1. 40% of Lahaina Burn Zone Survivors Face Difficulty Accessing Medical Care
2. How DHS Policy Change Drives Homeless Count UP, UP, UP
3. Honolulu Highest Inflation in USA
4. Curt Otaguro Named new Boss of Airports Division
5. Feds Designate 2,000,000 Acres of Hawaii as 'Sentinel Landscapes'
6. Lahaina Burn Zone Sewer Service Partially Restored
7. Pay-To-Play:  ‘Heads of state agencies and divisions often get their positions because of their political activities and connections’
8. Guess Who Just Got Out Of Federal Prison Already?
9. Redwood City man's arrest reveals secret Hawaii/California meth ring and alleged motive for social worker's targeted killing
10. Soft on Crime: Standoff suspect granted mental exam, freed on cashless bail by judge
11. Unreliable Flights Causing Medical Access ‘Crisis’
12. Backlash on announcement of 18th Mauna ‘Ala curator prompts meeting with Hawaii organization leaders
13. California Junk Fee Transparency Law May Affect Hawaii Tourism

1. Closing arguments begin in high-profile Hawaii bribery trial
2. Green Signs HB2342: Legalizes 'open carry' of everything except guns
3. Environmentalists hit snag in Navy fuel contamination case
4. Hawaii Supreme Court says goodbye to federalism
5. Next Step in The Plan to get rid of You: Maui Council Approves Massive Tax Increase on Small Businesses, Rentals
6. Hawaii Governor May Veto Plan To Put More Money Into The State Rainy Day Fund
7. Honolulu Rail Authority To Seek Damages For Delays In Completing Airport Segment
8. What is left if a newspaper has no reporters?
9. Waianae Hell: One Intersection Draws 762 Emergency calls in a Year
10. Kahului Hell: Driven by her daughter’s bullying experience, a Maui mom advocates for change
11. Son of Honolulu police sergeant found guilty in fatal Round Top Drive shooting
12. HPD officer accused of DUI seeks to have her case dismissed
13. On Molokai, health care providers struggle with low payments, high costs — and little support
14. Mobile home parks answer to affordability?
15. Lahaina: Stop this bottomless flow of our tax dollars
16. Vacant Land Sales Around Lahaina Have Jumped Since The Wildfires
17. Nursery Develops High-Tech Rhinoceros Beetle Solution
18. How Proud Boys helped Gay Socialist Win in Hawaii

1. Landmark Victory for Second Amendment Rights in Honolulu
2. Black Sand, Kobayashi First to benefit from DEP 'Affordable Housing' Scheme
3. Feds Sentence Another Hawaii Fraudster
4. Final witness testifies as former prosecutor’s corruption trial draws to a close in Hawaii
5. Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Eddins: “Horrors and Treachery” Coming From SCOTUS
6. Miske used powerful connections to avoid legal trouble for years
7. What is “a pattern of racketeering activity”?
8. CWS Hid Child Molestation Report from Big Island Judge Kim
9. HB470: Allow Gay ‘Shelters’ to Hold ‘Homeless LGBTQ’ Kids over parents’ objection
10. Happy News: A Missouri River Court Decision Could Sink Hawaii's Ala Wai Flood Control Plan
11. Red Hill trial concludes, families now await judge's ruling
12. HART director receives support from rail skeptics at Council
13. On Molokai, there are no surgeries or MRIs. The dearth of care has some asking, ‘Why bother?’
14. What will it take? Entire Town Burning Down not enough to Motivate Homeless to Accept Housing
15. Drug overdose deaths up in Maui County, Kauai as fentanyl use grows
16. DoE Plan: Taking aim at Hawaii's 30% chronic absenteeism with video games
17. Newest DoE Assistant Superintendent is already planning his retirement

1. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 11, 2024
2. Witness in Miske case tells of a search for human remains
3. Conditions ripe in Hawaii for another fire disaster
4. “I will not celebrate tiny reforms at the margins when the blatant core of corruption goes unaddressed”
5. With Master Lease Negotiations Underway, Activists Targe Haleakala Space Force Telescope Proposal
6. Families suing over 2021 jet fuel leak into Navy drinking water in Hawaii seek $225K to $1.25M
7. Visitors Seek Alternatives as Hawaii Travel Rebound Wanes Says State
8. SB3202 Gives Counties Flexibility
9. Doubling the Payoff: Red Light Cameras could enforce speed limits on Oahu

1. The Green Affordability Plan Passes
2. How Long $2 Million Will Last in Retirement in Hawaii
3. Defeating Bad Bills Also a Form of Winning
4. 14 Years Later: Honouliuli WWTP portion of Consent Decree completed
5. “Who protects Hawaiʻi from invasive species? You do.”
6. Lahaina Lesson? "Prepare for quick evacuation"
7. As Young Families Move to Mainland, Hawaii Deaths Begin Outnumbering Births
8. Gay Marriage Constitutional Amendment on Fall Ballot
9. Star-Adv: Milk Army land deal for every penny because national defense is of zero value to us
10. SB3202 Two Years Away from Tripling Residential Density
11. STVRs on ag land goes before state high court
12. Incumbents are favored in lackluster election cycle

1. UHERO: 'Population slowing will reduce future growth'
2. Teachers Union Organizing Social Justice Warriors
3. Who Needs Collective Bargaining? More Cash Payouts for Teachers
4. Hawaiian Electric completes West Maui transmission line work
5. 281 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
6. Witnesses describe Miske Money Laundering transactions
7. Corruption Defendant Dennis Mitsunaga Will Remain In Jail Despite ‘Superficial’ Health Issues
8. FEMA approves final extension for temporary housing for wildfire survivors
9. Landlords now required to file affidavit for lease termination exception
10. Honolulu agrees to 4-month window to grant or deny gun carrying licenses after lawsuit over delays
11. Court to Rule Monday on Stairway to Heaven

1. After Nine Months of Toxic Lies, DoH Finally Admits: "We do not expect to find health impacts caused by toxins in the wildfire ash"
2. Fairness one reason to expand GET break for medical services
3. Akina lauds legislative gains, but Hamada has reservations
4. Personal income in Hawaii might contract this year
5. Hawaii bill exempts certain medical services from general excise tax
6. As admitted child predator nears sentencing, police open more cases against psychologist
7. Kaneshiro Employee Faked a Local Address for Campaign Contributions
8. Maui Rejects Proposal Allowing Chicago Company To Drill For Water In Kula
9. Second lawsuit filed to stop removal of Haiku Stairs

1. Property tax hikes wrong way to rebuild Lahaina
2. Pinata: 'Federal Funds Summit' set for July
3. Grandson of former JSC Chair gets Kahala Beach stabbing verdict vacated by appeals court
4. Campaign Spending Commission Fines ‘Clean Elections’ Activist Kaniela Ing Another $18,000
5. ‘Follow the money’ witness wraps up government’s case in Kaneshiro trial
6. DoE Forces Transsexuals on Female Athletes at HHSAA Track Meet
7. FEMA Paying $12K/mo rent on 500 empty units ‘survivors’ refuse to accept
8. Vacation rental owners say punishing them won’t solve Maui’s housing crisis
9. Alaska and Hawaiian agree not to consummate deal for 90-day period
10. LOL: Will Honolulu reach its goal to drop emissions by 45% in the next year?
11. Maui mayor requests proposals for ‘after-action report’ 9 months after Maui wildfires
12. Federal witnesses defend Navy’s Red Hill response
13. Few Riders on Rail
14. After Getting Away With It, Smug Lopresti Mocks HPD Officer Arrested for DUI

1. DOBOR Clears Bums and Junk Cars from Kahului Harbor
2. Hawaii 2nd-Worst State to be a Cop
3. $7M fines on One House: City and county moving to foreclose on illegal vacation rentals
4. Expert raises new concerns about Maui County’s ability to respond to upcoming fire season
5. Wildfire Planning: PUC Lets HECO take charge
6. Hawaii Is Entering A Dangerous Fire Season. Here's What Will Be Different Post-Lahaina
7. Maui Dems Attack HCF
8. Court ruling could trigger environmental assessment for Kauai seed production project
9. Defense calls first witnesses at Red Hill tainted water trial in Hawaii
10. The Inalienable Rights Of Hawaii's Condominium Owners
11. Semisub Scam?  Neither Ige nor Ariyoshi Remember Anything

1. Convention Report: Hawaii Republican Party Selling HQ
2. Hawaii Legislative Session Adjourns, Marking the Defeat of Several Anti-Gun Bills
3. IBEW 1186 Employee Hit With $44K Embezzlement Charge
4. Case Dismissed: Hawaii Libraries Can Still Distribute Porn to Minors
5. SB2919: Hotel Industry 'worked hand-in-hand with community partners and the government'
6. Lifelong Criminal who just received $12.5M settlement from HPD arrested for new gun, drug crimes 
7. What Would Criminal Lawyer Need to do to Fake $12.5M Injury?
8. Mitsunaga Jailhouse Slip-Fall in Bid for Release
9. Is this a van used in the kidnapping of Johnny Fraser?
10. How Much Money Will Liquor Commission Pay to Stay Corrupt?
11. Batteries and Diesel: HECO Seeks ‘Renewable’ Energy Projects for Oahu and Big Island
12. High Schoolers Learn About Money Management?  After 15 Years, DoE Agrees to a ‘Pilot Project’
13. Doom Loop: Homeless Meth-heads Destroy 460 Biki Bikes
14. Recreational boaters scramble to meet new insurance requirement
15. Star Alameda, wife of mayoral candidate dies

1. How Did it Happen? Legislature passes historic bills on taxation, housing and healthcare
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 4, 2024
3. Mayor Blangiardi signs bill declaring the City and County of Honolulu a “Purple Heart City”
4. 40,457 Unregistered Cars on Oahu Streets
5. JSC Releases Nominees for Four Oahu Circuit Court Vacancies
6. Let People Make Mistakes
7. Two Frameups: HPD Major Lied for Mitsunaga
8. Session's Over. It's Time For Many Legislators To Hit The Campaign Trail
9. 82% Property tax hikes for Maui B&Bs
10. After Months of Being Blocked by A&B and County, Ohana Hope Village Is Finally Opening To Maui Fire Survivors
11. Hawaii Got Back $441,000 From Aloha Stadium Consultant
12. Waianae Focus: Oahu first responders alter operations for planned power shutoffs
13. Staff shortages plague Honolulu’s 911 system

1. Shimabukuro Resigns Early from Senate
2. FBI Raids? No problem--Dawson Begins Construction of Lahaina Housing
3. Legislature comes through big time
4. The Also-Rans
5. $5B Income Tax Cut
6. Hawaii Vacation Rental Occupancy Sinks as Rates Continue to Soar
7. National Science Foundation to discuss possible funding for TMT
8. Lessons For Hawaii: Other States Have Strong Pay-To-Play Laws
9. Millions spent waterproofing Hawaii Capitol with no pools
10. Hawaii Legislature OKs $18M for claims against state
11. Three More Dead Ethics Bills
12. SB2405: Help Candidates Learn the Ropes by Allowing them to Steal from their own Campaign Committees
13. UH Hilo Housing Moldy, Broken—Admin Solution?  Censor the Student newspaper
14. Miske Trial: A look at the court’s draft jury instructions

1. Green Signs SB2919: Pretending to Allow Counties to Seize TVRs
2. Dems: Income Tax Cut Tops off 'Productive' Legislative Session
3. Green Signs Six Good Government Bills into Law
4. Green 'Climate Team' Headed by A&B Exec to Lead Maui 'Recovery' 
5. 260 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
6. A judge is forcing Hawaii to give wildfire investigation documents to lawyers handling lawsuits
7. Rail Fail: HART CEO ‘May be gone next year’
8. Usual Suspects Rally Against Jews at UH
9. Ewa Beach care home fined $315K for operating without a license
10. ‘Labor Shortage’ -- Garbage Piles Up at Apartments, Condos
11. Opening more discussion on the proposed water source agreement in Kula

1. Maui County to (attempt to) Outlaw 'Minatoya List' Condotels
2. Tokuda: Make Lahaina Federally Controlled 'National Heritage Area'
3. Green Signs SB582: $385M for Maui Relief -- mostly for 'FEMA Ineligible Persons'
4. Maui: Enviros File Another Bird Lights Lawsuit
5. Open Letter: Republican State Convention Delegates Should Reject Rule Changes
6. Governor:  A&B will direct me to call Special Session to Soak HECO Ratepayers
7. Defendant In Honolulu Corruption Case Gave Politicians Thousands In Illegal Straw Donations, Niece Says
8. Stalled Debris Removal Prolongs A Lahaina Family's Grief
9. HPD investigates alleged Jan. 1 beating of friends of suspect
10. Island of Retaliation: Embattled Kauai police chief accused of ‘punishing’ officers who found his lost service gun
11. Legal issues complicate removal of ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ city confirms

Open Letter: Republican Delegates Should Reject Rule Changes

1. Maui County to (attempt to) Outlaw 'Minatoya List' Condotels
2. SB1035: Legislature Passes Bill to Exempt Medical Care from GE Tax
3. Maui County files complaint seeking to hold cell carriers responsible for failure to report outages during fires
4. HB2144: Allow Production and Sale of 'Homemade Food Products'
5. HB2298: Coffee Labeling Bill Pushes Back on Blenders
6. Bill 85: Update Maui’s ‘circuit breaker’ property tax credit
7. Hawaii Least Drug Problem in USA
8. Hawaii Worst State for Nurses
9. Psychologist who got ‘unusual’ plea deal admitted to abusing other young victims, filings reveal
10. Tax Relief, Gut n Replace, Close Votes -- Legislators Send 200 Bills to Governor
11. SB2919: Bill aimed at short-term vacation rentals passes
12. SB2922: No Limit on HECO Securitization Rate Hikes for Businesses
13. ‘Still a threat’: Victim decries decision to release one of Hawaii’s most notorious serial rapists
14. Developers And Labor Unions Are Contributing To Blangiardi's Reelection Campaign
15. Will Supreme Court Allow Honolulu to Force Homeless Lunatics and Drug Addicts into Treatment?
16. Volunteer Firefighters Are Big On The Mainland. Not So Much In Hawaii
17. Hawaii Stop Big Oil Lawsuits to be Heard in June
18. Hawaii AG’s Stop Big Pharma Lawsuit Kept in Federal Court
19. Red light cameras at intersections on Oahu could soon also enforce speeding
20. City Council discusses Mayor’s proposal for new Ocean Safety Department

1. OHA Above the Law? One Trustee Says 'No'
2. Unclaimed: Over $15 million in Tax Credits for Low Income Households
3. Wealth by Association? How Social Networks Drive Inequality in Hawaii
4. SB2845: No Right to Keep and Bear Ammunition under Age 21
5. Nine Months Later: State Finally Begins Building Housing for Lahaina Survivors
6. Hawaii AG releases firearm registration statistics
7. DOH rejects Navy’s Red Hill consolidated groundwater sampling plan
8. Tourist Spending and Arrivals Down for March
9. After Refusing FEMA Trailers, State to pay $56M monthly hotel bill
10. Blackouts are Part of HECO Fire Safety Plan
11. Lawmakers Rejected A Bill To Bail Out HECO. Now What?
12. Honolulu Fires Back in Bid to Save Climate Suit
13. Red Hill fuel spread through water quickly, expert testifies
14. Beware: Mercado Kim and Co Control Board of Regents
15. Ex-Honolulu Investigator Tells Jury He Swore To Facts In Theft Case He Had ‘No Idea’ About 
16. ‘Exonnerated’ convicts miss out on Big Payday because no Judge says they are ‘actually innocent’
17. Hawaii Dems decide not to Appeal -- RFK Jr. wins ballot access fight in Hawaii
18. Money Laundering Notebook reveals cash payments for construction work on Miske’s luxury Portlock home

1. Federal judge tosses challenge over recall of 'FCKBLM' vanity license plate 
2. Maui County's new Recovery Permitting Center Opens in Kahului
3. Corps of Engineers Maui wildfires recovery update
4. Hawaii 3rd Best State for 'Fiscal Transparency'
5. These Are the 10 Worst Places To Retire in Hawaii
6. Lahaina: HIEMA Moves Community Resource Center to Two Expensive Hotels
7. Green Extends Deadline for 'One Ohana Fund' Lahaina Buyouts
8. Largest repatriation in Hawaiian history completed with cultural items long held at UC Berkeley
9. Hawaii Senate President Ron Kouchi’s Ties To A Convicted Businessman
10. Hawaii lawmakers aim to enlarge ‘rainy day’ and retirement funds
11. Lahaina fire AG report reveals communication gap between MFD & MPD during evacuation
12. Former Deputy Prosecutor Still Making Excuses for Frameup
13. Miske trial status report
14. Families Testify In Red Hill Trial How Fuel Made Them Sick As Feds Express Doubt
15. Lawmakers Move To Curb Use Of Deepfakes In Political Ads
16. Inmate missing after court transport was chased off jail property by corrections officers: Sources

1. ‘Spontaneous order’ hailed as best way for societies to thrive
2. OHA Back to Arguing it is Above the Law
3. First Red Hill Lawsuit Trial Begins Today
4. Deferred HECO bill worries IBEW about bankruptcy
5. SB3183: Mileage-based Road Tax for Corrupt Transportation Department
6. SB3234: Conveyance Tax Hike Dying in Conference?
7. Hawaii lawmakers reduce financial grants
8. Hawai’i Legislature May Pass More Resolutions Than Bills
9. Maui News: This is the Future
10. Hawaii child abuse cases decrease, according to 2023 statistics
11. Emergency involving homeless draws multiple crews to Thomas Square

1. Legislature on Brink of Advancing Brighter Future
2. Legislature ain't over till it's over, so there's still hope for housing bill
3. The Home Stretch at the Legislature
4. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
5. BLNR Boosts Honolua Bay Yacht Grounding Fine to $1.8M
6. Kayak Rental Co fined $35K for Blue Law Violations
7. CNBC report notes how Jones Act leads to higher Matson shipping prices
8. Lahaina: Red tape to blame for lack of Maui housing
9. Will Lahaina Homeowners Get A Reprieve From Coastal Zone Rules?
10. Economy Still Lagging: State Budget Aided by COVID Money from the Sky
11. Hawaii State House and Senate alone in call for ceasefire in Gaza
12. HART Infighting a Sign Rail Contract may be in Trouble?
13. Officers posted outside Mayor’s office after alleged heated discussion with Ocean Safety chief
14. Navy data on Red Hill deflects serious health issues
15. Draft EIS: PTA lease extension could have positive impact on wallet of activists
16. Frequent Withdrawals Of Nominees Hinder Green's Efforts To Fill Boards And Commissions
17. Basic funding question still dogs HTA
18. Florida water report a path for Hawaii?