1. Bill 56: Increase amount for permit exemptions to ease 209 day backlog
2. Resolution 33: Tinkering with Property Tax Rates on Rental Units
3. Want More COVID Cash? Apply June 13
4. OIP Issues Three New Formal Opinions
5. Honolulu City Council refuses to stop pay hike, rejects ban on outside employment
6. Campaign fundraising season is upon us
7. HPD: Only Feds Can Prosecute Drug Pusher for Overdose Deaths
8. Honolulu DPP to no longer take paper commercial permit plans
9. Discrimination: ILWU West Maui resort allowed to push sand without public comment
10. Maui Battery Farm--$60M for four hours
11. 37 Years Later DHHL finally says it will be building infrastructure to allow lessees to move onto their leaseholds
12. Councilmember: Homelessness Industry and ACLU Should Stop Lying About Sweeps 
13. Cultural Competence Helps, But It Doesn't Get The Job Done
14. Star-Advertiser Prints and Distributes Chinese Communist Paper
15. Can a decades-old Hawaii fight aid Georgia’s Trumpster ‘alternate’ electors?

1. Water Bills Going Up: BWS Signs $204M Kalaeloa Desalination Contract
2. SB975: Green Signs Tax Increase on Vaping Products
3. Hawaii Republicans Set Electronic Vote to Elect Party Treasurer
4. Did City Employees Rig Neighborhood Board Election Software to Get Themselves ‘Elected’?
5. Amid outrage over proposed 64% raise, councilmembers will take up fake measure that might ban outside income two years from now
6. Ethics:  State’s Useless Agribusiness Development Corp ordered to make it look good as new insider is installed as boss
7. Environmental risks will persist for Decades after Red Hill tanks are drained
8. Electric Rates Going Up: PUC Considers ‘Green Tariff’
9. Protecting Molesters: Why no ‘Erin’s Law’ from Legislature?
10. Idea: Let Lots and Lots of Criminals back out onto the Streets Instead of building New Jail
11. Get a Job!  SNAP Work Requirements Finally Returning
12. 'Something needs to be done'   Frustration over seven-year-old homeless encampment at Old Stadium Park
13. MPD takes lead providing services to five-year-old homeless camp
14. Hawaii County Flies Bums to Mainland

1. Some gems amid Legislature’s overspending?
2. Hawaii Economy 5th-Worst in USA
3. Hawaii Republican Party Closes Headquarters 
4. Marijuana Dispensary Oligopoly Enforcers: Court Upholds Drug Raid on Pinky's Hempire 
5. State gives Joseph Crime Family Shooters Probation after father of seven is killed, then they get arrested in Federal drug, road rage case
6. Rail Contracts for Downtown Electrical Reconnections--One Billion and Counting
7. Star-Adv: Veto $50 million for tech campus
8. Distraction: Oahu homeowners might get $350 one-time tax credit
9. Governor replaces school board chair who challenged public school leaders
10. ‘Startling’ number of officer vacancies at HPD spur public safety concerns
11. Advocates of 'reasonable' gun control laws don't want any firearms at all
12. ACLU criticizes county, threatens legal action over homeless sweeps
13. Kaua‘i’s Nawiliwili Stream ranked nation’s most frequently polluted beach
14. Group to sue over Kailua-Kona sewage discharges
15. Will Condotels Be Allowed to Fall into Ocean? -- One way to eliminate competition to unionized hotels

1. Helicopter Association Slams Air Tour Plans for Hawaii National Parks
2. Silence is Golden--Literally: Few Council members comment on pay hikes
3. Hundreds of tour boat jobs in peril
4. Punatics and Grifters Protest Against Geothermal
5. Perfectly Good Telescope being Dismantled to Satisfy Activists: decommissioning to be complete by end of summer

1. Hawaii’s Shadow Budget
2. Do you want distractions or solutions?
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 3, 2023
4. It’s Time for OHA to Change its Messaging About Kakaʻako Makai
5. New video says telehealth calls with mainland docs should be allowed
6. 'I Help You, You Help Me' Culture of Legislature Designed as Path to Corruption
7. New Aloha Stadium plan -- Free Land in exchange for Shrinking Stadium
8. Green Agenda: Long List of Developer Handouts Await
9. 2020 census -- High Cost of Living Boosts Multi-Generational Households
10. Star-Adv HART-Approved Rail Fluff
11. Hawaii Finds The Move Away From Fossil Fuels Is Easier Said Than Done
12. OCCC selects outsider as new warden
13. Sand replenishment project for Kaanapali Beach in limbo
14. Why AANHPI Heritage Month Is Nothing To Celebrate

1. ​Pay Hike? Pledge to Recall Honolulu Councilmembers
2. Ranking Individual Income Taxes--Hawaii 5th Highest
3. Red Hill 2023 Consent Order Published
4. Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit (island of O’ahu)
5. Green Signs 22 More Bills Into law
6. HCDA to Ban Residential Development at Kakaako Makai
7. Tripler Culture and Malpractice: Contrasting military medical centers and private hospitals
8. James Hansen Study Ends ‘Consensus’ -- COVID Shutdowns Blow Lid off Global Warming Theory
9. Green Replaces Board of Education Chair
10. Green signs bill banning concealed firearms in 'sensitive places'
11. Bankruptcy: Louis Kealoha’s plan to stiff victims?
12. A compact for doctors
13. HGEA - UPW Freebie: City Council urges administration to provide COVID hazard pay to employees
14. ‘This is crazy’: Analysis finds billions in schools construction money unspent
15. Governor signs laws banning guns in ‘sensitive’ places, requiring active shooter drills in schools
16. Kakaako Condos: Hawaii leads nation in homeownership increase
17. DLNR puts Coco Palms resort demolition on hold

​Pay Hike? Pledge to Recall Honolulu Councilmembers

1. Hawaii Job Satisfaction 3rd Lowest in USA 
2. Hawaii Highest Electric Rates in USA
3. Neighborhood Board Election Results Posted
4. DBEDT: Economic Recovery Continues in Hawaii
5. Grassroot Institute urges special session to block huge unemployment tax increase
6. Drone Bills in Hawaii Legislature
7. HB1363: GE Tax Hike Funnels Millions to Developers
8. DHHL $600M Bonanza: Ev Dowling Big Winner
9. Ala Wai Boondoggle: Plan to be Revealed in July
10. Big Coal Very Excited About Hawaii’s ‘Green Hydrogen’ Scheme
11. With ERs on Oahu packed, ambulances are stacking up outside rather than responding to 911 calls
12. Current cesspool conversion program still not enough to wipe out waste problem
13. HPD’s New Vice Major Vows To Take Down Game Rooms

1. Abercrombie News: Green Appoints Three UH Regents
2. Hawaii visitor spending up as tourism continues to recover from the pandemic
3. ‘Empty homes’ tax won’t fix supply-side housing crisis
4. Blangiardi and Team Hanabusa Conspire to Build More Rail Stations
5. HB999 Gut n Replace: How A Few Hawaii Senators Get Rid Of An Agency Board Member Who Was In The Way
6. After trailer Fire, Fevella calls for audit of Hawaii film office -- Studios Not Hiring Enough Local Mafia
7. Cock Fighting and Game Rooms: Informant Booted from meeting after naming names
8. Trial delayed again for ex-Honolulu officials as Miske Lawyer Seeks Wheat’s Deportation from Hawaii
9. Neighborhood board group against 64% Council raises
10. Honolulu Council Pretends to Look at lower property taxes for some homeowners       
11. Navy wants to remove 3 pipelines at Red Hill fuel facility
12. Kaua‘i County Council passes resolution supporting public access of Coco Palms lands

1. Shinnyo-en Should not be on Memorial Day
2. Aloha, Sam Slom, Hawaii will miss you
3. Owning a firearm in Hawaii is about to get more expensive
4. CDC: Hawaii drug overdoses doubled over the last decade
5. Iolani is one team: Football Coach Slices Woman Open, Found Not guilty
6. Civil Beat sues FBI over agency secrecy
7. Hawai’i Green Energy Initiative Dirtier Than Coal -- Tourism Industry Exempted
8. After long wait, feds to once again back loans for homestead land cleared of WWII-era munitions
9. Red Hill Depositions Reveal More Details About What The Navy Knew About Spill
10. US Sen. Brian Schatz’s Subtle Push For More Psychedelic ‘Research’
11. 14 Years Later DoT Pretends to ‘Revitalize’ Vacant Honolulu Harbor Museum Property Again 
12. Nimitz Experience; Homeless Camps Line Road to Waikiki

• Shinnyo-en Should not be on Memorial Day
• Open Letter to ‘Honolulu Resilience Office’
• Iroquois Point Elementary School Water Drive

1. Hawaii Property Tax Rates Creeping Up
2. Hawaii governor still has long list of bills to sign
3. How Tommy Waters Engineered Salary Hike via Honolulu Salary Commission
4. Ban on outside work for City Council proposed
5. Shooting complex still closed to some activities
6. More Homeless Mayhem: State sees surge in syphilis infections, including for unborn babies
7. Makaha crash trial for HPD officers is delayed

1. Kakaako Makai Construction News: Gay Nightclub Backing Transsexual Challenger to House Speaker
2. Another $100M to Back GEMS Scam Loans
3. Hawaii moves to lure mainland doctors
4. Hawaii Lawmakers Did Not Fund The Overpass To Kihei’s New High School
5. Will Honolulu City Council Vote On Salary Increases?
6. A struggle trying to vote for neighborhood board
7. Changed Visitor Habits Crush Hawaii Travel Outlook
8. Kuhio Beach Packed with Homeless Criminals

1. The Lone Ranger
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 27, 2023
3. GET on Health Care
4. Census: 11.5% fewer children as young families flee state
5. State needs to rein in wild spending
6. Green to name new HTA board members: Freeze Out De Fries?
7. Green: Regent Abercrombie
8. Governors have been Pretending to do Something About Homelessness for 32 years
9. USA Boxing defends disciplinary actions stemming from unsanctioned Hawaii event

1. Simpsons in Hawaii
2. The Number of Troops Hawaii Sent to Fight in WWII
3. Honolulu Among Least Affordable Cities for Home Buyers
4. Line Item Veto of Slush Fund ‘the responsible thing to do'
5. HDoT Reopens HNL Runway--sort of
6. Green Opens First Homeless 'Kauhale'
7. Riots are Profitable: Civil Beat Publisher gives nearly $2M to ‘defund police’ — while funding private security startup
8. Neighborhood plagued with homeless drug addicts’ crimes -- bums threaten to torch Mama Woo’s
9. Hawaii Tourism Authority is asked to explain U.S., Canada awards
10. The New ‘Sustainable’ Tourism: HNL Busier Than Ever
11. Amid pay raise debate, City Council considering a ban on second jobs for its members
12. Overseer of zoo, Blaisdell Center, Waikiki Shell secretly resigned May 19
13. Honolulu & State Climate Lawsuits Present Contrasting Positions
14. Hawaii Homeownership rate among lowest in USA
15. Bill has commercial boat operators worried for their businesses

1. DPP Supervisor Gets 60 Months in Prison for Bribery Scheme
2. Hawaii Settles Lawsuit Allowing for Carrying of Billies for Self-Defense
3. Sailor Wins Right to Register Guns
4. Nan News: Under Green’s New Plan, One Aloha Stadium Contractor will Win all the Marbles
5. Top State Officials Were Behind A Secretive Process That Steered Millions To A First Responders Center
6. Rumblings Of Recall Amid Honolulu Pay Raise Uproar
7. Another CWS Fail: Man who pleaded guilty in horrific child pornography case faces 30 years behind bars
8. First DLNR Carbon Offset Scheme Was Verified by Discredited Company
9. Ho’ahu: Omidyar Minions See Molokai Crony-Capitalist Project as Model
10. Honolulu Officers Who Arrested 10-Year-Old Want Protection From Lawsuit

1. Surgeon General Warning: Social Media a profound risk to mental health of children
2. Wailuku: DLNR, NOAA Raid 'Antique Freak' Shop
3. Revealed: KSBE, Campbell Estate benefit from Secret Spending Found in Budget Worksheets
4. When Already? Hawaii Policymakers Just Can't Get Aloha Stadium or HCCC Past The Planning Stage
5. Green Announces New Aloha Stadium ‘plan’ ‘with modification’ or something
6. $600M DHHL: 161-lot homestead project in Waikapu breaks ground
7. Former city building chief sentenced to 5 years for role in bribery scheme
8. Hawaii and California are the LEAST affordable places to live in the U.S. as incomes fail to keep up with soaring property prices
9. Oahu medical calls up 20% since pre-COVID
10. Federal judge awards $30M to former military family in Tripler Medical Center malpractice case
11. Narrow Walkway only Route in or out of Pearl City Rail Station
12. City parking meter upgrades aimed to fix nearly $5M loss
13. Next Year's Elections Are Already Taking Shape — Quickly
14. HPD Officers Fail to Kill Felon, Get Sued

1. Sovereignty Hitman Gets Piddling 37 Months for Beheading Threats
2. Hawaii Next? California sued over Law Allowing Lawsuits Against Gun Manufacturers
3. 'Out of State Permits' Drop 30%
4. Honolulu Youth Commission now accepting applications 
5. Governor urged to veto ‘crypto crackdown’ bills
6. ‘Blame Katherine’ -- Louis Kealoha finds Media Flack to Peddle his latest story
7. Miske defendant appeals continued confinement to 9th Circuit
8. Over-regulation leading to those priced out of Hawaii like Iam Tongi
9. UHERO indicates that delays in the permitting process in Hawaii have been roughly three times longer than the national average.
10. CLUE: More Vacant Houses Means LOWER Housing Costs
11. Where have all the workers gone? Hawaii’s chief economist explains
12. Spying on You: Tourist tracking app could be part of Hawaii visitor management plan
13. Legislators Want Mass Release of Criminals -- Design OCCC Funding to Fail
14. Handi-Van saddled with Soderholm Truck-Vans (again)
15. Oahu’s red light cameras could expand to speeding
16. Oahu's stolen vehicles used for other crimes
17. Maui: Former Anti-GMO Mayoral Candidate Arrested after man shot multiple times with pepper ball launcher
18. Bumbling DoE Bureaucrats Return ‘Buy Local’ Funding to Federal Government

1. Flags Lowered for Late Senator Sam Slom
2. Slush Fund News: HTA Gives $27M Contract to CNHA
3. Public invited to observe 72nd Mayor’s Memorial Day Ceremony
4. Green Touts 'Progress' in First Six Months
5. 'Renewable' Gravy Train End of Line: After Decades, HECO Dumps 'Avoided Cost' Contracts
6. Let’s Be Real: Hawaii Legislators Can Pretty Much Serve As Long As They Want
7. $27.1M Payout to CNHA ‘Uncomfortably Irregular’
8. Dos Santos-Tam Scores Swiss Junket amid criticism
9. $253M in affordable housing funding to lapse, Honolulu officials say
10. Honolulu reports 500% increase in suicide attempts, especially among youth
11. Tokai Professor Busted in Child Sex Sting
12. Sovereignty Hitman found guilty of threatening to kill Waianae harbor master to be sentenced
13. Guam braces for ‘extensive damage’ from Typhoon Mawar
14. COVID outbreak at Hilo nursing home includes 93 cases, 1 death

1. Hawaii Residents Furthest Behind on Retirement Savings
2. Illegal ‘Five-Point System’ Allows Hawaii Tourism Authority to Funnel money to CNHA
3. Unconstitutional Process Wastes first $50M on First Responders Park
4. HART will ultimately hurt the less-fortunate more than it will help them
5. Building Affordable in California, Hawaii: High Demand, High Hurdles
6. Maui’s Zoning Code Is More Than 60 Years Old. Where’s The Update?
7. Police chief talks trust during EHCC panel discussion        
8. Rape Bus remains on Dillingham Blvd in Kalihi--Lawyer Hired instead of Tow Truck Driver

1. Another Rainy Day Slush Fund
2. A short list for the governor
3. Hawaii Republicans Still Trying to Figure out what to do After Convention Fails to Elect Party Treasurer
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 20, 2023
5. Legislature criticized for 12th ‘wild spending binge’
6. ‘Committee Chair System’ Helps Legislators Fake Support for Bills
7. Neighborhood boards speak out on ‘absurd’ pay raise proposal for City Councilmembers
8. Timeline: When Were Feds Watching Crooked Deals with Choy or Cullen?
9. Hawaii’s AD hiring process raises many questions
10. Has rail’s ridership train already left the station?
11. HB1373: Squabbles Derail Effort to Put IATSE Mafia Thugs to Work on More Movie Sets
12. Alleged Child Molester Indicted 2017 -- Still No Trial
13. Handi-Van: Soderholm Manipulates Bidding process (again)
14. Enviros Haven’t Killed Hawaii Fisheries Yet
15. Remaining OB providers try to fill the gap in care
16. Water rate hikes possible; new rate for hotels
17. Waiahole Valley residents and farmers facing sky-high rent this summer
18. Oahu crime numbers drop in 2022, HPD says

1. VIDEO: Why Hawaii might soon have more doctors
2. Green Tokioka DBEDT Appointment part of Dela Cruz’ $200M Slush Fund Scam
3. Priced out of paradise, Native Hawaiians make Las Vegas home
4. Cost of Hawai’i Electricity Likely to Remain High
5. Hawaii Hamstrings What Remains Of Aloha Airlines
6. Boy Scouts admits prior shooting cases, attorneys say

1. What went well — and wrong — at the 2023 Hawaii Legislature
2. The Number of Weather Disasters that Hit Hawaii in the Last Decade
3. DoT Mess: Statewide Road Projects on Hold Until 2024 due to Massive Airport Problems
4. HPD Investigation Of Makaha Cops Is Wrapping Up, Commission Told
5. Judge denies Katherine Kealoha’s efforts to be released from custody
6. Few Respond to Red Hill Survey
7. The Other Gender Gap Starts in Kindergarten
8. ‘Thinly Veiled Scam’--Highgate publishes first Hotel ESG Report--touts Hawaii Carbon Credit Scheme
9. NPS, FAA propose crackdown on Hawaii air tours
10. State tax inspectors to hassle small businesses over cash-based businesses
11. Honolulu City Council to offer 50% property tax break to 200 businesses impacted by rail construction
12. New homeless facility that long sat idle will soon house medical respite beds
13. Residents alarmed over Kailua Bay’s ‘stench,’ high bacteria levels linked to sewage plant

1. Rectenwald Worked With Environmental Group Tied To Oil Plaintiffs’ Lawyers
2. 'Empty homes' tax unlikely to ease housing crisis, new report concludes
3. US Pacific Fishing Fleet Role in Countering China
4. Got Nepotism? Ethics Commission has a Form for That
5. Honolulu Council ‘Affordable Housing’ Plan--A $25,000 per day fine on ‘empty’ houses
6. Hawaii tax collections turned red in April
7. People Fleeing Hawaii are Primary Creators of new Housing Units
8. Last Honolulu Permitting Worker Pleads Guilty
9. State Fines Carpenters Union Operative $3,000 for violating campaign spending law
10. Politicians and Judges Should be Held to Same Standard as Union Bosses
11. Perreira: Nobody Wants my HGEA Jobs
12. DoE Feeds Propaganda to Star-Adv
13. Despite accelerated timeline, military’s Red Hill plan doesn’t account for up to 400,000 gallons of fuel
14. Hawaii County Council Tinkers with Property taxes to create Utopian Agricultural Dream
15. Naniloa again seeks permission to refinance
16. Soft on Crime: Honokaa shooter got ‘supervised release’ for selling drugs, stealing car 
17. Plea Bargain: Schizo Killer will be out in a Few Years

1. OHA Biennium Budget Available for Community Input
2. City sets public hearing on new rules for personalized license plates 
3. SB821: Illegal Fireworks Task Force
4. “Aloha Always WINS!” Children’s Program & Book Fights Bullying in over 300 Hawaii schools
5. Kidnapping: Will Political Connections Help Anderson Evade Felony Charge? -- Miske Lawyer Pressures Prosecutor, Victim
6. Defueling Red Hill planned for October under latest timeline
7. Hawaii coal power plant to be dismantled, transitioned to battery farm
8. Hu Honua News: Biomass is the opposite of sustainable
9. Why Won't Hawaii Lawmakers Let The Public Vote On Important Policy Questions?
10. State Says City Downplayed Public Health Risks From Kailua Sewage

1. ‘Defense wins championships’
2. HECO Admits De-carbonization Means Rate Hikes
3. Study Links Hawaii JROTC to positive education and career outcomes
4. Honolulu Lowest Starting Salaries in USA 
5. $2M Settlement for Female Inmates 
6. Hawaii burned thru $1.2 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
7. Ikaika Anderson, arrested for allegedly abusing girlfriend (is represented by Michael Miske’s lawyer)
8. Sentencing delayed in large public corruption case
9. Soft on Crime: Thousands could have their brass knuckle arrest records expunged after state Supreme Court ruling
10. Hawaii Legislature dials back aid grants
11. Honolulu Council P.I.G. discusses real property tax bills
12. Green Picked Tokioka to Save the Hawaii Tourism Authority
13. Kids Targeted Again: 'Pride week' at Hawai'i Island school
14. Federal bust nets ‘significant player’ in Hawaii fentanyl trade--after State Drops Ball 10 Times
15. Because we don’t have Mental Hospital Beds, HPD Answers 947 Mental Health Calls in 2022 

1. Best States to Be a Police Officer--Hawaii 40th
2. Hawaii Alzheimer's Patient Count Expected to Increase 20%
3. Got $1.5M? You Can Retire in Hawaii
4. Hawaii 2nd-Most Distracted Drivers
5. Is Hawai’i Legislature’s State Budget Bill Constitutional?
6. Donna Kim’s Ex-Husband Tangles with Gay Nightclub, Gets Media Attention
7. Former Navatek Executives Plead Guilty To Sending Illegal Donations To US Sen. Susan Collins
8. It’s time for OHA to change its messaging about Kakaako Makai
9. Proposed New UH Athletic Director Spearheaded Florida Stadium Project

1. Ding Dong, the Green Fee is Dead
2. ‘One step forward, one step back’ was Legislature’s MO
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 13, 2023
4. Hawaii State Ethics Commission Legislative Wrap-up
5. Neighborhood Board Elections: Voting Ends Friday May 19
6. Green’s $200M?  “I never got anything like that”
7. Critics of state budget show courage, insight
8. Discord among Hawaii GOP lawmakers lingers
9. HMA applauds legislative healthcare progress
10. Journalists To Get More Protection Under Shield Law Passed By Hawaii Legislature
11. Par Pacific: Investment In Hawaii Renewable Fuels Should Accelerate Growth 
12. City Dumping Sewage into Kailua Bay, Again 
13. Hawaii bankruptcies go up 29% on heels of rising rates

1. Biggest Budget Increase Ever: The good, bad and ‘mostly ugly’ at 2023 Legislature
2. Anti-Gun Gay Rights Lawyer to be Next Solicitor General
3. Hawaii DoE Legislative Wrap-up
4. Promise and peril for Hawaiʻi’s economy, UHERO forecasts
5. Governor calls freshman senator’s controversial comments an ‘abomination’
6. Above the Law: State Official indicted for multiple counts of sex assault of a minor, released
7. Above the Law: No Punishment for Alleged Rapist Football Players
8. Feds Handle Case: Gay Socialist Hawaii teacher expected to plead guilty to distributing child porn
9. In about-face, state agrees to pay women’s prison sex assault victims $2M in settlement

1. Counties should prioritize lowering property taxes
2. Oahu Homeless PIT Count--59% Unsheltered
3. Open Letter to ‘Honolulu Resilience Office’
4. Iroquois Point Elementary School Water Drive
5. EEOC Sues Honolulu Restaurant and HR Company for Sexual Harassment of Male Employees
6. Federal COVID Emergency Ends
7. Overtime Violation: Feds Bust Kauai Cleaning Company Again
8. Craig Angelos recommended for UH Mānoa athletics director
9. Gabbard vs Hirono for US Senate?
10. Coke Dealer Started Electrification of Ground Transportation in Hawaii
11. Preliminary hearing next week for Miske co-defendant after arrest for threatening witness
12. HPD arrests Convicted Pimp for allegedly kidnapping 3-month-old baby in Waipahu
13. Again with this? Capitol reflecting pools receive another $33.5M for ongoing repairs
14. HCR108: ‘Cultural Appropriation’ to become Money Spinner for OHA?  
15. Gov. Green considers permanent protections for journalists
16. Board Of Education To Consider Computer Science As A Graduation Requirement
17. ‘Dropping like flies before our very eyes’: Kaua‘i County Council supports mosquito biocontrol to protect honeycreepers
18. As fentanyl-tainted drugs proliferate, Hawaii sees record number of overdose deaths and a disturbing trend
19. For another year, these neighbor island fairs were canceled. This time, staffing is the problem

1. ALICE Hawaii: $104,052 is 'Household Survival Budget'
2. Projected state surplus vanishes in face of planned higher spending 
3. Honolulu Citizen-Centric Report Released 
4. Office of Information Practices 2023 Legislative Wrap-up 
5. Senators Introduce FIGHT Act to Enhance Enforcement and Crack Down on Dogfighting, Cockfighting
6. June 30 opening date for first phase of long-delayed rail project
7. Lawyers threaten suit over state of special education services in Hawaii public schools
8. Above The Law: Investigation underway for the ‘mistaken’ release of Jonathan Hewett--nephew of ‘Revered Kumu Hula’, hint, hint
9. Released Pending Investigation--Month Later, No charges yet for 37-time loser who brought gun to Honolulu court (Who does he know?)
10. Bizarre News: HPD raids game rooms, massage parlors
11. Ed Case Pushes back against WESPAC
12. Kauai County Eminent Domain to Seize Coco Palms?
13. Why Conduct Greenhouse Gas Analyses for Solar Projects?
14. Noise detecting microphones officially coming to Oahu roads

1. Hawaii Officials Sign Unified Statement on Red Hill
2. Green Opens First Homeless 'Kauhale'
3. Maui Antivaxxers Sue to Save Mosquitoes from Eradication
4. Alleged Hawaii Circuit Pimp Busted in Seattle
5. Axis Deer Venison: Opportunity for Hawaii Ranchers?
6. Criminal inquiry into Red Hill fuel spills Exposed
7. Green’s Slush Fund Enables $70M HTA Contracts
8. Budget Includes $200M for Unwanted ‘First Responders Campus’
9. After Forced Closure of Last Coal Plant, Electricity Rate Shock Hits City Hall
10. ACLU outraged over $10M allocated for new OCCC--wants mass release of Criminals
11. Soft-on-Crime Rhetoric Makes Homeless Drug Addicts Resist Police More
12. HPD and Hawaii Legislators Have Long Been Loath To Tackle The Issue Of Cockfighting
13. Joke: $1.25M will pay the Sheriff and DPS to ask for more money to Stop Fireworks, LOL!
14. State OKs number of low-income tax breaks
15. 200 bums per month discharged from Queens--10 will get housing

1. Hawaii GOP Convention Elects New Leadership
2. Hawaii's new gun laws could lead to lawsuits, group says
3. SB1230: A one-finger salute at our military
4. Lawmaker won’t apologize after saying Hawaiian leader ‘would have been hung’ for criticizing him
5. Council members call on Chair Waters to put salary proposal up for vote
6. Benches at new stadium ridiculous; fix old facility
7. Hawaii leads the way on advanced electric rate hike design
8. Is The Deck Stacked Against Hawaii Condo Owners?
9. 5 years after lava nearly destroyed it, Puna Geothermal announces expansion plans
10. HGEA Work Rules Make Simple Commonsense Changes Difficult
11. Honolulu reduces workforce vacancies, but slightly
12. Ritte Stages Another Molokai Ranch Shakedown
13. 22 Fentanyl arrests made in last 4 months on Hawaii Island
14. Gambling: Third HPD Raid on ‘Ohana Grocery’
15. Homeless Dude Assaults 79-year old woman at bus stop

1. Is racism why OHA can’t build condos?
2. Join us for our annual overview of what went down at the Legislature
3. First-ever National LifeSmarts Championship for Hawaiʻi
4. Territorial Governors Challenge Biden on Marine Monument
5. Recent headlines support idea that Jones Act makes no economic sense 
6. Flip-Flop: Suddenly Pacific Garbage Patch is 'gathering place for life'
7. TheBus Routes Changing to Link up with Rail 
8. DoI to End 'Compact Impact' Payments
9. Feds Bust HS Softball Coach and Jail Guard--Smuggled Gun and Meth at OCCC
10. Aloha Stadium project mired by too many questions
11. Chaos at the Capitol is part of lawmaking in Hawaii
12. This Year's Legislature Was Much Worse Than Business As Usual
13. Working Families Win With EITC Expansion
14. HB1396: Cesspool Bill Flushed in Conference
15. The Miske case started with a secret indictment (Part 2)

1. Tax Relief, RIP
2. Legislature on track to violate state's legal spending limit
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 6, 2023
4. Sewage Plant Spews Filth into Kailua Bay
5. ‘What the hell is this?’ Sen Dela Cruz Caught Lying about Hawaii Gov. Green’s $200M ‘pot of money’
6. Hawaii’s housing crisis is self-inflicted
7. Civil Beat Owner at Center of ‘Censorship-Industrial Complex’
8. Lobbyists Train Legislators Like Dogs
9. How Lawmakers Killed off Ethics And Accountability Reforms in Conference
10. Transparency?  Budget deal Hidden from Legislators -- but they approved it anyway 
11. How major bills fared at the Capitol
12. Campaign Contributions Buy HMSA Execs Protection
13. HMSA employees squeezed hard while Execs Raked in Bucks
14. Proposed Council raises reflect greed and cynicism
15. $59 Million, Gone: How Bikini Atoll Leaders Blew Through U.S. Trust Fund
16. With One Airline Left, Molokai And Lanai Residents Struggle To Access Medical Care

1. Dela Cruz News: Conference Committee Sneaks $200M Slush Fund into Budget
2. Every single bill submitted to fund and support OHA died at the Capitol 
3. HTA Funding? $30M Magically Appears After Legislature Zeroes out Budget
4. Sine Die: House Leaders Tout Budget
5. Sine Die: Green Calls Session Success
6. HB600: Safe Routes to School
7. Mana Moriarty to head Office of Consumer Protection
8. Green Names Tokioka head of DBEDT
9. VIDEO: Meet the 21 Trumpsters and Antivaxxers Running for State Republican Leadership
10. Budget Gives Illegal $200M Slush Fund to Governor, Legislative Leaders--HTA to get $30M, Aloha Stadium, $50M
11. The impacts of mental illness on Hawaii ohana: A mother speaks
12. Hawaii's last coal-fired power plant set to be demolished soon
13. Green to Fill Health Department Parking Spaces with Homeless ‘Kauhale’
14. State to pay $26M over closed runaway truck ramp tied to multi-vehicle crash
15. UPW Strike Drives up Costs at Maui Memorial

1. Senate Confirms Guidry for Intermediate Court of Appeals
2. Ways to counter property tax increases in Hawaii
3. HB426: Bankrupt Firearms Industry with Lawsuits
4. Document Confirms Ty Cullen has named other Corrupt Legislators
5. The Miske case started secretly in 2014 when he foolishly operated outside Hawaii
6. Saint Louis football players rape convictions covered-up for five years
7. Complaint Describes Forcible Rape by Two Football Players
8. Senators Revenge:  UH Budget Slashed in Conference Committee 
9. After Gutting Taxpayers, Legislators Squabble over spoils
10. No Budget HTA Must Request Funds from Department of Budget and Finance
11. Mom pursuing charges, pushing for more action after autistic son cyberbullied at Campbell High School
12. Big Island mother mourns as fentanyl deaths become more common throughout islands
13. City Again Claims it will install new security cameras in Chinatown in effort to curb crime--HPD Again Claims it is ‘trying’ to set up foot patrols
14. Investigation reveals 2021 chemical spill at Pearl Harbor that public didn’t know about
15. Windward Oahu road to be ripped up months after major repaving project. The reason: poor planning
16. Even at $31/hr Maui Child Care Jobs Unfilled

1. Chair of State Council on Developmental Disabilities Indicted for International Financial Fraud
2. Former ILWU Officer Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Embezzlement
3. DOD Implements New Overseas Cost-of-Living Allowance Adjustment Process
4. Native Hawaiian Convention to Feature Drag Show
5. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to NOAA Requirement that Vessels Pay Monitoring Fees
6. Study: Hawaii Smallest Drug Problem of any State
7. DLNR, DOA Continue Act 90 Partnership
8. SB1230 Allows Storage of Loaded Firearms in Vehicle
9. Another Crackpot Election Lawsuit Thrown out of Court
10. Molokai Police Shooting: Schizophrenic is Dead Today Because he Was Not put in Mental Hospital
11. HECO Customers Still Paying for Conversion from Coal to Oil
12. Usual Suspects Create Chaos to Block Affordable Housing Legislation
13. Probe HMSA comp, its nonprofit status
14. SB1437: Hawaii Governor Weighs Federal SALT Deduction Cap Workaround
15. Police Commission Postpones Decision On Legal Representation For 2 Makaha Cops
16. $75M Slush Fund: Luke Admits List of Preschool Projects is not accurate
17. Health Dept. HQ building full of Asbestos-- looks to spend $100M to renovate
18. Army Corps Still Won’t Restore Forests As Part Of Ala Wai Flood Control Project
19. On abortion, UH medical school doesn’t speak for me

1. Legislature on track to violate state's legal spending limit
2. Some Winners and Losers in the 2023 Session
3. Worst State for Nurses -- Hawaii
4. He'eia: DOBOR Spews Filth into Harbor for Eight Years--Now DoH Grabs Control of Budget
5. Shakedown Schatz: Hawaii Deserves ‘Fairness’ On $1 Lease By U.S. Military Of 23,000 Acres
6. Hawaii gets low marks in business tax ranking
7. March 2023: Tourist Count Reaches 97% of Pre-Pandemic Levels
8. State lawmakers pass anti-nepotism bill — but it doesn’t apply to them
9. 2 Honolulu Council members urge rejection of salary hikes
10. In Sixty Days Hawaii Public Housing Authority will need new excuses for stagnation
11. Sue Condo Developers? Legislators to override Green’s First Veto? 
12. No Presidential Primary For Hawaii
13. HMSA execs saw big pandemic pay raises as workers lost their jobs  
14. Hawaii could become first state to offer debt repayment to all medical professionals
15. Your Hawaii Home Insurance Rates Have Probably Gone Up. Here’s Why.
16. 80 new pre-school sites identified throughout Hawaii
17. More Homeless Mayhem: 2 reindicted for attempted murder of infant
18. HPD’s use of force is rare, but increasing, UH study finds

1. Why OHA Should Fully Open Its Records to the State Auditor
2. Hawaii refinery to produce 'renewable' fuels
3. Honolulu: Where You Can Earn Six Figures and Still Be Broke
4. Wisdom: Fixing up old stadium may be better option than building new
5. 2023 Hawaii legislative session ending Thursday
6. Mayor Blangiardi announces Reelection Campaign
7. Hawaii doctors who treat Medicaid patients to get significant pay raise
8. Fevella, HSTA Gin up Phony Fears about unsafe drinking water at school
9. Hawaii charter school conflict holds lessons
10. Homeless Drug Addict Dead Because he was not Jailed for TRO Violation
11. State Takes Over Private Sector Program which sends homeless to mainland--will fly local homeless to Vegas
12. Bill 19: Island-Wide Limits on Beach Commerce
13. May 1 First Day of ‘Sensitive Places’ Gun Law
14. HECO Proposes Spending $190M Ratepayer Funds Relying on ‘Probabilistic Models’

1. An amazing day at the Capitol
2. Grassroot Institute Week in Review
3. Property tax simplicity gains traction on Kauai
4. Rail: ‘If you build it, make sure you have all your money first’
5. How Rising Interest Rates Are Driving Up The Cost Of Living In Hawaii
6. Tax relief plan falls far short of what was promised to working families
7. Blangiardi: Drag story hour imposed on young kids by adults
8. Aloha Stadium: Even the Bare-Bones Model is Over the Limit
9. Opening Hawaii’s Secret Court Files
10. Four Years Later the Maui Council’s ‘Plan’ for Affordable Housing has Accomplished nothing
11. Homeless kauhale villages in Hawaii supported at Legislature

1. Production Credit Hijinx
2. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 29, 2023
4. Meth Map: Hawaii’s Cockfight Economy Is Worth Millions Of Dollars A Year
5. Two cases of legal fraud linked to prominent firm
6. Circus acts, family spats stoke more Capitol drama
7. Star-Adv: Legislature shows Council How to Screw taxpayers our of Tax Cuts
8. How Dela Cruz killed ‘Publicly Funded Elections’ Bill after Voting for it
9. Hawai‘i Tourism Authority responds to slashed funding
10. Was playground for disabled children ever built?
11. Koko Head Shooting complex now open on weekends
12. Document outlines solutions for Puna’s wastewater

1. HB1375 deferred: HTA is just a can to kick into the next session
2. Chancellor Solemsaas leaving Hawaiʻi Community College 
3. Laughing at You: Hawaii lawmakers nix broad tax relief proposals -- Money goes to Public Employees Instead
4. Just Pandering: Hawaii’s Green Fee Proposal Dies At The Last Minute — Again
5. A 'Cattle Call' At The Capitol Closes Out Conference Committee
6. Your Tax Dollars Help Transsexuals Meet up With Vulnerable Homeless Children
7. West Oahu: Lack of Force Keeps Bums Away from Free Shelter
8. Rail officials OK move to seize family parcel in Kalihi

1. ‘Drag Mother and Daughter Duo’ to Star at Aala Park Drag Queen Story Hour for Homeless Children
2. VIDEO: Rep Elijah Pierick Responds to Drag Queen Story Hour
3. Feds Send $115.5 Million to Expand Broadband
4. $18M to Keep Kona Hospital on Life Support
5. EPA Inspector General Report on Red Hill Facility
6. Feds ‘Not Finished’ -- Retired Maui Wastewater Employee Gets 16 Months In Prison For Taking Bribes
7. Alleged Rapist-Slasher Had Many Friends in Prosecutor Kaneshiro’s Office
8. “Almost every single major player on the chicken fighting scene here is also a major player in terms of illegal narcotic distribution”
9. Identity Theft? Judiciary Retaliates on Whistleblower
10. Next Boondoggle: Acting chair is named head of Aloha Stadium Authority board
11. School board reverses commission decision to close Kamalani Academy
12. DOBOR Hit with $600K fine for pollution
13. Hawaii ‘Clean’ Hydrogen to be refined from … oil, LOL!
14. Are Hawaii Child Labor Laws Hampering Work-Based Learning Opportunities?
15. Coco Palms Homeless Camp: 100 Junk Cars and Tons of Trash
16. ‘Forever chemicals’ detected in second Kunia Village well

1. Conference Committee Approves Budget Bill
2. Tokuda Addresses Congress to Celebrate Transsexual Victory
3. 2023 Hawaii legislative wrap-up: the highlights and the lowlights
4. Trumpsters Fight Antivaxxers for Control of Maui GOP--Preview for Republican State Convention
5. HSTA Contract Ratified--14.5% raise
6. Where is Mike Miske getting the money to cover his legal bills?
7. Hawaii Tourism Authority left out of state budget
8. Political showdown brewing after 64% pay raises are approved for councilmembers
9. So Much For Game-Changing Legislation
10. Kaua‘i County Council moves to increase pepper spray access
11. Opponents sue to stop planned Kalaeloa surf park
12. Hawaii Is Giving A Maui Hotel Its Money Back Instead Of Helping Shore Up A Shrinking Beach
13. After 20 years, ‘Ambitious’ proposal would transfer 94K acres of agricultural land
14. Oahu has a high rate of deadly motorcycle accidents
15. Hawaii outreach team trained to look for disfiguring wounds associated with powerful horse tranquilizer

1. Ethics: Charter School Commission Exec Funneled Money to his Pet Nonprofits
2. Cult? Republican Caucus Pushes Back Against Souza
3. DLNR Chair Jumps in After Police Face off With Mob ... of Waikoloa Cat Feeders
4. Two public Maui events this week will honor National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
5. City Touts Fasi Building Energy Efficiency     
6. Despite hefty opposition, commission approves 64% pay hike for city councilmembers
7. Property tax ideas address credits and exemptions
8. HB1373: Gut n Replace Bill Gives Millions to Movie Moguls
9. Hawaii’s Medically Assisted Suicide Program Is Poised To Be Expanded
10. Agribusiness agency suffers loss with leader James ‘Jimmy’ Nakatani’s death
11. Big Success: After decades blocking new jail construction, Soft-on-Crime Crowd Gets Some criminals released from HCCC
12. Mayor: Private businesses who allow guns must display firearm policy signs
13. Shooting range reopens with limited hours, new rules following lead concerns

1. Red Hill closure reignites debate over Jones Act
2. Is the Jones Act Unconstitutional?
3. HECO ‘Green Energy’ Plan Depends on Giant Floating Windmills and 20,700 acres of new Solar
4. HECO wants public to not use their power overnight
5. Hu Honua Supporters Will Not Give Up
6. Bishop Museum probe ends -- ‘Nothing to see here, just move along’
7. Controversial 6-foot walls remain in latest Ala Wai flood mitigation proposal
8. Military Training Leases Coming up for Renewal
9. Retaliation Lawsuit: How Self-Dealing Insiders Jack up Condo Fees
10. HB1502: Journalist shield law makes progress
11. Sunshine Bill Rewritten in the Dark--Twice
12. Conflict Of Interest? Neighborhood Board Employees Are Running For Seats On The Boards
13. Tentative deal reached on tax breaks as legislative session enters home stretch
14. ‘Almost authoritarian:’ Hawaii’s Cold War speech law may go
15. Maui Mayor’s budget handles debt, spending responsibly
16. Bullying, drug and alcohol use down among county teens
17. Hawaii Governor Plans To Develop More Tiny Home Villages Statewide
18. Russian spy intrigue fizzles as Hawaii stolen ID trial nears
19. Nightmare at the DMV: Hawaii woman struggles with legal loophole

1. UHERO: Effect of Eliminating all Short-term vacation rentals?
2. How Much Hawaii Taxes Its Residents Compared to Other States
3. With Sen Dela Cruz Satisfied, Conference Committee Process Begins
4. UH: Senators Revenge Budget Heads to Conference Committee
5. Will Hawai‘i Tourism Authority be Zeroed Out?
6. Fake Debate Over A New Hawaii Jail Designed to Ensure None gets Built so Lots and Lots of Criminals will Remain on our Streets
7. Let’s Play Pretend Again: 10,000 more homes planned at Hawaii public housing projects
8. COVID Inflation: Food up 22%, Electricity up 35%
9. Interior Department proposes halt to Compact impact reimbursement
10. Hawaii child abuse cases on the rise, according to 2022 statistics
11. Oahu has Massive Amounts of Fallow Ag Land, but Politics and Prices Drive Aloun Farms to Kauai

1. Wanna know why homebuilders in Hawaii prefer to build mansions?
2. TANF Hoarding, Continued
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 22, 2023
4. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
5. Are you ready to hear the real facts about OIP?
6. OffenderTrak: DPS Demands $1M to Reveal Inmate Data
7. Grassroot Institute Legislative Week in Review
8. Honolulu Police Department hasn’t conducted a raid or made any arrests for cockfighting in well over a year
9. Schatz, Hirono Looked the Other Way when Drunk Legislators Drove Home from Parties
10. Council 64.4% Pay Raise Delivered on a Party Platter
11. Waimanalo residents express concern over proposed project to build groins and move sand to beachfront properties near Obama House
12. Yes, Hawaii Can Afford The ‘Green Affordability Plan’
13. Working families need tax relief
14. Dela Cruz’ Latest sequel to Hawaii film tax credit program illegal, unconstitutional
15. Honolulu City Council passes bill to address homeless living near schools
16. Feds force Honolulu DTS to accept responsibility for rail safety failures
17. First of Many to Come: Kunia Well Shut After EPA Changes Standards

1. OHA Check Register 2022--Insiders Rake in $1.2M for Kakaako Makai Lobbying
2. Money Laundering: Feds Unmask Shell Companies Behind Hawaii Real Estate Purchases
3. Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
4. Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret
5. Bill 21 is 'Affordable Housing' a windowless box surrounded by drug-addicted zombies?
6. Hawaii joint committee approves another clean-government bill
7. Domestic Violence: Why I left Hawaii
8. Timeline for completing redeveloped Aloha Stadium pushed back a another year, LOL!
9. Hawaii CEO pay rose only slightly in 2022, but critics say executive salaries are still too high