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Entries for May 2024
| Friday, May 31, 2024 |
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May 31, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 2388 Views
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- April 2024 Tourist Spending and Arrivals Down Sharply
- Red Hill Tanks to be Vented and Cleaned
- State CIO Quits
- Green Signs Condo Bills
- Hawaii County Property Tax Cuts for Homeowners and 'Affordable Rentals'
- Tourism-related property tax hike a threat to Kauai economy
- Control of Water Ensures No Affordable Housing Will EVER be Built in Lahaina
- Priced out of paradise, they’ve built new connections and community in Las Vegas
- Maui Council Budgets $300,000 To Study Impacts Of Eliminating 7,000 Vacation Rentals
- Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Issues Ruling On Mauna Kea Access designed to help activists block road, extort money from telescopes
- Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Buildings Removed From Maunakea—Telescope Transported to Chile where Science is Appreciated
- Plaintiffs, Boy Scouts settle wrongful death case
- 400 HPD Vacancies -- Waianae residents still waiting for the city to make good on its commitment
- Scam Alert: Carbon Credits
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| Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
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May 30, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:21 PM :: 2419 Views
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- 65 Lahaina Fire Victims Opt in to Settlement Fund
- Mayor signs resolution to create standalone Ocean Safety Department
- 'Sun Bucks' -- $177 per kid Boost on EBT Cards
- HECO to Begin Preemptive Blackouts for Fire Risk Areas
- DLNR: No Evidence Cruise Ships too Close to Na Pali Coast
- Hawaii Highest Fast Food Prices in USA
- Governor's Office 'Listening Sessions' on Child Welfare System
- Hawaii Red Cross CEO Fired for speaking out against the practice of encouraging wildfire survivors to move off-island
- Crime Pays: City ‘cannot’ recoup $12.5M from man facing gun, drug charges
- Rep. Gene Ward: We Need A Special Session To Solve Our Mortgage Insurance Crisis
- Hawaii Council On Revenues Trims Its State Tax Collection Estimate
- City salaries resolution? – automatic annual raises based on unions’ contracts
- Police called to Leeward Schools 500 times in 5 Months
- Maui Fire battalion chief charged with sexually assaulting minor
- Land Board rejects plea for contested case hearing from Nakoa luxury yacht owners
- Hawaii judge orders a new environmental review of a wave pool at behest of competitor
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| Wednesday, May 29, 2024 |
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May 29, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 1974 Views
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- UHERO: Hawai‘i gender pay gap largely driven by motherhood
- Green Signs Six Housing Bills Into Law
- In Hawaii, Permission To Use Medical Marijuana Precludes Permission To Own a Gun
- Secrecy: Hawaii Department of Human Services Nominated for 'Golden Padlock Award'
- Lifelong Criminal awarded $12.5M Busted AGAIN
- What Would Criminal Lawyer Need to do to Fake $12.5M Injury?
- In climate change/fossil fuels lawsuit, federal law should apply
- Honolulu Council considers changes to Salary Commission
- Why are so many local Hawaii businesses closing?
- Stormwater CIP Projects Dictated by Staffing Shortage
- Homeowner cited for illegal fireworks after brutal beating incident in Ewa Beach
- Bulldoze Borneo for Hawaii’s Fake Biofuels
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| Tuesday, May 28, 2024 |
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May 28, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:01 PM :: 2085 Views
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- Hawaii 2nd Worst State for Renters
- Rape and Death: State Pays $1.8M to Settle Foster Care Suit
- Working Group to Reform Child Welfare Services?
- Police Cover up Assault at Illegal Fireworks Party
- Accused Hawaii island drug trafficker was deported 4 times
- Banks agree to lend Hawaiian Electric $250M
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| Monday, May 27, 2024 |
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May 27, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 2515 Views
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- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 24, 2024
- Conflict Of Interest? Some Hawaii Lawmakers Work For Or Even Own Companies That Get State Contracts
- SB3139: Hawaii homeless with mental issues could be assessed involuntarily
- Lahaina Property Owners Urged To Apply For Building Permits As Soon As Possible
- Logan Dynasty in Hawaii
- Disaster Excuse for Maui Leaders Japan Junket
- Maui Boards May Soon Be Able To Get Back To Business With Settlement Agreement
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| Sunday, May 26, 2024 |
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May 26, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:01 PM :: 2591 Views
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- ‘Deadly Cocktail’: Hawaii Still Reeling From Job Losses Four Years After The Pandemic
- Targeting scapegoats affects us all
- SB2475 on Governor’s Desk: Creates Database of School Child Molesters
- Secret Administrative Directives, Part 2
- Saiki: Broken Trust is Still the Model for business and politics in Hawaii
- How much of your paycheck goes to your mortgage in Honolulu? A lot.
- Senate Bill 1035: A win for access to health care
- SB1170: Black Sand, Kobayashi scoop up more ‘affordable’ housing credits
- HECO Lines Will be De-energized during Red Flag Warnings
- Wahiawa Hospital Reopens with New Name
- Hawaii DoH Spreads Surfrider’s Fake Bacteria Counts to Oahu Beaches
- BOE updates policy on press freedom for student journalists
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| Saturday, May 25, 2024 |
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May 25, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:00 PM :: 2887 Views
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| Friday, May 24, 2024 |
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May 24, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 2317 Views
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- DHHL: After Hawaiian Tel Auction Buy, Criminal Al Hee's Sandwich Isles Scam Causing 'phone and internet disruptions'
- Podcast: The Second Amendment Implications of Hawaii Legalizing Butterfly Knives
- Miske “Sources inside local law enforcement, ATF, and FBI”
- Public corruption trial centered on Kealoha payout delayed
- Maui County's Move Against Vacation Rentals Likely To Bog Down In Court
- OHA News: Profitable Nonprofits ‘clamoring for money’ -- HCA Gets $3.1M, where’s ours???
- SB2475 on Governor’s Desk: Creates Database of School Child Molesters
- Contract? What Contract? Teachers Union Demands Another $3,000 Cash Money
- Governor Green Wants to Import Liquefied Natural Gas
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| Thursday, May 23, 2024 |
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May 23, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 PM :: 2010 Views
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- Green Announces Plan: Fly 3,000 Lahaina Survivors to Mainland
- DoH: No Jet Fuel Found in Navy Water System
- DoE Begins Process of Convincing Lahaina Community to Accept School Relocation Plan
- Jones Act beneficiaries schizophrenic about China
- Mitsunaga Secretary Acquitted For Bribery Could Still Face State Campaign Violations
- Legal analysts: Board of Water Supply’s $1.2B claim with Navy likely headed to lawsuit
- Disaster: No Confidence in MEMA
- More details emerge after cockfight raid: 25 dead roosters, $20K in cash seized
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| Wednesday, May 22, 2024 |
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May 22, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 1482 Views
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| Tuesday, May 21, 2024 |
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May 21, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:00 PM :: 713 Views
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- GET exemption could be turning point in Hawaii healthcare crisis
- UHERO Factbook: 80% of Hawaii Families Cannot Afford Mortgage
- Derek Turbin Elected Chair of Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi
- DHHL: Criminal Al Hee's Sandwich Isles Scam Causing 'phone and internet disruptions'
- Recession? Hawaii hotels’ soft spring is carrying over to summer
- How Are Jurors Holding Up 4 Months Into The Miske Trial? Better Than You Might Think, Experts Say
- An overlooked group of Lahaina fire victims
- Hawaiian Electric Reports Nine Blackouts in April
- ‘I thought it was a joke!’: Rising grocery prices spur formal complaint from Hawaii lawmaker
- Hawaii faces shortage of 800 physicians, with neighbor islands hit hardest
- Big Island rejected more gun permits than other counties in 2023
- EPA Gives Activists $2.1M for ‘Reusable foodware plan’—it still doesn’t work
- How The System Keeps the Homeless, Homeless
- State Installing New Cameras At Women's Prison After $2 Million Settlement Over Sex Assaults
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| Monday, May 20, 2024 |
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May 20, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 1918 Views
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- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 18, 2024
- End GE Tax on Medical Services
- COVID Fraud? Why Was The Maui County Finance Director Fired?
- Column: Proposed income tax cuts a net positive for Hawaii’s economy
- Hawaii counties differ in approach to regulating vacation rentals
- DoE Enrollment Keeps Shrinking—Down 12,000 Since 2020
- Watchdogging Wildfire Prevention Policies and Practices
- Kauai apartment residents challenge DHHL as eviction looms
- Will new legislation increase affordable housing?
- Trial delayed again in Makaha crash case, now set for October
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| Monday, May 20, 2024 |
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Letters to the Editor May, 2024
By Letters to the Editor @ 6:45 AM :: 1988 Views
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- End GE Tax on Medical Services
- Open Letter: Republican Delegates Should Reject Rule Changes
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| Sunday, May 19, 2024 |
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May 19, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:09 PM :: 3144 Views
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- The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is a slush fund—Where is the money going?
- Plan to ban thousands of TVRs on Maui has rocky road ahead
- Honolulu cuts budget by $40M; Grassroot says ‘keep going’
- Secret Administrative Directives, Part 1
- Interview with Kaneshiro jury foreman Shane Keli’i Kai Paleka
- Crime spree: The testimony of key witness Jacob ‘Jake’ Smith
- Master lease news: Another telescope controversy is being Manufactured, this time on Maui
- Part of The Plan: Public to discuss ‘new site’ for destroyed Lahaina school
- Tourists Turned Off by Rising Costs of Hawaii’s Vacation Rentals
- Hawaii Democratic Party holds State Convention
- No Treatment Available for Drug Addicts in Hawaii
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| Saturday, May 18, 2024 |
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May 18, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:38 PM :: 1099 Views
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| Friday, May 17, 2024 |
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May 17, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 960 Views
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- Census: Hawaii cities shrinking as state population decreases
- Influential high school administrator in Hawaii shrugs as boy competes in girls' track and field state championships
- Akina lauds Legislature’s Lahaina-response spending
- Tax cut great. Now let’s cut regulations.
- Oahu Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Fraudulent Check Scheme
- Tupola Proposal Lowest TVR Property Taxes for 2025
- Even After Debris Removal, Lahaina Homeowners Still Not Allowed to Return
- Maui Wildfire Insurance Losses Estimated At $3 Billion So Far
- Lies and bogus documents got Miske’s companies past licensing hurdles
- Evacuations Coming? City officials keep close eye on rising Wahiawa Reservoir
- Storms cause solar reduction, HECO says the diesel backup generators can meet demand
- Hawaii Just Won't Give Up Its Harsh Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
- Honolulu City Council OKs plan for stand-alone Ocean Safety Department
- US Tourism Soars, Hawaii Declines
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| Thursday, May 16, 2024 |
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May 16, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 PM :: 2009 Views
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- 40% of Lahaina Burn Zone Survivors Face Difficulty Accessing Medical Care
- How DHS Policy Change Drives Homeless Count UP, UP, UP
- Honolulu Highest Inflation in USA
- Curt Otaguro Named new Boss of Airports Division
- Feds Designate 2,000,000 Acres of Hawaii as 'Sentinel Landscapes'
- Lahaina Burn Zone Sewer Service Partially Restored
- Pay-To-Play: ‘Heads of state agencies and divisions often get their positions because of their political activities and connections’
- Guess Who Just Got Out Of Federal Prison Already?
- Redwood City man's arrest reveals secret Hawaii/California meth ring and alleged motive for social worker's targeted killing
- Soft on Crime: Standoff suspect granted mental exam, freed on cashless bail by judge
- Unreliable Flights Causing Medical Access ‘Crisis’
- Backlash on announcement of 18th Mauna ‘Ala curator prompts meeting with Hawaii organization leaders
- California Junk Fee Transparency Law May Affect Hawaii Tourism
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| Wednesday, May 15, 2024 |
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May 15, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 1002 Views
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- Closing arguments begin in high-profile Hawaii bribery trial
- Green Signs HB2342: Legalizes 'open carry' of everything except guns
- Environmentalists hit snag in Navy fuel contamination case
- Hawaii Supreme Court says goodbye to federalism
- Next Step in The Plan to get rid of You: Maui Council Approves Massive Tax Increase on Small Businesses, Rentals
- Hawaii Governor May Veto Plan To Put More Money Into The State Rainy Day Fund
- Honolulu Rail Authority To Seek Damages For Delays In Completing Airport Segment
- What is left if a newspaper has no reporters?
- Waianae Hell: One Intersection Draws 762 Emergency calls in a Year
- Kahului Hell: Driven by her daughter’s bullying experience, a Maui mom advocates for change
- Son of Honolulu police sergeant found guilty in fatal Round Top Drive shooting
- HPD officer accused of DUI seeks to have her case dismissed
- On Molokai, health care providers struggle with low payments, high costs — and little support
- Mobile home parks answer to affordability?
- Lahaina: Stop this bottomless flow of our tax dollars
- Vacant Land Sales Around Lahaina Have Jumped Since The Wildfires
- Nursery Develops High-Tech Rhinoceros Beetle Solution
- How Proud Boys helped Gay Socialist Win in Hawaii
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| Tuesday, May 14, 2024 |
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May 14, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 1436 Views
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- Landmark Victory for Second Amendment Rights in Honolulu
- Black Sand, Kobayashi First to benefit from DEP 'Affordable Housing' Scheme
- Feds Sentence Another Hawaii Fraudster
- Final witness testifies as former prosecutor’s corruption trial draws to a close in Hawaii
- Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Eddins: “Horrors and Treachery” Coming From SCOTUS
- Miske used powerful connections to avoid legal trouble for years
- What is “a pattern of racketeering activity”?
- CWS Hid Child Molestation Report from Big Island Judge Kim
- HB470: Allow Gay ‘Shelters’ to Hold ‘Homeless LGBTQ’ Kids over parents’ objection
- Happy News: A Missouri River Court Decision Could Sink Hawaii's Ala Wai Flood Control Plan
- Red Hill trial concludes, families now await judge's ruling
- HART director receives support from rail skeptics at Council
- On Molokai, there are no surgeries or MRIs. The dearth of care has some asking, ‘Why bother?’
- What will it take? Entire Town Burning Down not enough to Motivate Homeless to Accept Housing
- Drug overdose deaths up in Maui County, Kauai as fentanyl use grows
- DoE Plan: Taking aim at Hawaii's 30% chronic absenteeism with video games
- Newest DoE Assistant Superintendent is already planning his retirement
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| Monday, May 13, 2024 |
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May 13, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:33 PM :: 3011 Views
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- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 11, 2024
- Witness in Miske case tells of a search for human remains
- Conditions ripe in Hawaii for another fire disaster
- “I will not celebrate tiny reforms at the margins when the blatant core of corruption goes unaddressed”
- With Master Lease Negotiations Underway, Activists Target Haleakala Space Force Telescope Proposal
- Families suing over 2021 jet fuel leak into Navy drinking water in Hawaii seek $225K to $1.25M
- Visitors Seek Alternatives as Hawaii Travel Rebound Wanes Says State
- SB3202 Gives Counties Flexibility
- Doubling the Payoff: Red Light Cameras could enforce speed limits on Oahu
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| Sunday, May 12, 2024 |
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May 12, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:07 AM :: 2594 Views
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- The Green Affordability Plan Passes
- How Long $2 Million Will Last in Retirement in Hawaii
- Defeating Bad Bills Also a Form of Winning
- 14 Years Later: Honouliuli WWTP portion of Consent Decree completed
- “Who protects Hawaiʻi from invasive species? You do.”
- Lahaina Lesson? "Prepare for quick evacuation"
- As Young Families Move to Mainland, Hawaii Deaths Begin Outnumbering Births
- Gay Marriage Constitutional Amendment on Fall Ballot
- Star-Adv: Milk Army land deal for every penny because national defense is of zero value to us
- SB3202 Two Years Away from Tripling Residential Density
- STVRs on ag land goes before state high court
- Incumbents are favored in lackluster election cycle
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| Saturday, May 11, 2024 |
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May 11, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 AM :: 1139 Views
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- UHERO: 'Population slowing will reduce future growth'
- Teachers Union Organizing Social Justice Warriors
- Who Needs Collective Bargaining? More Cash Payouts for Teachers
- Hawaiian Electric completes West Maui transmission line work
- 281 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
- Witnesses describe Miske Money Laundering transactions
- Corruption Defendant Dennis Mitsunaga Will Remain In Jail Despite ‘Superficial’ Health Issues
- FEMA approves final extension for temporary housing for wildfire survivors
- Landlords now required to file affidavit for lease termination exception
- Honolulu agrees to 4-month window to grant or deny gun carrying licenses after lawsuit over delays
- Court to Rule Monday on Stairway to Heaven
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| Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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May 10, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 AM :: 1250 Views
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- After Nine Months of Toxic Lies, DoH Finally Admits: "We do not expect to find health impacts caused by toxins in the wildfire ash"
- Fairness one reason to expand GET break for medical services
- Akina lauds legislative gains, but Hamada has reservations
- Personal income in Hawaii might contract this year
- Hawaii bill exempts certain medical services from general excise tax
- As admitted child predator nears sentencing, police open more cases against psychologist
- Kaneshiro Employee Faked a Local Address for Campaign Contributions
- Maui Rejects Proposal Allowing Chicago Company To Drill For Water In Kula
- Second lawsuit filed to stop removal of Haiku Stairs
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| Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
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May 9, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 5457 Views
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- Property tax hikes wrong way to rebuild Lahaina
- Pinata: 'Federal Funds Summit' set for July
- Navy, NASA Begin Process to Renew Barking Sands Lease
- Grandson of former JSC Chair gets Kahala Beach stabbing verdict vacated by appeals court
- Campaign Spending Commission Fines ‘Clean Elections’ Activist Kaniela Ing Another $18,000
- ‘Follow the money’ witness wraps up government’s case in Kaneshiro trial
- DoE Forces Transsexuals on Female Athletes at HHSAA Track Meet
- FEMA Paying $12K/mo rent on 500 empty units ‘survivors’ refuse to accept
- Vacation rental owners say punishing them won’t solve Maui’s housing crisis
- Alaska and Hawaiian agree not to consummate deal for 90-day period
- LOL: Will Honolulu reach its goal to drop emissions by 45% in the next year?
- Maui mayor requests proposals for ‘after-action report’ 9 months after Maui wildfires
- Federal witnesses defend Navy’s Red Hill response
- Few Riders on Rail
- After Getting Away With It, Smug Lopresti Mocks HPD Officer Arrested for DUI
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| Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
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May 8, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 1288 Views
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- DOBOR Clears Bums and Junk Cars from Kahului Harbor
- Hawaii 2nd-Worst State to be a Cop
- $7M fines on One House: City and county moving to foreclose on illegal vacation rentals
- Expert raises new concerns about Maui County’s ability to respond to upcoming fire season
- Wildfire Planning: PUC Lets HECO take charge
- Hawaii Is Entering A Dangerous Fire Season. Here's What Will Be Different Post-Lahaina
- Maui Dems Attack HCF
- Court ruling could trigger environmental assessment for Kauai seed production project
- Defense calls first witnesses at Red Hill tainted water trial in Hawaii
- The Inalienable Rights Of Hawaii's Condominium Owners
- Semisub Scam? Neither Ige nor Ariyoshi Remember Anything
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| Tuesday, May 7, 2024 |
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May 7, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:35 PM :: 1322 Views
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- Convention Report: Hawaii Republican Party Selling HQ
- Hawaii Legislative Session Adjourns, Marking the Defeat of Several Anti-Gun Bills
- IBEW 1186 Employee Hit With $44K Embezzlement Charge
- Case Dismissed: Hawaii Libraries Can Still Distribute Porn to Minors
- SB2919: Hotel Industry 'worked hand-in-hand with community partners and the government'
- Lifelong Criminal who just received $12.5M settlement from HPD arrested for new gun, drug crimes
- What Would Criminal Lawyer Need to do to Fake $12.5M Injury?
- Mitsunaga Jailhouse Slip-Fall in Bid for Release
- Is this a van used in the kidnapping of Johnny Fraser?
- How Much Money Will Liquor Commission Pay to Stay Corrupt?
- Batteries and Diesel: HECO Seeks ‘Renewable’ Energy Projects for Oahu and Big Island
- High Schoolers Learn About Money Management? After 15 Years, DoE Agrees to a ‘Pilot Project’
- Doom Loop: Homeless Meth-heads Destroy 460 Biki Bikes
- Recreational boaters scramble to meet new insurance requirement
- Star Alameda, wife of mayoral candidate dies
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| Monday, May 6, 2024 |
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May 6, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:23 PM :: 1592 Views
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- How Did it Happen? Legislature passes historic bills on taxation, housing and healthcare
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 4, 2024
- Mayor Blangiardi signs bill declaring the City and County of Honolulu a “Purple Heart City”
- 40,457 Unregistered Cars on Oahu Streets
- JSC Releases Nominees for Four Oahu Circuit Court Vacancies
- Let People Make Mistakes
- Two Frameups: HPD Major Lied for Mitsunaga
- Session's Over. It's Time For Many Legislators To Hit The Campaign Trail
- 82% Property tax hikes for Maui B&Bs
- After Months of Being Blocked by A&B and County, Ohana Hope Village Is Finally Opening To Maui Fire Survivors
- Hawaii Got Back $441,000 From Aloha Stadium Consultant
- Waianae Focus: Oahu first responders alter operations for planned power shutoffs
- Staff shortages plague Honolulu’s 911 system
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| Sunday, May 5, 2024 |
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May 5, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:48 PM :: 1642 Views
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- Shimabukuro Resigns Early from Senate
- FBI Raids? No problem--Dawson Begins Construction of Lahaina Housing
- Legislature comes through big time
- The Also-Rans
- $5B Income Tax Cut
- Hawaii Vacation Rental Occupancy Sinks as Rates Continue to Soar
- National Science Foundation to discuss possible funding for TMT
- Lessons For Hawaii: Other States Have Strong Pay-To-Play Laws
- Millions spent waterproofing Hawaii Capitol with no pools
- Hawaii Legislature OKs $18M for claims against state
- Three More Dead Ethics Bills
- SB2405: Help Candidates Learn the Ropes by Allowing them to Steal from their own Campaign Committees
- UH Hilo Housing Moldy, Broken—Admin Solution? Censor the Student newspaper
- Miske Trial: A look at the court’s draft jury instructions
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| Saturday, May 4, 2024 |
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May 4, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:10 PM :: 1162 Views
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- Green Signs SB2919: Pretending to Allow Counties to Seize TVRs
- Dems: Income Tax Cut Tops off 'Productive' Legislative Session
- Green Signs Six Good Government Bills into Law
- Green 'Climate Team' Headed by A&B Exec to Lead Maui 'Recovery'
- 260 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
- A judge is forcing Hawaii to give wildfire investigation documents to lawyers handling lawsuits
- Rail Fail: HART CEO ‘May be gone next year’
- Usual Suspects Rally Against Jews at UH
- Ewa Beach care home fined $315K for operating without a license
- ‘Labor Shortage’ -- Garbage Piles Up at Apartments, Condos
- Opening more discussion on the proposed water source agreement in Kula
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| Friday, May 3, 2024 |
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May 3, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 2239 Views
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- Maui County to (attempt to) Outlaw 'Minatoya List' Condotels
- Tokuda: Make Lahaina Federally Controlled 'National Heritage Area'
- Green Signs SB582: $385M for Maui Relief -- mostly for 'FEMA Ineligible Persons'
- Maui: Enviros File Another Bird Lights Lawsuit
- Open Letter: Republican State Convention Delegates Should Reject Rule Changes
- Governor: A&B will direct me to call Special Session to Soak HECO Ratepayers
- Defendant In Honolulu Corruption Case Gave Politicians Thousands In Illegal Straw Donations, Niece Says
- Stalled Debris Removal Prolongs A Lahaina Family's Grief
- HPD investigates alleged Jan. 1 beating of friends of suspect
- Island of Retaliation: Embattled Kauai police chief accused of ‘punishing’ officers who found his lost service gun
- Legal issues complicate removal of ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ city confirms
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| Thursday, May 2, 2024 |
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May 2, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 1826 Views
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- Maui County to (attempt to) Outlaw 'Minatoya List' Condotels
- SB1035: Legislature Passes Bill to Exempt Medical Care from GE Tax
- Maui County files complaint seeking to hold cell carriers responsible for failure to report outages during fires
- HB2144: Allow Production and Sale of 'Homemade Food Products'
- HB2298: Coffee Labeling Bill Pushes Back on Blenders
- Bill 85: Update Maui’s ‘circuit breaker’ property tax credit
- Hawaii Least Drug Problem in USA
- Hawaii Worst State for Nurses
- Psychologist who got ‘unusual’ plea deal admitted to abusing other young victims, filings reveal
- Tax Relief, Gut n Replace, Close Votes -- Legislators Send 200 Bills to Governor
- SB2919: Bill aimed at short-term vacation rentals passes
- SB2922: No Limit on HECO Securitization Rate Hikes for Businesses
- ‘Still a threat’: Victim decries decision to release one of Hawaii’s most notorious serial rapists
- Developers And Labor Unions Are Contributing To Blangiardi's Reelection Campaign
- Will Supreme Court Allow Honolulu to Force Homeless Lunatics and Drug Addicts into Treatment?
- Volunteer Firefighters Are Big On The Mainland. Not So Much In Hawaii
- Hawaii Stop Big Oil Lawsuits to be Heard in June
- Hawaii AG’s Stop Big Pharma Lawsuit Kept in Federal Court
- Red light cameras at intersections on Oahu could soon also enforce speeding
- City Council discusses Mayor’s proposal for new Ocean Safety Department
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| Wednesday, May 1, 2024 |
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May 1, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:46 PM :: 1292 Views
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- OHA Above the Law? One Trustee Says 'No'
- Unclaimed: Over $15 million in Tax Credits for Low Income Households
- Wealth by Association? How Social Networks Drive Inequality in Hawaii
- SB2845: No Right to Keep and Bear Ammunition under Age 21
- Nine Months Later: State Finally Begins Building Housing for Lahaina Survivors
- Hawaii AG releases firearm registration statistics
- DOH rejects Navy’s Red Hill consolidated groundwater sampling plan
- Tourist Spending and Arrivals Down for March
- After Refusing FEMA Trailers, State to pay $56M monthly hotel bill
- Blackouts are Part of HECO Fire Safety Plan
- Lawmakers Rejected A Bill To Bail Out HECO. Now What?
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