Entries for January 2022

1. Unemployment Recovery? Hawaii Dead Last
2. Hawaii 2nd Worst Racial Wealth Gap
3. Doubled in One Month: Over 100K COVID infections reported in January in Hawaii
4. 42% of Vacation Rentals Wiped Out
5. Who’s Looking for Hawaii’s Missing Girls?
6. Legalized gambling gets renewed push
7. Lawmakers push for "Ariel's Bill"
8. Let's Hope For A Respectful Dialogue About Mauna Kea
9. 5 Charts Show Hawaii’s Housing Cost Squeeze
10. Among The Ideas For Screening Honolulu’s Police Chief Candidates: Sleep Deprivation

1. The Future of Blankety Blank
2. Bill Would End Foster Care Abuse Coverups
3. Hawaii Second Highest Homelessness Rate in USA
4. Hawaii Second Amendment Legislative Webinar
5. Astronomy Adds $221M to Hawaii Economy
6. Kahele to Follow Hanabusa Path to Oblivion
7. Investigative committee finds no criminal wrongdoing by state auditor
8. Attorneys for former Honolulu officials seek documents in Kealoha corruption case
9. Legislature kicks off by chop-blocking University of Hawaii
10. Navy releases results for Earhart Village water samples from Stage 2 flushing process
11. Hawaii To Tourists: Malama Our Land And Culture. Tourists: What’s ‘Malama’?
12. The Hawaii Ag Department Clipped Poultry’s Wings. But Why?
13. Shortage of Hawaii school bus drivers forces families to scramble

1. Auditor Rips 'Never-ending fishing expedition'
2. Minimum debate over minimum wage
3. Blangiardi Exempts Affordable rentals from GE Tax
4. Lawsuits Threatened as Hawaii Reapportionment Commission Approves Final Legislative Maps
5. House Panel Recommends Further Harassment Of Hawaii State Auditor  
6. Official: Biden aware of Hawaii fuel spill; WH commits to restore drinking water, trust
7. Hawaii Senate Votes To Raise Minimum Wage By October
8. Honolulu City Council to consider raising property tax rate
9. HART Claims ’Frog’ Problem to be Solved at End of Legislative Session, System Operational in time for Elections
10. Blangiardi: No plan to institute booster mandate on Oahu
11. Anti-Vaxxer Harasses Kids at Sunset Elementary
12. Police union says HPD staffing shortages are putting officers and the public at risk
13. Commission nears deadline to propose changes to Maui County government
14. Maui Garbage Isle thanks to Homeless Meth Addicts

1. Ige Lacks Authority on Red Hill
2. It’s not weird, it’s constitutional
3. HECO Donates $2M to Deadbeats
4. Which States are Seeing the Biggest Interest in Homeschooling Amongst Parents?
5. Calling OHA’s Bluff:  HB2024 Would Strip Mountain of Telescopes, Hand it over to Hawaiian Activists
6. Aloha Stadium: Sometimes you wonder where political leaders find numbers to fit the narrative
7. 2022 State Business Tax Climate Index--Hawaii Ranks 41st
8. December, 2021: Tourist Spending Down 5.5% from 2019
9. Hawaii Most Unionized State in USA
10. Old mafia trick: Leong Attorney Points Finger at Dying Man
11. State Agencies Push Back Against OHA’s $638M Money Grab
12. After a Month of Stalling, DoH finally gives Navy ‘approval’ to filter millions of gallons of water a day from fuel-tainted Red Hill shaft
13. Navy says it will release investigation into cause of Red Hill water contamination
14. As criticism mounts, police commission eyes ways to speed up selection process for Next Kealoha
15. Hawaii schools chief search -- Job Description Still Not Written, Position Still Not Advertised
16. Court clears the way for sale of Miske home in Hawaii Kai
17. Pelosi, PRP Team up to Train a New Generation of Hawaii Political Cronies
18. Homeless Drug Addicts Trash Ala Moana Park

1. Tasers were made legal in Hawaii on January 1st, and a new law has already been proposed to ban carrying them.
2. COVID Emergency: Ige Extends Partial Suspension of Sunshine Law
3. DoE, HPD Sued over Arrest of 10-year-old Girl
4. Meetings Being Cancelled Due to Improper Notice
5. How Much Drivers Pay in Taxes at the Pump in Hawaii
6. Hawaii businesses say proposed minimum wage hike would hurt
7. Hawaii: State of Tobacco Control
8. Attorney: Sword wants to Sing Like Canary
9. City Council advances short-term rental bill
10. SB2021: Lawmakers consider transferring to OHA an estimated $638M of withheld public land trust revenues
11. Lawmakers Consider Nine Bills Limiting Executive Emergency Power
12. Is Kai Kahele planning to run for governor? He won’t rule it out
13. Big Fat Developer Giveaway: 3,000 luxury homes around Aloha Stadium
14. High levels of petroleum found in drinking water sample at Pearl City Peninsula homes
15. Hawaii Does Not Need a Minimum Wage Increase

1. Honolulu 3rd Worst 'Sinkhole City'
2. Maui County to implement COVID-19 booster requirement
3. $100 Refund--How About $1,361?
4. DoH: No Evidence Board of Water Supply drinking water impacted by Red Hill Spill
5. Defense Appropriations Chairman Jon Tester Tours Red Hill, Does Not Commit to Shut Down
6. Bribery: Another Former Honolulu DPP official pleads guilty
7. Hawaii’s state auditor Les Kondo blasts House hearings as ‘hit job’
8. Calling OHA’s Bluff:  HB2024 Would Strip Mountain of Telescopes, Hand it over to Hawaiian Activists
9. Hawaii Governor Says He’s Not Ready To Permanently Close Red Hill
10. Ige: Booster shot added to Safe Travels Program ‘In next few days’--No Int’l Visitors Until End of Year
11. Boost-or-test mandate brings challenges to Maui businesses
12. Here’s How Affordable Housing Policies Have Impacted Hawai‘i’s Housing Supply
13. Hawaii’s High Costs Leave Many Struggling To Get By
14. Hand in Your Pocket: Hu Honua Knows PUC Will Rule Against it--Goes Back to Supreme Court
15. Five Hawaii County police officers fired in 2021
16. Big Isle homeless count ongoing

1. Minimum Wage Hike? You can be replaced by a Robot
2. Full Text: State of the State Address
3. Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 5.7% for December
4. DHHL?  Rainy Day?  Minimum Wage?  Most of the Big Splashy Legislative Proposals are just Negotiating Positions
5. Minimum Wage Hike -- Big Contract Boost for UPW?  
6. Proposed short-term rental ban is not the ‘solution’ we need
7. 8 Years Of Fighting The Police Union In Court And What Did We Get?
8. More Homeless Mayhem: Police shoot man, 48, who allegedly charged at them with knife in Ala Moana area
9. Navy to withhold full Red Hill fuel leak report
10. Maui Commission Wants Public’s Feedback On 40 Reforms To Local Government
11. UH Football Coaches And The Culture Of Hawaii

1. Where People from Hawaii Are Moving to the Most
2. UH Football Coach Selection Process Illegal?
3. DoH: 69% of Seniors are Boosted
4. Honolulu’s Culture Of Corruption: It Takes a Village
5. Federal grand jury probes Hawaii campaign donations
6. Let's Back Those Trying To Earn An Extra Buck Instead Of Blocking Them
7. Drinking water quality test results will be made public faster
8. SB2057: Rush Windfarms Past Community Opposition
9. Victorino, Bissen, Molina Dive In Early To Maui Mayor Race
10. How Many Murders does one Criminal Need to Commit Before Being Locked up?
11. Legislator’s Sports Betting Bill Proposes Staggering 55% Tax Rate

1. DBEDT: Hawaii Family of Four Must Earn $85,372 to Stay off Welfare
2. GOP: Reopen the State Capitol
3. Report: Hawaii Worst State to Drive in
4. Free Needles for Addicts: Hawaii Grade B for Hepatitis Elimination
5. Short-term rentals a convenient scapegoat?
6. Spotlight on Retirement Income
7. $600M Didn’t Solve Hawaiian Homelands Problem Last Time
8. DHHL: $600M Here, $600M There, and $200M for OHA
9. Pension Cash Still Flowing to Kealoha
10. Effort to Revitalize Hilo sinking into DLNR morass
11. Carbon Tax Would Drive More People out of Hawaii
12. DoE Program Designed to Prevent Kids from Ever Becoming Republicans

1. Ing Tells Russia US Military Not Wanted in Hawaii
2. Honolulu Rate Commission seeks input on TheBus, HandiVan fare changes
3. June Jones turns down Hawaii job: 'I wasn't offered a job that was conducive to winning'
4. Trapped Rat: Roy Amemiya Wants to Expose other ‘Severance Agreements’. The City Says No
5. Red Hill: Legislators see Dollar Signs
6. Term limits for Hawaii legislators would help shorten the long game
7. PUC Says No to Secret HEI Investments
8. Report: Gun Control Nuts Like Hawaii, California
9. Maui Police 25% short staffed
10. Hawaii public school teacher absences ease following omicron surge
11. Blood Bank of Hawaii: Critically low blood supply a matter of ‘life and death’
12. Rep. Val Okimoto To Seek Honolulu City Council Seat
13. FAKE FAKE FAKE--Resorts find Loopholes in Maui ‘Moratorium’
14. Kakaako: HHFDC Quietly Evaporates School Plan
15. Bum Magnet: River Of Life Mission Is Leaving Chinatown

1. UH Regents approve new Maunakea Master Plan
2. Rep Kai Kahele Doubles Down on COVID Lockdowns
3. Star-Adv: Down with Freedom--Hawaii is only for the Elite
4. Federal prosecutors not finished--interview Hanabusa
5. The Squatter House That Miske Bought
6. City lawyers’ ouster from Iremamber Sykap case sought
7. Storing jet fuel a complicated task
8. Hawaii public-school student absences up dramatically in latest COVID-19 surge, report says
9. Retention rate of Hawaii public school teachers after 5 years of employment just over 50%
10. Advisory panel formed to help find next DOE superintendent
11. Plan to ban rentals under 90 days moves through City Council despite some opposition
12. Mayor Taps Former Fire Chief To Join Honolulu Police Commission
13. Laughing at the Judiciary: Criminal Racks up 161 Convictions in 18 Yrs

1. VIDEO: Day One Speeches at Hawaii Legislature 
2. Hawaii Communities Bring Hope, Can-Do Spirit to School Choice Week Celebrations
3. Max Sword Points Finger at Amemiya, Leong--Caldwell Next?
4. ‘Round 3, I’m out’: Hawaii Restaurant Association worries new COVID rules could turn away business, customers
5. Hawaii House leaders vow to clear Hawaiian Home Lands backlog, raise minimum wage and decommission Red Hill
6. Sales Pitch for Next Boondoggle: Ala Wai Today 1pm
7. More families file claims against Navy as attorneys plan for class-action lawsuit
8. Lawsuit: UPW Elections Botched
9. Staffing shortages leave scores of Hawaii hospital patients ‘waitlisted’ for long-term care beds
10. Substitute Teachers Are In High Demand But Short Supply In Hawaii
11. $30K Mortgage help for Oahu residents
12. HTA Demands $60M to Find ‘Mindful’ Tourists

1. Bill 41 Could Squash Short-term Rentals
2. Best Cities for Remote Workers? Honolulu 2nd Worst
3. Marketing: Hawaii Resorts Score 'Green Business Awards'
4. Rep Bob McDermott Announces Campaign for US Senate
5. How Kealoha settlement was rushed past Honolulu Police Commission
6. Military-Industrial Complex, Congressional Delegation Pushing Unwanted Missile Radar for Kauai
7. Hawaii County Councilman criticized for Anti-Vax social media posts   
8. 50 Years After Title IX, Hawaii DoE Still Doesn’t Have Female Locker Rooms
9. ‘Broken Windows’ Enforcement?  Only if you smash the windows in Police Station

1. 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
2. Punatics to get the House seat stolen from Oahu by Disenfranchising Military personnel?
3. Gov. David Ige seeks to create new law enforcement agency
4. Got $123.9 Billion? -- Abercrombie-Connected Group pushes Hawaii political candidates for more ‘investment’ in brainwashing young children
5. Bringing Down Costs Is More Important Than Raising Wages
6. Restrictions hurt Hawaii’s stake in cryptocurrency market
7. Navy Gives New Dates For Families Displaced By Water Crisis To Return Home
8. Sales Pitch for Next Boondoggle: Public can attend virtual meeting discussing Ala Wai Flood Risk study
9. Honolulu airport improvements become homeless camp--rash of car thefts
10. Shortage of volcanic black cinder in Hawaii

1. Unemployment insurance mess back to haunt us
2. Under the Big Top
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 15, 2022
4. Before UH Hired Him -- Graham Got $12.8M Buyout from Arizona State U
5. Big Pile of Your Money: Legislature Prepares to Light Bonfire
6. What did Kealoha have on Caldwell?
7. How did handcuffs become Honolulu’s new jewelry craze?
8. Miske Lawyers Ask Hawaii Supreme Court to block sealing of old case and gag order issued by state judge
9. Water at Aliamanu Military Reservation was 3 times state’s safe limit
10. Living costs, lack of housing hurt medical recruiting locally
11. More Homeless Mayhem: State librarian asks for $1M security boost against COVID pandemic crime wave
12. Chinatown: 100 Homeless Drug Addicts Arrested
13. Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on track to be removed later this year

1. Commission Hears Complaints on Election Integrity
2. No Buyout:  Todd Graham resigns as University of Hawaii head football coach
3. UH regents to consider new Maunakea Master Plan
4. Hawaii public school teacher absences hit 2,159 amid omicron surge
5. State gets OK to once again streamline food stamp application, renewals process
6. How The Victim Of Mistaken Identity Was Finally Let Out Of The Hawaii State Hospital
7. HPD says 20 of the city’s security cameras in Chinatown don’t work

1. Put state budget on a diet, Akina says on ‘Perry & The Posse’ show
2. Al Hee's Hawaiian Homelands Monopoly Broken
3. Community invited to help shape spending of federal recovery funds
4. Which County has the Most Small Businesses?
5. VIDEO: TANF Hoarding
6. Former council members expect to be witnesses against indicted ex-city officials
7. Lawmakers: Red Hill Fuel Leaked Into Well Through A Pipeline Navy Didn’t Know Existed
8. DOE Officials Preview Budget Priorities To Hawaii Lawmakers
9. Honolulu Police Chief Search Expected To Take At Least 6 More Months    
10. Annual Statewide Count Of Hawaii’s Homeless Population Postponed
11. Will This Bureaucratic Tug Of War Over Hawaii’s Ag Lands Finally End?

1. Navy to Congress: Future of Hawaii Red Hill Fuel Facility Uncertain
2. Hawaii Tax Foundation to Host 2022 Legislative Briefing series
3. Hawaii: Cost Per Tobacco Smoker $2.8M
4. SHOPO Statement on Federal Indictment of Three Honolulu Officials
5. State budget windfall should be shared with taxpayers
6. Feds: Ali'i Security Rips off 171 Guards for $1.54M Overtime
7. Caldwell Next to be Arrested?
8. New map proposed for Hawaii’s state, congressional lawmaker districts
9. Hawaii Voter database - 100,000 bogus registrations?
10. Hawaii's Capitol Can Be Opened Safely
11. 42 Hawaii public schools have not reported their COVID-19 case counts since before winter break
12. Head of nurses union: Severe staffing shortage at hospitals is impacting patient care
13. UH Buyout: $1.2M for a Dr Pepper
14. COVID: People Earned Less from Work--But Got Free Money from the Sky
15. Antivax Mayoral recall effort fails Miserably in second attempt to collect signatures
16. Poll - Hawaii Voters Want To Access State Agencies and Services Online

1. How Many Legislators Were Partying With Sharon Har During COVID Shutdown?
2. Money and Power: HSTA Priorities for 2022 Legislature
3. DoH Reduces School Quarantine Requirements, HSTA Complains
4. DOH/CDC health survey expanded to include all Navy water system users
5. Kealoha Payoff Illegal: Top Caldwell Administration Officials Arrested by FBI
6. ‘The judge got it wrong’: City prosecutor rails against lawmaker’s acquittal in DUI case
7. Civil Beat Law Center intervenes again opposing unnecessary secrecy in Miske case
8. Reality: As it pledges to empty fuel tanks, Navy says cost of crisis now tops $250M
9. Illusion: Elected officials advance bill pretending to propose city regulate Red Hill fuel farm
10. Is The Hawaii Legislature Ready To Give Teachers Yet Another Raise Outside of Collective Bargaining?
11. Hanabusa Gravy Train: Honolulu Rail Board Members Signal Strong Satisfaction With Kahikina’s Job So Far
12. Bill 41: Neighborhoods need rentals of 30+ days
13. The Maui Charter Commission Is Weighing 85 Changes To County Government
14. CNMI House Votes To Impeach Governor Torres

1. Cryptocurrency in Hawaii at a crossroads
2. DHHL Releases EA for Isenberg Street Rentals, Kalaeloa Solar Project
3. Drunk With Power: Sharon Har DUI case ends in acquittal
4. Witch Hunt Continues: House May Ask AG To Probe Alleged Criminal Conduct By State Auditor
5. COVID Excuse: Higa sentencing delayed
6. SB666: Hawaii’s Legislature Will Use Climate Change as Excuse for Tax and Fee Hike
7. Rolling Blackouts Coming: Oahu renewable energy suffers setback
8. Prioritize COVID testing, transparency to keep schools going
9. First cruise ship to Hawaiʻi in 2 years arrives with positive COVID-19 cases in isolation
10. U.S. military tracking Russian military vessel near Hawaii
11. HPD And DOE Sued For Allegedly Handcuffing 10-Year-Old Girl Over Drawing
12. New suits filed against housing project on Navy water line as flushing effort continues
13. Hospitals report ‘critical’ shortage of staffed beds with 1,400 frontline caregivers out due to COVID
14. Quack? Maui Hospital Goes After Antivax Doc

1. 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
2. Navy Has Underground Fuel Tanks on Kauai, Too
3. Legislature: Wooden Stockade to Keep Public Out
4. SHOPO Leader Wants Faster Progress In Finding A New Honolulu Police Chief
5. Rate Commission seeks public input on Bus, Handi-Van fares
6. Hele-On riders offered free Bikeshare use

1. Red Hill: BWS Smokes out Congress?
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 8, 2022
3. Hotel moratorium bill: Maui Council Overrides Veto 
4. TANF Hoarding
5. Aloha Stadium Gravy Train: Tickets on Sale Now $25
6. Rail Operating Cost may be $150M per Year
7. Pandemic-caused shutdown of state Capitol hurts public participation in our Legislature
8. One of Miske’s Hawaii Kai Homes Is For Sale, But He’s Unlikely To Get The Proceeds
9. Hawaii’s high housing costs can be lessened
10. Flushing of water system at Aliamanu and Red Hill to continue, Army says
11. Some Central Maui residents may see different voting districts
12. Interest is high now that electric guns are legal to buy and carry in Hawaii
13. Young Brothers suspends some cargo shipments to Maui
14. Shapiro: Lesson from WWII: Fix democracy with more democracy

1. Anti-Gun Bills Expected
2. Hawaii population continues to dwindle
3. UHERO: ​Effects of COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Hawai‘i
4. PUC Chair James Griffin to Step Down
5. Curbing emergency power
6. Public schools are in-person, but COVID is keeping hundreds of students away
7. Hawaii public school officials report 1,800+ teacher absences; Chaminade joins shift to virtual classes
8. Navy wants to release millions of gallons of treated water a day from tainted well into Halawa Stream
9. Ige Proposes Statewide Law Enforcement Agency
10. Next Big Fat UH Buyout: Todd Graham Allegedly Called Hawaii A ‘Third World Country’ Because The Vending Machines Didn’t Have Dr. Pepper

1. House subcommittee to take up Navy fuel cleanup in Hawaii
2. TANF: Hawaii Hoards $364M Federal Welfare Money
3. Hawaii offers $25 to inmates who get COVID booster
4. COVID: Hawaii Shutdowns Among Harshest in USA
5. National Community Survey for O'ahu Residents
6. UH: Solar Installations are Killing Birds
7. UH: Ocean plastic is creating new communities of life on the high seas
8. Hawaii Republicans: January 6 Investigation 'Targeting Good Americans'
9. Peter Savio: ‘I Like Trump’ -- Considers Run on Republican Ticket
10. Miske associate ‘Harry Boy’ Kauhi details Hawaii murder-for-hire in plea deal
11. Missing HSTA Members Include 1,969 Anti-Vaxxers--Schools Shifting Back to Fake ‘Online’ Classes
12. Decision on military population means 100,000 Oahuans Disenfranchised so Big island can Seize Control of Undeserved House Seat
13. Hawaii Tax Collections Are Projected To Top $8 Billion For The First Time Ever
14. First cruise ship in nearly two years slated to arrive in Hawaii next week
15. Best feature of Maui comprehensive affordable housing plan is at risk
16. Commission rejects ‘flawed’ effort to preserve Oahu farmland
17. Monsanto pleads guilty to pesticide-related crimes in Hawaii
18. 6 in 10 Oahu homes on the market sold over asking price in 2021: Report
19. Hawaii Should Prepare Now For The Next Drug Scourge

1. Lobbyists Welcome--But Legislature will Continue to Exclude Public
2. California Global Warmer Returns to Hawaii, Quickly Named to BLNR
3. Capacity at larger indoor gatherings temporarily restricted through January in response to Omicron
4. Statewide Historic Preservation Plan to be Updated
5. Hawaii COVID Hospitalization Count Artificially Inflated by 20%
6. Gov. David Ige’s emergency powers face challenges
7. Hanabusa Gravy Train: HART Board Rewards one of its own with $170K Salary
8. The Navy told this military family they were safe from toxic water. Then both their children ended up in the ER
9. Unemployment Tax Spike For Employers?
10. Lawmakers: Spend $1 Billion In Rainy Day Funds to Create HGEA ‘Positions’
11. This Year HTA Wants $150M, and a Convention Center Roof
12. ‘Working families’ Group of Hawaii lawmakers formed
13. Hawaii DOE superintendent: Over 1,600 teachers statewide have called out sick    
14. McDermott Leaving Hawaii House, Daughter-In-Law To Seek Seat
15. Maui Purports to Have 4,311 ‘Affordable’ Units ‘in pipeline’
16. Survey: Anti-Tourism Sentiment Strongest Among New Arrivals 
17. Anti-TVR Bill 41 to be Heard Jan 13
18. Ex-death row inmate accused of raping another prisoner at Halawa facility
19. Hawaii 'Proud Boys' leader's case still active year after Jan. 6 Capitol attack
20. Displaced military families will have to wait longer until water is safe to return home
21. ‘It’s a mess’: Some Kula residents still boiling water 1 month after powerful storm
22. With electric guns legal in Hawaii, police warn misuse comes with consequences

1. Schatz: 'January 6 was round one'
2. Hawaii budget needs lifestyle change in 2022
3. DoT: Hawaii Harbors Reopen to Cruise Ships
4. Federal CDC to Survey Red Hill Health Impacts
5. Congressional Delegation: Navy Must Comply With DOH Emergency Order To Defuel Red Hill Tanks
6. Judges, Grand Jury Counsel Needed on Big Island
7. Hawaii’s Population Drain Outpaces Most States — 10,358 flee
8. Lower Income Families May Face Extra Hardships In 2022
9. Hawaii is forecast to reach nearly 10 million tourists in 2024
10. Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi announces 50% capacity limit on large indoor events on Oahu
11. Hawaii COVID-19 hospitalizations mount
12. Hospital workers shortage worsens with more than 1,000 frontline caregivers out due to COVID  
13. Some Hawaii public schools face staffing shortage as COVID-19 infections rise in the state
14. Pressures of the pandemic delay environmental protection efforts
15. Hundreds of domestic violence, DUI cases at risk after state Supreme Court ruling
16. State offering inmates $25 incentive to get booster shot
17. Alleged Game Room Shooter Has Lots of Priors
18. HFD investigating blaze in Kakaako that triggered evacuation at homeless shelter
19. Hawaii Council committee advances fare-free bus
20. $250 tax credit for homeowners? Council members mull proposal, vote to table it for now
21. Hawaii Avoids Port Backups But Some Goods Are Scarce

1. New Ethics Comm Exec Director a Pro-Rail Corporate Lawyer and Lobbyist
2. Senate Budget Briefings Begin
3. Let's Play Make Believe: Hawaii DoH 'Orders' US Navy to Stop Fueling Ships, Planes
4. Sounds of war we wish to forget 
5. Removing Hawaii’s Barriers to Bitcoin
6. 7-Eleven Hawaii to Accept SNAP for Online Orders With Vroom Delivery
7. Hawaii Top Choice for Taiwan-National Guard Partnership: Report
8. Investigation underway: State probing vandalism of Captain Cook Monument
9. COVID Count Drops Sharply: Hawaii sees 1,592 new coronavirus cases
10. 100,000 Oahuans to be Excluded from Count so Big Island can get Another House Seat
11. Board of Water Supply says 3 Oahu wells may never reopen after latest Navy contamination
12. Clare Connors sworn in as U.S. Attorney for Hawaii
13. Students return to Hawaii public school classrooms amid omicron surge
14. Hawaii eliminates Safe Travels health questionnaire, reduces COVID quarantine for visitors to align with CDC guidelines
15. Hawaii County flooded with outreach requests from COVID-patients who have no place to quarantine
16. Honolulu Councilman Augie Tulba’s role in TV commercial raises ethics questions
17. Report: DOE Food Sustainability Goal Not Real

Sounds of war we wish to forget

1. 2022 State Business Tax Climate Index--Hawaii Ranks 41st
2. Hawaii could be more transparent about CARES Act spending, report says
3. Wages For Many On Oahu Fail To Keep Pace With Soaring Prices
4. Kaua‘i avoided ‘eviction tsunami’ as wealthy homebuyers drove up prices
5. Omicron 66%, Delta 33% of Hawaii COVID cases
6. Contractors play key role in Red Hill fuel storage operations
7. Soft-on-Crime Crowd Hopes to Give Tickets for Felonies
8. Helicopter Mapping Homeless camps for outreach, Point In Time Count

1. Native Hawaiian Access to Healthcare is a Symptom of a Statewide Problem
2. OHA’s 2022 Legislative Package
3. Act 90: 19,000 DLNR Acres Transferred to Agriculture Department
4. ​Honolulu Police Department Gun Registration Website Now Operational
5. Considering a Carbon Tax with Rebates
6. ‘Social License’: Buying Off Activists with Bundles of Money Is Essential For Large-Scale Projects In Hawaii
7. Critical Hawaii issues face deadlines, uncertainty in 2022
8. Wise quotables to help guide isle notables in the new year
9. Rain may delay US Navy’s timeline for flushing fuel-contaminated water out
10. New law allows Hawaii residents to legally purchase, carry stun gun for self-defense
11. Hawaii deputy sheriffs hoping for back hazard, overtime pay
12. Decision by Hawaii Supreme Court leads to dismissal of dozens of cases
13. Romantic ideas about locally grown food getting in the way
14. A Long Legal Battle Still Looms For Hawaiian Home Lands Beneficiaries
15. ‘Just hop on the bus’: Hawaii County Council bill would make bus rides free thanks to grants

1. Hawaii Ranks 12th for Property Crime
2. Hospitalizations ‘decoupling’ from COVID counts as severity is not surging with cases
3. Hawaii records 4 new coronavirus-related deaths, 2,710 additional infections
4. State senate to hold hearing on University of Hawaii football program
5. First class action lawsuit filed on behalf of residents affected by Navy’s tainted water crisis
6. Preview of Oahu Without Coal: HECO asks Oahu customers to conserve electricity after several generators go offline
7. Most Japanese nationals want to travel to Hawaiʻi after the pandemic
8. Star-Adv Editorial: How to Extract Money from Zuckerbergs on Kauai