Monday, June 30, 2025
Hawai'i Daily News Read

Monday, June 30, 2025
June 30, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Ethics Complaint Exposes Ties Between Maui Councilmembers, Lahaina Charity Fraud, and Lobbyists
  2. July Fourth: Freedom should include your choice of doctor
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 27, 2025
  4. Maui Police Launch Digital Firearms Registration System
  5. The Lahaina Fire is Proof that ‘Performance Based Regulation’ of HECO is a Failure
  6. Questions during Senate hearing deftly sidestepped PUC whistleblower’s allegations
  7. After 20 Years of Bumbling--Kauaʻi's Embattled Drug Addiction Treatment Center For Youth Is No Longer Empty  
  8. Kai Kahele’s OHA Spending Plan Filled With Bizarre Cuts, Changes  
  9. Fish Farm Sues State for Crippling its Business
  10. Usual Fruitcakes Freak out over Proposed Big Island Plastic Recycling Plant

Sunday, June 29, 2025
June 29, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Twenty Years of Nickels
  2. Japan buys Gulf Coast oil, Hawaii doesn’t, thanks to 1920 Jones Act
  3. Interstate telehealth to boost local medical care
  4. Gays Rewrite State Constitution, State History, and Language
  5. Legislators make appetizer of state tourism overseers
  6. Police Commission: Problem is too much Mayoral Control, not too little
  7. Taxpayers Keep Paying For Disgraced City Officials
  8. University of Hawaiʻi’s telescope dedicated in 1970 now honored for enduring impact on space exploration
  9. Hawaii Got the Slowdown It Asked For. Now It's Running Scared.
  10. Pinata: Eco Groups Start Grabbing for Green Fee Money
  11. REMEMBER?  Tulsi Gabbard was once Hawaii’s Most Popular Politician

Saturday, June 28, 2025
June 28, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. UH to tear down 3rd Perfectly Good Maunakea Telescope
  2. Should Tulsi Beware India’s Spies?
  3. No Surprise: BLNR Rejects Another Army EIS
  4. Public Utilities Commission approves whopping 18.1% rate increase for Young Brothers
  5. Puna Geothermal Venture to start ‘Repower Project’ to boost production, lower prices
  6. Senate GOP adds SNAP waivers for Hawaii in new megabill text—if State can reduce 20% Error Rate
  7. How 13 teenagers and some California lawyers rule Hawai’i
  8. Hawai‘i interstate telehealth to solve doctor shortage
  9. Minimizing Utility Rates Starts With That Goal
  10. Let’s Not Confuse Lobbying With Influence-Peddling
  11. Another Delay in Kalua Murder Case

Friday, June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Moszkowicz will not seek Honolulu Chief Position
  2. OHA Withdraws Maunakea Litigation
  3. Lahaina Maui HI - DRONE Update - June 2025 - Is there ANY Progress ???
  4. Lahaina Meth Gang Behind ‘Out of Control’ Debate over Vacation Rentals
  5. Maui Council set to begin deliberations on short-term rental phase-out bill
  6. DPP sorts through thousands of illegal rental notices, collecting only 2% of $90M in vacation rental fines
  7. FEMA housing units bring wildfire survivors back to Lahaina
  8. Tragically, Stadium project funding won’t be lost over delay
  9. Astronomers concerned by federal cuts
  10. Government Schools: Sen. Mazie Hirono teaches us a lesson—but not the one she intended
  11. Teachers say retaliation reason for job nonrenewal at Laupāhoehoe Community Public Charter School
  12. Hawai'i 'Blue' Fee: What does it take to actually get the State to do its job?
  13. HPD officer vacancies at 461 with twice as many retirement eligible than incoming
  14. Makaha Police Shooting Caused by use of probation instead of incarceration
  15. Hawaii County Police Bust Rare Meth Lab
  16. Court for homeless meth-heads now permanent
  17. Tulsi Gabbard in Trump’s ‘Line of Fire’

Thursday, June 26, 2025
June 26, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Inflexible policies continue to hinder Lahaina wildfire recovery
  2. HTA Hearing Uncovers an Old Story: The State Still Doesn’t Pay on Time
  3. Forgery, Fraud and Theft: Former Top Honolulu Attorney Charged with 22 Felony Counts
  4. 'Self-Certification' to Bypass DPP Delays
  5. Lawsuit Settlement will Impose ‘Big Expense’ on Your ‘fuel, groceries, and airfare’
  6. CNHA Erodes Public Trust in Tourism Management
  7. Legal fees for criminal former city officials total in the six figures
  8. HPD Chief: Officers Shot Man In Mākaha After He Rammed Their Police Car
  9. HPD seizes gambling paraphernalia from illegal game room

Wednesday, June 25, 2025
June 25, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. FULL TEXT: Whistleblower Exposes PUC Parties with HECO Execs--“We are setting ourselves up for the largest cost increase to consumers in history"
  2. Feds Rule on Campaign Spending Complaint Four Days after Hawaii Republican Convention tosses out Crazies
  3. Former CEO of Guam Helicopter Company Sentenced to 405 Months in Federal Prison for Criminal Aviation Violations
  4. Green Adds One More Bill to 'Intent-to-Veto' List
  5. Bills that passed the Lege now on the edge
  6. FAIL: State extends deadline for Aloha Stadium agreement (again)
  7. East Maui Water: Usual Suspects grift for control so they can force you to leave island
  8. School Choice Works Wonders: How Hawaiʻi's School Transfer System Allows Parents to Rescue Their Kids from Bad Schools
  9. Governor Says He May Veto Bill To Reduce Judges' Pensions
  10. Maui zoning code must serve residents
  11. Hawai‘i County sets cell tower regulations, despite outcry
  12. Honolulu Prosecutor: 2023 HPD Fatal Shooting In Pearl City Was Justified
  13. City of Honolulu hit with negligence lawsuit over crash at erased crosswalk
  14. Penn asks judge for ‘identity verification’ of his mother

Tuesday, June 24, 2025
June 24, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Lahaina fire rebuild will be complete in 2038 at current pace
  2. Bills, Backers, and Blocs: A Data-Driven Look at Lobbying in Hawai‘i
  3. Hawaii 2nd-Healthiest State
  4. Amended fuel contract expected to save Oahu households nearly $3 a month on electric bills
  5. Study: 60,000 Oahu property tax bills artificially inflated, due out in July
  6. Vote on Maui vacation rentals could come July 2
  7. The Lesson of the Maui Fires: Prioritize Recovery Before the Disaster
  8. Mayor expected to file revised $5B city budget today
  9. Daily Violence At State Hospital Triggers Workplace Safety Complaint
  10. Governor calls for HTA board resignations while lawmakers grill its leaders
  11. A Roadmap to Revive Hawai‘i’s Economy and Future
  12. House and Senate Allowances: Travel to LA for Movie Premier
  13. End of an era: Alexander & Baldwin transfers full ownership of East Maui Irrigation to Mahi Pono
  14. PUC to Consider: Should deadbeats get more free Electricity?
  15. Trial begins over proposed Kauai hotel project on alleged anthrax site

Monday, June 23, 2025
June 23, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 21, 2025
  2. Miske Made Possible by “corruption or inaction within local law enforcement and city agencies”
  3. Will Maui County Waste $1.6B Buying Up TVRs?
  4. Hawaii tourism is 'significantly down,' and experts are worried
  5. State Buys $21M Food Processing Machine, it sits unused because Health Department ‘isn’t used to it’
  6. Firewise: Long before last week’s 330-acre blaze, Kahikinui community spent years preparing for fires

Sunday, June 22, 2025
June 22, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Trump: US Attacks Three Iran Nuke Sites
  2. Let Moszkowicz Go
  3. Dam Special Fund
  4. How Hawaii Democrats Escape Accountability Thanks to Useless Hawaii Republicans
  5. $77M HI-5 Fund--Mismanaged For 20 Years
  6. Senator Dela Cruz Didn't Disclose Possible Conflict of Interest Before Voting
  7. Hawai‘i Tourism Authority board in limbo as lawmakers call for briefing
  8. Make Fire Victims Pay $4,500/mo  for a 1br?  Say Anything to Kill TVRs
  9. White House Doctors Gabbard Video
  10. Former Honolulu attorney indicted in alleged probate fraud

Saturday, June 21, 2025
June 21, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Saving for a Home in Hawaii Takes 29 Years
  2. Navy faces key ruling in Hawaii fuel contamination case
  3. Barking Sands Land Leases Set to Expire 2027-30
  4. Jones Act keeps U.S. lagging in global shipbuilding output
  5. Mayor Signs Three Bills to Crack Down on Game Rooms
  6. City awards contract to continue construction on second floor of HPD’s Waiʻanae Substation
  7. County of Maui, HUD sign $1.6B grant agreement for disaster relief
  8. Moszkowicz Out as Hawaii County Chief?
  9. $324.1M Lawsuit: HART dysfunction caused cost increases to go off the tracks
  10. Lawmakers slash Hawaii school construction request
  11. Trial postponed for alleged driver in fatal McKinley hit-and-run
  12. Crime: Drones and License Plate Readers in Waikiki

Saturday, June 21, 2025
Letters to the Editor June 2025
Letters to the Editor
  • Let Moszkowicz Go
  • Sigh of Relief After Mostly Peaceful Protests

Friday, June 20, 2025
June 20, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. AG Terminates Lahaina Investigation
  2. Priced out: The growing challenge of teacher pay and housing costs
  3. Bubble: Investors Flood into Hawaii Housing Market
  4. UH Grad Student $6.7M Settlement in 2016 Lab Explosion
  5. Hawaiʻi Wants More Geothermal Power Plants but Dela Cruz Rewards Campaign Contributors Instead
  6. Governor Should Sign Mental Illness Treatment Legislation
  7. Threats to Hawaii Judiciary officials on pace to double
  8. ‘We want closure’: Oahu family waits for justice more than two years after deadly crash
  9. Homeless Camp Burns Under H-1 Freeway
  10. Mayor Blangiardi signs new laws targeting illegal game rooms
  11. Fishing council to ask Trump to lift fishing ban in Papahanaumokuakea

Thursday, June 19, 2025
June 19, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii Democrats Outraged Over Ban on Juvenile Sex Change  
  2. Wahiawa Veteran Wins in Class Action Lawsuit Against Iran
  3. HMSA: 2nd Worst Health Insurance Company in USA
  4. Maui residents’ recovery sees gains, but health and housing challenges persist
  5. Trump ‘incensed’ – Gabbard “on the brink of nuclear annihilation.”
  6. Rade Vanic picked to serve as interim Honolulu police chief
  7. Honolulu's Effort to Fast-Track Affordable Housing Projects Hasn't Worked
  8. Queens Urologist: ‘There’s No Wrong Way To ‘Delete’ Zionists’
  9. BJ Penn back in the courtroom, jury trial set
  10. Testimony continues over bill to ban thousands of Maui vacation rentals
  11. What if the 100% Renewable Energy Law is the Wrong Goal
  12. New Homeless Drug Addict Behavior: Laying in Road and Walking on Freeway
  13. Oʻahu Wants To Crack Down On Homeless Bus Riders
  14. Shakedown: Another Bogus Surfrider Beach Pollution Report

Wednesday, June 18, 2025
June 18, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Lawsuit by State Hospital Medical Director Details How Retaliation Games Keep Hospital Understaffed
  2. Why Hawaii lawmakers should adopt interstate telehealth
  3. Eight apply to serve as interim Honolulu police chief
  4. Honolulu City Council Votes To Shake Up Its Leadership
  5. Update: Stories from the ‘Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure’
  6. Trump contradicts Tulsi Gabbard’s assessment on Iran’s nuclear program
  7. It’s Not Just Tourists: Hawaiʻi Residents Drown At Alarming Rates 
  8. After Master Lease is Signed, UXO Cleanup to Become Big Business for 8a Contractors
  9. Drones Could Be Dispatched As First Responders To Crime Scenes In Hawaiʻi
  10. State survey reveals workforce housing would keep Hawai‘i educators in classrooms
  11. Happy News: State Spends no Money to Stop Feral Chickens

Tuesday, June 17, 2025
June 17, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Matt Elliott approved by BOR as next UH Mānoa athletics director
  2. HMSA’s ‘Take-it-or-leave-it’ Contracts ‘Fundamentally Unfair’
  3. Honolulu City Council leadership changes proposed
  4. After Engineering the Woke Ouster of Isaac Choy, CNHA is back at HTA for ‘Mo Money
  5. Union COVID Cash Bonanza Continues: $124.4 Million In Pandemic Hazard Pay For Prisons
  6. Affordable Housing Fraud?  ‘Still working on it’
  7. Lawsuit Asks Court To Halt Haʻikū Stairs Demolition, Citing State Flip-Flop
  8. BYU-Hawaii alum killed as Utah ‘No Kings’ protesters shoot at each other
  9. ICE agents arrest Russian woman at Marine Corps Base Hawaii
  10. Hawaii DOH could seize unregulated THC products in 2026
  11. Heated moments at Makaha meeting on transitional homes project
  12. Fiber cut causes outage in Windward Oahu

Monday, June 16, 2025
June 16, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Sigh of Relief After Mostly Peaceful Protests
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 14, 2025
  3. Affordable Housing Scam was Easy to Pull Off
  4. City seeks developer for Iwilei transit-oriented housing
  5. Report: Honolulu Inflation Among Worst In Nation
  6. Investigators: High Winds, Rotor Flap Caused Fatal Kauaʻi Helicopter Crash
  7. Kidnapper Issac Pascua arrested in Texas after escape from Hawaii jail

Sunday, June 15, 2025
June 15, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. A blue wave is helping rock the boat on Jones Act reform
  2. Intent to Veto
  3. Supreme Court decision makes it easier for disabled students to sue school districts for bias
  4. How To Protect Politicians from Ethics Investigations?  Eliminate Staff
  5. No Robots Day: Ed Case Thinks for Himself on Defense, Immigration
  6. Army to Trade Oahu Leases for Pohakuloa Renewal?
  7. Goal of new partnership of hospitals: More specialty doctors for Big Island, fewer medical trips to Oʻahu
  8. Elliott expected to be confirmed as Hawaii AD on Monday

Saturday, June 14, 2025
June 14, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
  2. $294K Income Needed for Family of Four in Hawaii  
  3. Hawaii: Fewest Boat Owners Per Capita
  4. 37 Current and Former Hawaii Police Officers Call for ‘Military Government’
  5. BJ Penn Legal, Mental Issues Growing
  6. Moszkowicz rescinded resignation when he learned it’s the responsibility of the Honolulu Police Commission and not the mayor to select interim chief
  7. Kauai: Police Chief Todd Raybuck retires; Kalani Ke takes over leadership
  8. Maui: Meth-addled firebugs continue to accumulate on Holomua Road
  9. Tokuda Soft on Fentanyl

Friday, June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. DoH Coverup? Health Dep't Fines Hilo Medical Practice $2.19M for Minor Paperwork Violation
  2. Lawsuit: HTA bosses destroy Convention Center Roof in quest for retaliation
  3. House Announces New Assignments: Leadership, Committee Chair  
  4. Against all odds, Hawaii’s children are returning
  5. HART Designs Final Six Stations to Be Harder Than Ever for Riders to Reach
  6. Who’s Really to Blame for Hawaii Overtourism? Airbnb Pushes Back
  7. DOE Called For 12 New Schools In ‘Ewa A Decade Ago. It’s Built Two
  8. New laws will soften criminal prosecution of juveniles in Hawaii
  9. After Nine Months in Kapolei, Homeless HONU returning to Old Stadium Park
  10. B.J. Penn arrested — again
  11. A Navy Plan To Develop Barbers Point Will Erase History

Thursday, June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Cost of Bills Index: Hawaii 32% Above US Median
  2. Hawaii is a Leader for Preschool Quality But Last in Access Among Pacific States
  3. Hawaii 3rd-Highest Beer Taxes in USA
  4. Strategy: Make Tourists Pay More
  5. No Soda or Candy on EBT Card?
  6. Blangiardi on ICE: City to exercise "appropriate judgment" toward immigration law enforcement
  7. SHOPO Drives Search for new Kauai Police Chief
  8. Crime: Waianae a Sacrifice Zone for Decades
  9. Fentanyl overdose deaths drop in Hawaii as meth-related fatalities spike
  10. Burials Bring Kauai Jobsite to Screeching Halt—Fines and Lawsuits Begin


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Aloha Stadium FAIL: NASED Lists Latest Excuses
by News Release Monday, June 30, 2025

... NASED project team today announced an extension of the deadline for its negotiations with Aloha Hālawa District Partners (AHDP) ....


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Lawsuit Challenges “Dam Special Fund” Used to Undermine Constitutional Expenditure Controls
by Tom Yamachika Monday, June 30, 2025

... The lawsuit alleges that the Special Fund was intended to be, and is, used to circumvent expenditure controls that are in the Hawaii Constitution for the protection of taxpayers ....


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Maui Police Launch Digital Firearms Registration System
by News Release Monday, June 30, 2025

... individuals can apply for firearm purchase permits, carry licenses, and register locally-acquired firearms —all through a secure, user-friendly digital platform ....


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Ethics Complaint Exposes Ties Between Maui Councilmembers, Lahaina Charity Fraud, and Lobbyists
by News Release Sunday, June 29, 2025

... the organization has a history of threatening and attempting to intimidate anyone who speaks out against them ....


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 27, 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, June 29, 2025

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


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July Fourth: Freedom should include your choice of doctor
by Kelii Akina Sunday, June 29, 2025

... When it comes to healthcare in Hawaii, it is clear there is room for more freedom .... 


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Twenty Years of Nickels
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, June 29, 2025

... the fund has swollen to over $50 million ....


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Interstate telehealth to boost local medical care
by Grassroot Institute Saturday, June 28, 2025

... easy, virtually cost-free way to improve healthcare access and quality in Hawaii would be to remove the state’s regulations on interstate telehealth ....


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Japan buys Gulf Coast oil, Hawaii doesn’t, thanks to 1920 Jones Act
by Grassroot Institute Saturday, June 28, 2025

...last year Japan imported over 9.5 million barrels of crude from Texas....


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No Surprise: BLNR Rejects Another Army EIS
by News Release Saturday, June 28, 2025

... this is a negotiating position for the master lease renewals ....


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Should Tulsi Beware India’s Spies?
by News Article Friday, June 27, 2025

... she personally addressed a conference hosted by India’s foreign ministry and Observer Research Foundation, a think tank that openly employs former R&AW director Vikram Sood ....


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​UH to tear down 3rd Perfectly Good Maunakea Telescope
by News Release Friday, June 27, 2025

... "Right up to the end, UKIRT remained highly productive and will leave a lasting scientific legacy.” ....


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Lahaina Maui HI - DRONE Update - June 2025 - Is there ANY Progress ???
by Video Video Friday, June 27, 2025

Lahaina Maui HI - DRONE Update - June 2025 - Is there ANY Progress ???


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Moszkowicz will not seek Honolulu Chief Position
by News Release Friday, June 27, 2025

"I would love to stay here (on the Big Island), as your Chief, and would publicly commit to not applying to be the Chief anywhere else."


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OHA Withdraws Maunakea Litigation
by News Release Thursday, June 26, 2025

... Klein Quit as OHA’s Maunakea Lawyer Six Months Ago ....


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Inflexible policies continue to hinder Lahaina wildfire recovery
by Grassroot Institute Thursday, June 26, 2025

... almost two years after the fires, fewer than two dozen homes have been rebuilt ....


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'Self-Certification' to Bypass DPP Delays
by News Release Thursday, June 26, 2025

... online registration is now open for DPP's new Self-Certification Professional (SCP) Program ....


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Forgery, Fraud and Theft: Former Top Honolulu Attorney Charged with 22 Felony Counts
by News Release Thursday, June 26, 2025

... Chapman is alleged to have engaged in a years-long scheme of forgery, fraud and theft, in which he utilized a forged will to deprive three charities of approximately $250,000 each ....


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HTA Hearing Uncovers an Old Story: The State Still Doesn’t Pay on Time
by News Article Wednesday, June 25, 2025

“... Hope you’ve got a good banker for bridge loans—because we might not pay you on time ....”


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FULL TEXT: Whistleblower Exposes PUC Parties with HECO Execs--“We are setting ourselves up for the largest cost increase to consumers in history"
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, June 25, 2025

... FULL TEXT whistlelower complaint exposes PUC - HECO Corruption ....


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Green Adds One More Bill to 'Intent-to-Veto' List
by News Release Wednesday, June 25, 2025

... Green added SB 935, Relating to Government, to the 2025 Intent-to-Veto list transmitted to Legislative leadership by the statutorily required June 24 deadline ....


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Bills that passed the Lege now on the edge
by Kelii Akina Wednesday, June 25, 2025

... SB66, which would create a permitting “shot clock” and allow third-party permit approval if the 60-day processing deadline is not met; and HB126, which would reform the state’s civil asset forfeiture process ....


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Former CEO of Guam Helicopter Company Sentenced to 405 Months in Federal Prison for Criminal Aviation Violations
by News Release Wednesday, June 25, 2025

... $58M worth of fraudulent aircraft parts ....


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Feds Rule on Campaign Spending Complaint Four Days after Hawaii Republican Convention tosses out Crazies
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, June 25, 2025

... The akamai reader may wonder what type of campaign spending account is neither state nor federal. ...


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Lahaina fire rebuild will be complete in 2038 at current pace
by News Article Tuesday, June 24, 2025

... Maui is averaging just under 21 approved permits per month ....


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Amended fuel contract expected to save Oahu households nearly $3 a month on electric bills
by News Release Tuesday, June 24, 2025

... The contract amendment negotiated with Par Hawaii and approved by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) includes significant changes aimed at stabilizing fuel costs ...


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Hawaii 2nd-Healthiest State
by News Release Tuesday, June 24, 2025

... While Hawai‘i performed strongly in most categories, the report identified several areas where performance declined ....


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Bills, Backers, and Blocs: A Data-Driven Look at Lobbying in Hawai‘i
by UH ERO Tuesday, June 24, 2025

... 7,188 positions taken by 340 organizations on 1,747 bills ....


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 21, 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, June 22, 2025

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


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Dam Special Fund
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, June 22, 2025

... Our state budget already is in chaos, and adding more workarounds and sleight of hand will not make things better! ....


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Trump: US Attacks Three Iran Nuke Sites
by News Release Saturday, June 21, 2025

... in a reversal of previous presidents' policy, Trump is de-nuclearizing Iran while re-nuclearizing the US ...


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County of Maui, HUD sign $1.6B grant agreement for disaster relief
by News Release Saturday, June 21, 2025

... the County recommends that residents who lost homes in the fires or renters who were displaced by the fires begin preparing to apply ....


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City awards contract to continue construction on second floor of HPD’s Waiʻanae Substation
by News Release Saturday, June 21, 2025

... The newly awarded contract will focus on completing the build-out of one loft space on the second floor to house the investigations section....


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Mayor Signs Three Bills to Crack Down on Game Rooms
by Andrew Walden Saturday, June 21, 2025

... “These bills will bring to bear the authority and power of City agencies to aggressively attack the illegal and insidious game rooms that are so harmful to our communities,” said Mayor Rick Blangiardi ....


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Jones Act keeps U.S. lagging in global shipbuilding output
by Cato Foundation Saturday, June 21, 2025

... The protectionist law’s defenders claim U.S. shipbuilding would be virtually nonexistent without it, but it would be hard to do much worse ....


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Barking Sands Land Leases Set to Expire 2027-30
by News Release Saturday, June 21, 2025

... U.S. Navy and NASA release Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed, continued use of state lands on Kauai ....


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Saving for a Home in Hawaii Takes 29 Years
by News Article Saturday, June 21, 2025

... with just $489 left over each month after covering essential living expenses, residents are left with little room to save ....


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Navy faces key ruling in Hawaii fuel contamination case
by Court House News Friday, June 20, 2025

... A federal judge is deciding whether the U.S. Navy should be held liable for 543 Clean Water Act violations at its Red Hill fuel facility ....


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UH Grad Student $6.7M Settlement in 2016 Lab Explosion
by News Release Friday, June 20, 2025

"Dr Ekins-Coward, an academic researcher, was seriously injured when her laboratory experiment exploded on 16 March 2016."


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AG Terminates Lahaina Investigation
by News Release Friday, June 20, 2025

... Attorney General Lopez also announced the official transition of future wildfire analysis, mitigation and coordination efforts to the new state fire marshal and the Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO) ....


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Bubble: Investors Flood Into Hawaii Housing Market
by News Article Thursday, June 19, 2025

... in Hawaii investor buyers outnumber investor sellers more than any other state .... 


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Priced out: The growing challenge of teacher pay and housing costs
by News Release Thursday, June 19, 2025

... in Hawaii, rent for a one-bedroom unit costs 46% of beginning, bachelor-degree-holding teacher salary ....


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Hawaii Democrats Outraged Over Ban on Juvenile Sex Change
by News Release Thursday, June 19, 2025

... Hawaii Democrats remind us why they are more repulsive than Donald J Trump ....


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Maui residents’ recovery sees gains, but health and housing challenges persist
by UH ERO Thursday, June 19, 2025

... Nearly half of participants are still in temporary housing ....


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HMSA: 2nd Worst Health Insurance Company in USA
by News Article Wednesday, June 18, 2025

... submitting claims multiple times before they’re paid is necessary and sometimes claims are completely ignored ....


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Wahiawa Veteran Wins in Class Action Lawsuit Against Iran
by News Release Wednesday, June 18, 2025

... On May 30, 2025, a federal court in Washington, D.C., awarded over $573+ million in total damages to victims and families affected by terrorist attacks in Iraq that were enabled by Iran’s support for extremist groups ....


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Lawsuit by State Hospital Medical Director Details How Retaliation Games Keep Hospital Understaffed
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, June 18, 2025

“...you need to be more on my team....”


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Why Hawaii lawmakers should adopt interstate telehealth
by Grassroot Institute Tuesday, June 17, 2025

... The practice worked well and safely during the COVID-19 crisis and could do so again, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says ....


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Matt Elliott approved by BOR as next UH Mānoa athletics director
by News Release Tuesday, June 17, 2025

... BOR unanimously approved the appointment ....


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 14, 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, June 15, 2025

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


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Supreme Court decision makes it easier for disabled students to sue school districts for bias
by News Release Sunday, June 15, 2025

... lower courts had ruled against the family’s claim for damages, despite finding the school had fallen short ....


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Intent to Veto
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, June 15, 2025

... two tax bills are on the list ....


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A blue wave is helping rock the boat on Jones Act reform
by Kelii Akina Saturday, June 14, 2025

... Democrats favoring Jones Act reform include U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who introduced a bill in early May to exempt oil and other energy products transported to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico from the Jones Act ....


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$294K Income Needed for Family of Four in Hawaii
by News Article Saturday, June 14, 2025

... This is up 9.48% from just a year ago ....


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Hawaii: Fewest Boat Owners Per Capita
by News Article Saturday, June 14, 2025

... Hawaii has only 2.5 registered boats per 100 residents--dead last in USA ....


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June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
by Andrew Walden Saturday, June 14, 2025

Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....


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Against all odds, Hawaii’s children are returning
by Court House News Friday, June 13, 2025

"...they have grandparents who just passed away recently or moved into assisted living, so now they can move back home and live in that house....”


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Lawsuit: HTA bosses destroy Convention Center Roof in quest for retaliation
by Andrew Walden Friday, June 13, 2025

... After being frog-marched out of the building, former HTA VP of Finance Isaac Choy is spilling the beans ....


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DoH Coverup? Health Dep't Fines Hilo Medical Practice $2.19M for Minor Paperwork Violation
by Andrew Walden Thursday, June 12, 2025

... "If (the $2.19M fine is) upheld by the hearings officer it will mean the closure of these two urgent care facilities." ....


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House Announces New Assignments: Leadership, Committee Chair
by News Release Thursday, June 12, 2025

... Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura today announced updated leadership and committee appointments in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives ....


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Cost of Bills Index: Hawaii 32% Above US Median
by News Release Thursday, June 12, 2025

... residents in the most expensive states like California, Hawaii, and New Jersey paying up to 39% more than the national median, while those in the most affordable states like West Virginia, Mississippi, and Oklahoma pay up to 44% less ....


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Hawaii is a Leader for Preschool Quality But Last in Access Among Pacific States
by News Release Thursday, June 12, 2025

...Hawaii serves just 5% of its four-year-olds and 2% of three-year-olds in state-funded preschool programs, dead last among Pacific states....


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Hawaii 3rd-Highest Beer Taxes in USA
by Tax Foundation Thursday, June 12, 2025

... Hawaii taxes beer at $0.93 per gallon .....


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Kauai Sewer Rates Model for Honolulu Council?
by News Release Wednesday, June 11, 2025

... Increasing 11% per year over a 5-year period -- The Honolulu Council apparently used this as a model. ....


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Hawaii justices examine doctors’ ability to challenge denied health insurance claims
by Court House News Wednesday, June 11, 2025

... questions that could reshape insurer-provider contracts statewide ....


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Lawsuit: Hawaii AG Accuses Trump of 'Distributing Machine Guns'
by Court House News Tuesday, June 10, 2025

...The states accuse the Trump administration of hiding violations of federal law prohibiting the possession of machine guns in a settlement agreement with manufactures of forced reset triggers....


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Lahaina: Hotel Unions, HSTA Join with Meth Gang to Demand Seizure of Vacation Rentals
by News Release Monday, June 9, 2025

... The Lahaina fire is an opportunity to exploit.  The hotel unions and the hotels want the TVR business all for themselves ....


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In Hawaii Only Military Water Systems are Fluoridated
by News Article Monday, June 9, 2025

... 70.6% of third graders in Hawaii experience tooth decay—the highest rate in the nation ....


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Hawai‘i children hit hard by high cost of housing
by News Release Monday, June 9, 2025

... Hawaiʻi ranks 24th in overall children’s well-being in the Data Book, as well as 33rd in the economic well-being ....


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 6 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, June 8, 2025

... votes cast and bills introduced ....


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