1.5M proposed settlement of HPD deadly shooting lawsuit
10. Entitled: ‘Progressives’ whine about ‘uninformed voters’ after losing Maui Council Races
11. Lahaina Fires: Judge Cahill Comes up with new trick to Screw Insurers
12. Major Chinatown blackouts lead to partial claims payments for businesses
13. Council mulls veto override for fireworks bill

1. 2024 General Election Results -- Third Read
2. WSJ: How Democrats Made a Trump Comeback Possible
3. Hawaii Trump campaign chair outlines vision, hope for next administration
4. Hawaiian Electric Still Pretending it has Wildfire Settlement
5. Big Island General Plan a Word Salad
6. UPDATE: Territorial Shareholders Vote to Accept Hope Merger
7. Alameda to become Hawaii County mayor – HGEA, UPW Members to get $20K each
8. Voter Suppression AGAIN -- Kapolei Hale wait 6 hours in the rain
9. Common Cause Hawaii: Voting by mail cannot replace in-person voting
10. Rep.  Jill Tokuda on voter wait times: ‘We did not meet the moment’
11. Hawaii election results delayed until last voter in line casts ballot -- 11 p.m.
12. Hawaii residents stand in rain, long lines, to cast ballots
13. Voters endure 3 hour-long wait to decide who serves on the Maui City County
14. Maui Voters Wait Hours To Cast Ballots
15. Three Hour Wait at Kailua-Kona
16. In-person Hawaii voters face long lines on Election Day
17. Meet the last voters in line in Honolulu, Kapolei, and Wailuku
18. Rail Shaft Sunk 357 feet looking for solid footing
19. Flooding causes extensive damage to Ewa Beach homes

1. ACLU Challenges HPD Drugged-Driving Arrests
2. Downtown Honolulu to Suffer Three More Years of HECO Outages -- Due to Corroded Transformers
3. Bill 60: Honolulu Council to vote on massive sewer fee hike
4. Bill 50: Why Can’t Downtown-Chinatown Have Block Parties Anymore?
5. Maui County Looks To Extend Tax Exemptions For Wildfire Survivors
6. Health care workers across major Maui hospitals go on strike

1. 376,635 Early Votes cast in General Election
2. Exploring China's Efforts to Spy in Hawaii
3. $80M is a lot for HPP park
4. ‘It was biased’: Controversy over Hawaii public school lesson on presidential candidates
5. Navy water system upgrade under intense scrutiny
6. Maui Health workers prepare for three-day strike with no agreement on patient-to-staff ratios
7. Maui Council May Double Down On Mayor's Tax Relief Proposal For Day Cares
8. Trial delayed for 4 officers charged in Makaha crash case
9. Next President Will Shape The Future Of America's Largest Marine Monument

1. Election Day November 5 -- Drop Box and Voter Service Center Locations
2. The Cato Report Cards
3. How ADU growth can help ‘keep the country country’
4. Oahu Election Day lines, delayed results are necessary to suppress Republican Votes
5. The Maui County Cultural Commission's Unfortunate Failure
6. Star-Adv: Construction of new Oahu jail Depends on Co-opting Soft-on-Crime Crowd
7. Legislators can Still use Waterless Reflecting Poll to give out Contracts
8. Hilton Hawaiian Village, union reach tentative contract deal
9. After Decades of Waiting, Laniakea highway realignment to begin