1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Hawaii Second Amendment case Tuesday
Hawai‘i Physician Workforce Short 833 Doctors
Maui police pretend to investigate racist attack against black tourists on Road to Hana
HNN: … The Maui Police Department said they’ve identified all parties involved, including a juvenile male. No arrests have been made… (And none will ever be.)
“My wife says, ‘you know, hon, you need to let them pass.’ And, you know, I said, ‘well, I’ll do so once, you know, I get to, you know, a place where I can pull over safely and let them go by,’” David said.
About a mile and a half later, David did pull over, but he claimed the SUV then went around them and parked in the middle of the road, blocking them.
“I mean, I don’t. Know if they had a gun or what,” Angie said.
There was a large flask that David said a young man in the 4Runner’s passenger seat threw at their rental car, shattering the windshield.
“We both get out of the car, there’s an exchange of words, and someone attacks my wife,” David added.
David also said they were outnumbered, with a young woman fighting Angie, while he tussled with the boy and two other women who joined in from the other car.
The four, who David described as being in their late teens or early 20s, eventually left in the 4Runner. The Carrolls contacted police.
“I mean, we’ve been to some shady places in the U.S., Detroit, Memphis, you know, New Orleans. Never, never have we had issues,” Angie said….
read … Maui police investigate alleged attack against tourists on Road to Hana
Young professionals expect to leave Hawaii, express concerns with state legislators
SA: … Sixty young professionals like Jordan Odo got to meet nine young state legislators and City Council members Wednesday night to lobby for issues they believe in, especially the need to make Hawaii more affordable.
“Our young people are the economic drivers of today and tomorrow and if they are not able to live here because it’s so expensive, they’re going to be moving away,” said Odo, 39, who helped organize the event for the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii.
Odo owns a house in Kaimuki but worries about others for whom buying a home in Hawaii seems impossible.
Council member Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, 38, hears similar concerns all the time, including at Wednesday night’s mixer inside the Currents restaurant at Central Pacific Bank’s King Street location.
“I think there’s a lot of frustration, a lot of fear, about whether folks can afford to stay in Hawaii,” Santos-Tam said.
The Chamber of Commerce timed the event ahead of the opening of Wednesday’s legislative session to encourage more engagement between voters and their representatives….
read … Young professionals express concerns with state legislators | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
‘Community’ leaves meeting on Mauna Kea’s future ‘hopeful’ that all telescopes will be eliminated
SA: … A community meeting that drew around 60 people together in Waianae on Thursday night had one clear message: The future of Mauna Kea should be decided from the Native Hawaiian’s perspective.
(TRANSLATION: Eliminate all telescopes and give us money.)
The meeting, held by the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority, was the first of 10 across the state that sought out to hear what the community wants to see in the development and management of Mauna Kea.
(TRANSLATION: MKSOA has no program other than ‘Eliminate all telescopes and give us money’.)
The authority was a product of Assembly Bill 255, which was passed in 2022 following 2019 protests against construction of the 30-meter telescope. (While astronomers study espanol,) the authority is expected to take on full management of Mauna Kea lands by 2028 from the University of Hawaii, which has its lease on the land up in 2033….
(CLUE: Without telescopes, there will be no money.)
REALITY: Two Telescopes Stop Paying Rent on Mauna Kea and another cancels $500M upgrade-DeFries Doesn’t Notice
read … Community leaves meeting on Mauna Kea’s future ‘hopeful’ | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Hawaiʻi Judges Face More Threats. Courts Want Armed Guards To Help
CB: … Instances of threats or inappropriate communication towards Judiciary staff jumped to 140 last year from 69 in 2024.
Members of the Judiciary worry the state’s courthouses are becoming less safe as staffing shortages within the Department of Law Enforcement, which has jurisdiction over state buildings, including courts, mean fewer armed sheriffs standing guard. …
Days before Mark Browning retired as a 1st Circuit Court judge in December 2023, an aggrieved party in a case that had been pending before family court broke into his Kailua home.
Browning’s adult son was there at the time and saw the person come through a window. He called the police, and the intruder ran back outside and fled in a vehicle. …
In the case of the break-in into Browning’s house, no one was arrested, according to the Honolulu Police Department. …
read … Hawaiʻi Judges Face More Threats. Courts Want Armed Guards To Help - Honolulu Civil Beat
UH: Title IX Complaints More Common on Sister Isles
CB: … 3.67% of Maui College students and 3.25% of UH Hilo students made complaints or filed reports, compared to just 1.57% of Mānoa students. …
read … Gender Discrimination Complaints: These 2 UH Campuses Stand Out - Honolulu Civil Beat
CRB Reports Soar
CB: … That’s according to the Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council, which fielded at least 1,995 reports of suspected sightings of invasive species from the public over the last year — a more-than 800% increase since 2014.
The coconut rhinoceros beetle, known as CRB, was the most commonly reported pest, according to almost 1,600 reports made to the 643Pest Network. The network, which takes public calls and online reports, has received accounts of 490 unique species, from Cuban brown snails to giant African snails, coqui frogs and cane toads. And it’s only a fraction of the thousands of alien pests established throughout Hawaiʻi….
read … Hawaiʻi Residents Are Keeping A Keen Eye On Invasive Species - Honolulu Civil Beat
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