Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Hawai'i Daily News Read

Monday, June 2, 2025
June 2, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Auditor: HTA has been promising 'Destination Management' since 2005
  2. Twenty Years of Hawaii Recycling: 10th Audit Also Exposes Fraud
  3. Hawaii Driver Education: 59 Years Without a Plan
  4. Honolulu Sewer Rates Are Likely To Go Up — A Lot
  5. Maui Council Budget: Musk has left the building, and so goes our excuse for tax hikes and bloated spending
  6. Honolulu Police Can’t Spend Entire Budget Because It Can’t Fill Positions
  7. Following the evolution of Miske’s living trust

Sunday, June 1, 2025
June 1, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Red tape strangling Hawaii's energy future
  2. Tax Liens: Light at the End?
  3. Pearl Harbor to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII
  4. Some Hawaii Republicans try to Rationalize their Support for BJ Penn for Governor
  5. Senate WAM Chair Dela Cruz gets Defensive
  6. Green Fee Tip of a Half-Billion Dollar Pyramid
  7. Cataluna: Green Fee Doesn’t do enough to make Hawaii Like it was During COVID Shutdowns
  8. Legislators Push Gigantic Land Swap to Grift Luxe Alii Place Offices for Themselves
  9. Fully funded Olowalu fire station on hold over ‘iwi kupuna discovered 2 years ago in subdivision
  10. Media to Regain Access to Police Scanners?

Saturday, May 31, 2025
May 31, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Next Tulsi?  Mrs Kaniela Ing Finally makes the Big Time--with the Trump Administration!
  2. Visitor Industry Grows Again in April 2025
  3. Trump’s Plan to Land SpaceX Rockets on Johnston Atoll Naturally Spurs Eco-Lawsuit
  4. Hawaii Loses TMT: Trump Budget Redirects Telescope Funding to Chile, Where Science is Appreciated
  5. Hawaii Extends Green Energy Fees Lunacy to Ocean
  6. Car dealers frustrated by city’s 8,000 title, registration backlog
  7. Big island covered playcourt cost $1,545 per square foot
  8. Only FBI has what it takes to Clear Homeless Meth Addicts from Mapunapuna
  9. Pearl City Graves Being Robbed by Homeless Meth Addicts AGAIN

Friday, May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii cops sued over DUI arrests of sober drivers
  2. Kauai Police Commission seeks public's input for new KPD Police Chief
  3. Following Biden's Lead, Trump Shuts Down Hawaii Job Corps for Second Year in a Row
  4. Lahaina Rep Elle Cochran Tangled in Lies After Missing 85% of Legislative Session
  5. KSBE Operatives Urge Governor To Veto Bills That Streamline Permitting Process
  6. Meet Miske’s “inner circle”
  7. Appeals court rules Buntenbah must forfeit $250,000 mortgage
  8. Developer Accused Of Campaign Fraud Allowed to Travel out of Country While Out On Bail
  9. Uncertain Outcomes Raised In Phasing Out Maui Short-Term Rentals
  10. Aloha Stadium $20M to demolish
  11. Parents, students call for firing of Kahuku principal after turbulent year
  12. Maui police officer arrested for sex assault
  13. Moody’s upgrades Hawaiian Electric Industries’ credit ratings, positive outlook
  14. B.J. Penn wanted by Hawaii island police after missing court date

Thursday, May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Can the Trump Administration save Honolulu from wasting $2.5B on Sand Island Sewage Plant?
  2. DBEDT Lowers Hawaii Economic Growth Projections
  3. Joe Gedeon Appointed to Fill Gene Ward's House Seat
  4. New Republican Chair Pledges to Focus on Winning Elections
  5. Hawaii Democrats Tout Marijuana Crackdown Legislation
  6. Hawaii Firearms Bills Passed in 2025
  7. Failed ‘Assault Rifle’ Ban a Sign of Things to Come?
  8. PUC to Require MLP to Register as Water Utility so they can be forced to choke off water supplies to drive up the cost of housing and make more people leave Maui
  9. Legislators to Abolish HTA?
  10. Maui fire survivors could see first paychecks from $4B settlement this year
  11. Hawaiʻi solar industry to be gutted as State, Federal Subsidies are Killed Off
  12. Panda Express And A Bathroom? Honolulu Airport’s $14M "Upgrades" Spark Debate
  13. Assault video exposes use of untrained guards at Oahu jail
  14. Guards Selling Drugs to Inmates:  Another Multiple drug overdose in Halawa
  15. Forced out by SHOPO, Kauaʻi Police Chief finally announces retirement date
  16. City grant program for rail-affected businesses doesn’t amount to much
  17. Lawmakers demand answers from Navy on dummy bombing plan of remote Hawaiian island
  18. AI Hallucination? Hawaiʻi Attorney Cited For Submitting A Fake Case

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Neighborhood Board Election results now available online
  2. SB1396 Green Fee: Green Signs TAT Increase, Promises to Waste it all on Global Warming
  3. Lawyer Outlines Cruise Industry Case Against Green Fee
  4. Honolulu City Council rushing 60% sewer fee hike – Afraid Trump Administration Would Eliminate Need for Sand Island Project, thus eliminating excuse for rate hikes
  5. Will Hawaii’s New $100M Climate Fee From Tourists Actually Fix Anything?
  6. Developer applies for permit to demolish Aloha Stadium
  7. Want To Diversify The Local Economy? Make Hawaiʻi Pro-Business
  8. Hawaiʻi Has A New Ghost Gun Law. Will It Make A Difference?
  9. Lunch Debt And Book Fines Are The Last Barriers To Graduation

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Delegates Elect New Hawaii Republican Party Chairman
  2. Bill 47: Hawaii County Developers to Build TVR Subdivisions  
  3. Feds bust Chinese-Canadian fraud ring operating in Hawaii targeting seniors
  4. As Big as Rail: $10.1B Sewer Rate Hike Heading for Third Reading
  5. PRP: Grab Property tax Revenues to Pork Up Aloha Stadium Project Even More
  6. ‘Experts’ Coming to Hawaii to Impose Federal Consent Decree on Prisons—Mass Release for Hardened Criminals is Next
  7. State’s Top Economist Retires
  8. Hawaii’s New Cruise Tax Is Entering Some Uncharted Legal Waters
  9. Rep Kila: Do not scrutinize DHHL.  Let them waste money as they see fit.
  10. Honolulu Sees Doubling Of Vacation Rental Registrations Under New Rules
  11. B.J. Penn arrested in Hawaii charged with abuse of family or household member

Monday, May 26, 2025
May 26, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. VIDEO: $4000 Dela Cruz Campaign Contribution buys Shouting Match in Hilo
  2. Will Hawaiʻi's Supreme Court Curb Governor's Power To Suspend Laws?
  3. In 2026 Kauai Council will Lose Four Incumbents
  4. Zombie News: Meth Camp Returns to Amala Place Four Years after Fentanyl

Sunday, May 25, 2025
May 25, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Keanu Sai News: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
  2. 2025 Legislative Special Funds -- 0 for 86
  3. No, we don't have low property taxes
  4. VIDEO: Honolulu Rail--We're not going to do THAT Again
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 23, 2025
  6. Time to fight back against antivax gaslighting
  7. Laid-off federal workers fill 62 of state’s 4,000 vacant positions
  8. Gutted Democrat Bench Thin so … Brian Schatz?
  9. 771 Medical Professionals get student loan repayment

Saturday, May 24, 2025
May 24, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii: Where Clean Energy Projects Go to Die
  2. Audit: How to Speed up Building Permits
  3. Grassroot Council Testimony: Cutting Red Tape to Build Housing
  4. Bill 2591 Changes Kauai Zoning to Allow Farmers' Markets
  5. VIDEO: Grassroot legislative wrap-up tour
  6. HI-EMA Fuel Tank in Violation Since 1997
  7. 'Evil' teen bullies get taste of vigilante 'justice' after they were filmed beating disabled woman
  8. In yearlong wait for vote on short-term rental ban, Maui condo sales, prices have dropped significantly
  9. Rail line a ‘curse’
  10. 93% Reduction: Army proposes giving up leased Oahu land
  11. Hawai‘i County Council passes first reading of FY 2025-2026 budget
  12. 'Tesla road rage guy' alleged Hawaii attack is a 'failure of the system,' attorney says
  13. Trump to the Rescue: After pathetic State Judiciary Sets Hime Free,  Man who terrorized UH Manoa student now facing deportation to Micronesia
  14. Keanu Sai News: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud

Friday, May 23, 2025
May 23, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii: A far-left state trying to hijack U.S. energy policy
  2. Trump Squeeze Leads to Suspension of 'Faculty Special Salary Adjustments' at UH
  3. UHERO Survey Documents Declining Physical and Mental Health
  4. Hawaii Mortgage Delinquency Jumps
  5. Medical Malpractice? Hawaii 5th Worst
  6. Miske Drug Overdose Death Shapes Legal Strategy to keep Money in Family
  7. Mokulele Methamphetamines News: 33-Time Loser Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case
  8. After HPD Raid, CBD Dealer Shocked, SHOCKED to Discover His Products Contained THC
  9. Total Fail: HECO ‘Time-of-Use Rates’ Abandoned
  10. Bill 47: Hawaiʻi County Council revisits more oversight on the short-term rental industry
  11. $70M to rebuild Lahaina homeless shelter?
  12. How The Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor Has Gone From Cash Cow To Eyesore

Thursday, May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. VIDEO: Senators Grill Green over COVID Shutdowns
  2. Feds Launch Process for Potential Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Near American Samoa
  3. Anti-Development Activism Poisons the ‘Aina
  4. Lawsuit Challenges Reopening of Pacific Monument
  5. Zero homes sold within typical Maui residents’ financial reach in 2024
  6. Tax Hikes Coming: COR ‘adjusts’ projection, creating $550M Gap
  7. DHHL sitting on federal grants since 2008--$75.9M unspent
  8. Hawaii Convention Center $64M repair project in limbo
  9. ACLU Hawaii prepares to sue HPD over ‘concerning trend’ of sober drivers arrested for DUI
  10. HB126: Prosecutor Alm Pushes Back on Forfeiture
  11. Illegal gambling arrests on Oahu increased in 2024
  12. Shakedown: Surfrider’s Bogus Bacteria Report Targets Turtle Bay and Whalers Cove

Thursday, May 22, 2025
Letters to the Editor May, 2025
Letters to the Editor
  • Anti-Development Activism Poisons the ‘Aina
  • Conspiracy Theorists Hijack Hawaii County General Plan
  • Maui County Responsible for Lahaina Fire

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
May 21, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Honolulu Ranks #3 in U.S. for Micro-Housing — New Study Finds
  2. Study: More Housing Units Built-But Fewer Available for Residents
  3. Hawaii 'Clean' Hydrogen to Come from Oil Refinery
  4. Brenton Awa vs Tokuda for Congress?
  5. Alien Enemies: Gabbard Staff Pushed to Rewrite Intelligence So It Could Not Be ‘Used Against’ Trump
  6. BWS Votes to Give State Water Commission control of Oahu – First Step, dumping water into dry Waianae streambeds
  7. Lahaina: Infrastructure in Just 100 Days
  8. Congresswoman asks UNOS to change kidney allocation policy following HNN investigation
  9. Geothermal energy solutions need study
  10. Opportunity to pay less for electricity during sunlight hours yields mixed results
  11. Manager Alleges Potential Fraud In Homeless Village Construction
  12. Criminals Mailing Illegal Fireworks To Hawaiʻi Mostly Get Away With It 
  13. City moves to take over property where family has been squatting for decades
  14. HGEA finalizes $41 million COVID hazard pay settlement

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Cleaning up Hawaii’s permitting mess
  2. Gov. Green on military land leases: ‘I think that we will be able to settle pretty straightforwardly’
  3. Activists surprised by Army’s willingness to let go of Makua Valley land lease
  4. Claim by Miske’s mother to represent his granddaughter’s interests denied by judge, at least for now
  5. Soft on Crime: After 10 State Felony Convictions, Meth Dealer Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case
  6. Local fireworks industry contends with possible sky-high tariffs on China
  7. Bill To Guard Against Imitation Hawaiian Tea Could End Up Hurting Industry
  8. Hu Honua Bioenergy Files (another) State Antitrust Lawsuit Against HECO
  9. Nuisance money: City Council approves $40K Liquor Commission settlement

Monday, May 19, 2025
May 19, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii has third-lowest percentage of single-mother households, study reveals
  2. Big Beautiful Blue Collar Tax Cuts Coming—but Hawaii Legislators Want EBT Cards
  3. Legislators Will Try to Use EBT Card as Excuse for Special Session
  4. Hawaii: New housing units are coming online at the lowest rate since the 1940s
  5. Retirement: Social Security to be Garnished to pay Student Loans?
  6. Retirement: Meth-Head Finally Agrees to Accept Shelter After 40 years on Streets
  7. Usual Suspects: Today they are Whining About Rocket Launches from Johnston Island
  8. Kahuku Coach Removed Over One Complaint

Sunday, May 18, 2025
May 18, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. 2025 Legislative Also-Rans  
  2. Rules Vote a Self-Serving Scam to Take Over Hawaii Republican Party
  3. Six Weeks to Deadline -- Sketchy, Blurry Plans to Pay for Aloha Stadium
  4. Green Campaigning in Washington DC
  5. Cruise Lines Claim Inclusion in Hawaii's New Hotel Tax Bill is Unconstitutional
  6. Kona coffee farmers devastated by loss of deported workers
  7. Blundering Gabbard Fiasco: Aide pressed analyst to redo intel on Venezuela gang
  8. Hawaii Just Won't Give Up Its Harsh Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
  9. Recktenwald to Retire in October
  10. Republicans to Elect Party Chair
  11. Loser Complains About GOP Selection Process
  12. State agency’s preschool production pipeline bulges while other projects hit roadblocks
  13. Soft on Crime: Steroid-induced Road Rage Guy has 20 Year Record
  14. We Moved From Hawaii to Italy. Our Mortgage Is Less Than Our Rent Was

Saturday, May 17, 2025
May 17, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. UHERO: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Maui’s Immigrant Community
  2. Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Trump's DEI Ban
  3. Mindless Hysteria: Trump Cuts Almost Nothing on Maui, Becomes Excuse for Council Budget Bloat
  4. City Council OKs foreclosure of illegal vacation rental
  5. Mexican national to be sentenced for selling meth in Hawaii
  6. (Again) Feds to Cut DHHL Funding because it is not being spent
  7. DOBOR Hassles Canoe Club
  8. UH AD Search Firm Refuses to Interview Craig Angelos
  9. Hu Honua Bioenergy -- Federal Round No. 3

Friday, May 16, 2025
May 16, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court
  2. Hype?  Hawaii Trump Cuts only $95M – Mostly at UH
  3. Cruise lines are signaling a fight against Hawaii's tourism tax
  4. Three More Army EIS Will Be Rejected Next Month
  5. Before Croaking, Miske names two Trustees and directs funds to granddaughter
  6. Carvalho, Rapozo, Kouchi for Kauai Mayor?
  7. University of Hawaii tuition to rise for first time since 2018
  8. Kona property housing 22 illegals under investigation for code violations
  9. University of Hawaii continues search for $500k/yr Athletics Director
  10. Hawaiʻi Electricity Shut-Offs Are Nearly Triple Pre-Pandemic Levels
  11. Five Delayed Hawaiian Electric Projects
  12. Hawaii Restaurant Closed for Roaches—But Who Would Know?

Thursday, May 15, 2025
May 15, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee?
  2. House Passes South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act
  3. 14 Years Later--City Settles Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $2.1M
  4. After 100 days, Trump already done with Tulsi?
  5. Decrease in visitor tax rate sought as fear of recession looms
  6. Bill 43: Honolulu city council looks to use hotel tax to help lower projected sewer fee increase
  7. Honolulu Council Approves $41M for HGEA COVID Hazard Pay
  8. DOE Plan: More Top-Level Bureaucrats
  9. Hawaii to Update Decades-Old Financial MisManagement System
  10. Robots to issue 47 Million Speeding tickets per year from 177 Hawaii Speed Cams


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State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next
by News Release Tuesday, June 3, 2025

... “It doesn’t matter if a company is a one-person shop or a multi-billion-dollar oil company, we will relentlessly enforce Hawaiʻi’s consumer protection laws.” ....


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Share your feedback on HPD's compliance with CALEA and more
by News Release Tuesday, June 3, 2025

... Share your feedback with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) ....


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Hawaii County Launches Community Survey
by News Release Monday, June 2, 2025

... To take the survey, visit  >>>  tinyurl.com/laulimasurvey   <<<   .... 


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HPD Chief Logan Quits--Moszkowicz to Return from Big Island
by News Release Monday, June 2, 2025

... two departments will be getting new Chiefs ....


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Hawaii 3rd Worst Economy in USA
by News Article Monday, June 2, 2025

... 49th for innovation, 50th for high-tech jobs ....


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Auditor: HTA has been promising 'Destination Management' since 2005
by Hawaii State Auditor Monday, June 2, 2025

... Ultimately, visitor arrivals would rise consecutively for nine straight years from 2010 through 2019 ....


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Hawaii Driver Education: 59 Years Without a Plan
by Hawaii State Auditor Monday, June 2, 2025

... The Department of Education’s driver education program is incomplete, a loosely organized and inconsistent collection of school-level practices, that is incapable of being meaningfully evaluated ....


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Twenty Years of Hawaii Recycling Fraud
by Hawaii State Auditor Sunday, June 1, 2025

"We found that DOH still has made no progress on implementing the prior recommendations, including those codified by the Legislature in Section 342G-121.5, HRS."


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Red tape strangling Hawaii's energy future
by Kelii Akina Sunday, June 1, 2025

... there are at least a dozen layers of regulation that stifle energy innovation in Hawaii ....


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Tax Liens: Light at the End?
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, June 1, 2025

... Before 2009, Hawaii had no statute of limitations on the collection of taxes ....


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Pearl Harbor to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII
by News Release Saturday, May 31, 2025

... commemoration events honoring the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II from August 30 – September 2 ....


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Trump’s Plan to Land SpaceX Rockets on Johnston Atoll Naturally Spurs Eco-Lawsuit
by News Release Saturday, May 31, 2025

... This project is part of an Air Force program called Rocket Cargo Vanguard intended to experiment with the use of commercial rockets for military logistics and materiel transport ....


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Next Tulsi?  Mrs Kaniela Ing Finally makes the Big Time--with the Trump Administration!
by Andrew Walden Saturday, May 31, 2025

... The report -- larded up with Jabola-Carolus' usual lurid sex claims -- repeatedly cites activists from meth-connected Lahaina Strong to sell the idea that 1-in-6 fire survivors had to trade sex for food ....


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Visitor Industry Grows Again in April 2025
by News Release Friday, May 30, 2025

... There were 833,219 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in April 2025, up 7.9 percent from April 2024. Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.69 billion, which was growth of 9.4 percent from April 2024 ....


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Following Biden's Lead, Trump Shuts Down Hawaii Job Corps for Second Year in a Row
by News Release Friday, May 30, 2025

... 13,500 safety incidents from 2016 to 2017 at Job Corps centers, nearly half of them drug-related episodes or assaults ....


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Hawaii cops sued over DUI arrests of sober drivers
by Court House News Friday, May 30, 2025

... ACLU says Honolulu police routinely arrest sober drivers to falsely boost their numbers to secure federal funding ....


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Kauai Police Commission seeks public's input for new KPD Police Chief
by News Release Friday, May 30, 2025

... To share your input, please respond to the Police Chief Desirable Traits survey between now and June 30 ....


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Hawaii Firearms Bills Passed in 2025
by News Article Thursday, May 29, 2025

... The following firearms related bills were passed in Hawaii in 2025 ....


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Joe Gedeon Appointed to Fill Gene Ward's House Seat
by News Release Thursday, May 29, 2025

... I have been asked if I plan on running for the House District 18 seat in November of 2026.  I can advise you today that I have filed with Campaign Spending Commission as the initial step in that process ....


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Can the Trump Administration save Honolulu from wasting $2.5B on Sand Island Sewage Plant?
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, May 28, 2025

... The cost of the Sand Island upgrade aligns with the Council’s dispute with the Blangiardi administration over the amount of sewer fee increases to be forced upon Oahu ratepayers ....


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Hawaii Democrats Tout Marijuana Crackdown Legislation
by News Release Wednesday, May 28, 2025

... three bills that passed in the 2025 Legislative Session ....


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DBEDT Lowers Hawaii Economic Growth Projections
by News Release Wednesday, May 28, 2025

... This adjustment reflects the impact of tariffs on international imports, a slowdown in tourism, persistent consumer inflation and increasing uncertainty in both national and international economic policy ....


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New Republican Chair Pledges to Focus on Winning Elections
by News Release Wednesday, May 28, 2025

"...My sole focus in these next eighteen months is to renew, unify, and grow our membership, and elect Conservative Republicans on November 3, 2026 to County, State and Federal office," said Chair Hannemann....


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Lawyer Outlines Cruise Industry Case Against Green Fee
by News Release Wednesday, May 28, 2025

... tax "may have invited a legal storm" ....


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Neighborhood Board Election results now available online
by News Release Tuesday, May 27, 2025

... There are currently 33 active boards across the City and County of Honolulu, with approximately 400 volunteer members ....


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SB1396 Green Fee: Green Signs TAT Increase, Promises to Waste it all on Global Warming
by News Release Tuesday, May 27, 2025

... Senate Bill 1396 increases the TAT rate by 0.75% beginning in 2026 and levies, for the first time, the TAT on cruise ships that port in the state ....


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Feds bust Chinese-Canadian fraud ring operating in Hawaii targeting seniors
by News Article Tuesday, May 27, 2025

... Multiple Chinese nationals have been indicted ....


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Delegates Elect New Hawaii Republican Party Chairman
by News Article Monday, May 26, 2025

... delegates elected Art Hannemann party chair over the incumbent Tamara McKay by a vote of 164 to 147 ....


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Bill 47: Hawaii County Developers to Build TVR Subdivisions
by News Article Monday, May 26, 2025

... could potentially open up a huge legal can of worms based on historical layers of fraud, mislabeling and mishandling of so-called "Ag" land ....


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VIDEO: $4000 Dela Cruz Campaign Contribution buys Shouting Match in Hilo 
by Andrew Walden Sunday, May 25, 2025

... Was it worth it?   Senate Ways and Means Chair Donovan Dela Cruz got $4,000 in campaign contributions from convicted Unity House felon Roberta Cabral.  In exchange, we got a shouting match in Hilo .... 


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 23, 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, May 25, 2025

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


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Keanu Sai News: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
by News Release Sunday, May 25, 2025

... Keanu Sai has been helped by UH and the Maui Council ....


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2025 Legislative Special Funds -- 0 for 86
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, May 25, 2025

... out of the eighty-six special and revolving funds reviewed, not one of them met the statutory criteria ....


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No, we don't have low property taxes
by Kelii Akina Saturday, May 24, 2025

... county councils are setting property tax rates for the coming year ....


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VIDEO: Honolulu Rail--We're not going to do THAT Again
by Grassroot Institute Saturday, May 24, 2025

... promises are not guarantees, and that big government projects tend to come with unexpected costs and delays ....


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VIDEO: Grassroot legislative wrap-up tour
by Grassroot Institute Saturday, May 24, 2025

... the defeat of nearly all attempts to add more taxes and the passing of five Grassroot model bills and other Grassroot-supported measures ....


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HI-EMA Fuel Tank in Violation Since 1997
by News Release Saturday, May 24, 2025

... no maintenance for 28 years ....


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Grassroot Council Testimony: Cutting Red Tape to Build Housing
by Grassroot Institute Friday, May 23, 2025

... testimony before Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Kaua‘i and Maui county councils or planning commissions ....


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Bill 2591 Changes Kauai Zoning to Allow Farmers' Markets
by Grassroot Institute Friday, May 23, 2025

... Bill 2951, was proposed in response to a January zoning complaint that shut down the popular Princeville Farmers and Artists Market ....


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Audit: How to Speed up Building Permits
by Grassroot Institute Friday, May 23, 2025

... a new report from the county’s Office of the County Auditor suggests more than two dozen ways to help speed up the process ....


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Hawaii: Where Clean Energy Projects Go to Die
by Grassroot Institute Friday, May 23, 2025

... Over the past five years, 15 energy projects in the state have been cancelled — more than half of the power projects being considered ....


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Hawaii: A far-left state trying to hijack U.S. energy policy
by News Article Friday, May 23, 2025

... Hawaii is at the vanguard of a coordinated legal campaign that aims to enact Green New Deal-type policies by lawsuit. And by all appearances, the state’s judiciary is an eager participant ....


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Trump Squeeze Leads to Suspension of 'Faculty Special Salary Adjustments' at UH
by News Release Friday, May 23, 2025

... effective immediately, there will be a suspension of all Faculty Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) for merit, equity, and/or market that have not been approved by me as of May 23, 2025 ....


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UHERO Survey Documents Declining Physical and Mental Health
by UH ERO Friday, May 23, 2025

... Among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) and low-income respondents, ratings dropped from 40% describing their health as excellent or very good to 23%—a 17 percentage point decrease in 18 months ....


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Medical Malpractice? Hawaii 5th Worst
by News Release Thursday, May 22, 2025

... Hawaii medical malpractice claim count is 71% higher than the national average ....


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Hawaii Mortgage Delinquency Jumps
by News Article Thursday, May 22, 2025

... Hawaii has the 4th-largest increase in mortgage delinquency ....


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Lawsuit Challenges Reopening of Pacific Monument
by News Release Thursday, May 22, 2025

... The groups are challenging President Trump’s April 17 proclamation that would allow U.S.-flagged vessels to fish commercially ....


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Feds Launch Process for Potential Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Near American Samoa
by News Release Thursday, May 22, 2025

... This marks the first such action by Interior in over 30 years ....


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VIDEO: Senators Grill Green over COVID Shutdowns
by Video Video Thursday, May 22, 2025

... Ohio Senator confronts Hawaii governor over COVID lockdowns, says “tell me about the science behind why you locked your residents up” ....


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Hawaii 'Clean' Hydrogen to Come from Oil Refinery
by News Release Wednesday, May 21, 2025

... Hawaiʻi Gas' synthetic natural gas (SNG), made from naptha produced by the Par Pacific oil refinery on Oʻahu, contains up to 15% hydrogen—the highest percentage of any natural gas utility in the United States ....


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Study: More Housing Units Built-But Fewer Available for Residents
by News Release Tuesday, May 20, 2025

... 64,490 additional units are needed through 2027 but only 13,471 units are currently in development pipelines and anticipated to be available by 2027 .... 


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Honolulu Ranks #3 in U.S. for Micro-Housing — New Study Finds
by News Article Tuesday, May 20, 2025

... 11.6% of Honolulu rentals are under 348 square feet ....


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Cleaning up Hawaii’s permitting mess
by Kelii Akina Monday, May 19, 2025

... A new report from the University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization shows that Hawaii permit delays in 2024 were at some of the worst levels ever ....


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Hawaii has third-lowest percentage of single-mother households, study reveals
by News Article Monday, May 19, 2025

... Hawaii has the third-lowest percentage of single-mother households at 3%.  Single-father households make up 1.4% of the 493,898 households in Hawaii ....


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Rules Vote a Self-Serving Scam to Take Over Hawaii Republican Party
by News Release Sunday, May 18, 2025

... Delegates should vote NO on all proposed party rules changes ....


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2025 Legislative Also-Rans
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, May 18, 2025

... a few bills that passed both houses of the legislature, but did not make it through conference, may come back to haunt us next year .... 


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Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Trump's DEI Ban
by News Article Saturday, May 17, 2025

... “friend of the court” brief supporting the plaintiffs in National Association of Diversity Officers v. Trump ....


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UHERO: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Maui’s Immigrant Community
by UH ERO Saturday, May 17, 2025

... Most participants work in low-wage, non-unionized jobs—often seasonal or gig-based—in sectors like hospitality, domestic work, and landscaping ....


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Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court
by Court House News Friday, May 16, 2025

... a case challenging Governor Josh Green's use of emergency powers to address the state's affordable housing crisis ....


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Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee?
by Andrew Walden Thursday, May 15, 2025

... when authorities raided the Kiakona compound, a mere $140,000 of cash was seized, along with 2 pounds of crystal meth and multiple firearms.  Where are the rest of the millions? ....


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14 Years Later--City Settles Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $2.1M
by News Release Wednesday, May 14, 2025

... 14 years after the wrongful arrest ....


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House Passes South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act
by News Release Wednesday, May 14, 2025

... The bipartisan legislation provides congressional direction to fully implement the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, which has been diplomatically negotiated among the U.S. and 16 Pacific Islands nations ....


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UHERO: 75% of Hawaii Households Cannot Afford Mortgage
by UH ERO Wednesday, May 14, 2025

... The pace of new housing construction remains historically low. Housing permitting times continue to be long, especially in Honolulu and Maui ....


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Disasters? Hawaii Still not Ready
by News Release Wednesday, May 14, 2025

... Hawaii among 13 states ranked low for emergency readiness ....


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Hawaii 4th Highest State and Local Taxes Per Capita
by Tax Foundation Tuesday, May 13, 2025

.... Hawaii extracts $9,503 per person ....


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Pacific Partnership Act to Counter China
by News Release Tuesday, May 13, 2025

... Bill to Strengthen Strategic Relationships with Pacific Islands, and Counter Chinese Aggression in the Region ....


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Legislature Delivers Progress for Housing
by Grassroot Institute Tuesday, May 13, 2025

“I want him to sign the historic review bills, the impact fee bill, the permit bill.”


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Residential electric bills in Hawaii and Connecticut are twice those in New Mexico, Utah
by News Article Tuesday, May 13, 2025

... Customers in states such as Hawaii and Connecticut, where retail electricity prices are relatively high, paid more than $200 per month for electricity ....


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BWS Approves Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
by News Release Tuesday, May 13, 2025

... $204 million project to design, construct, operate and maintain a 1.7 million gallon per day seawater desalination plant ....


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Teaching Personal Finance? Hawaii Ranks 42nd
by News Article Monday, May 12, 2025

... States With the Best Budgeting Education in High Schools ....


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