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Entries for January 2026
| Sunday, January 18, 2026 |
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January 18, 2026 News Read
By @ 6:32 PM :: 779 Views
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- Alternatives to ‘pausing’ Hawaii’s income tax cuts
- Idle Agriculture Funds
- Opening Day: Legislative Session Begins Wednesday January 21
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 16, 2026
- 'Cost of Government' -- Honolulu Charter Commission OKs Grassroot ballot proposal
- Ag Housing: Do these rules work?
- Doctor Explains how HMSA-HPH Merger will Choke off Health Care
- Somebody’s Lying: Lawmakers sitting in 2022 asked, ‘Did You Take $35,000 In A Paper Bag?’
- Sen Inouye: Eliminate the Green Fee on Cruise Ships
- Pressure Tactics Working: Oceanside property owners on Lahaina’s Front Street face dilemma--Sell to Maui County or wait to rebuild?
- New UH president using old Dobelle trick to pork up Administration
- Contracts: DAGS Finds New Ways to Shake Money Loose from Lege
- Pahoa man accused of triple homicide might finally be tried after nearly 10 years of gaming the system
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| Saturday, January 17, 2026 |
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January 17, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 345 Views
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- Another CWS Disaster: Carfentanil Dealer Gets 6.5 years
- Big Island Man Sentenced to 4 Months and Ordered to Pay Over Half a Million Dollars in Restitution for Filing False Tax Return
- America the Paradox
- Antivaxxer on Kauai Council -- Felicia Cowden Goes All-in
- Can Hawaii Ban Guns by Default?
- Dude Commits Crime after Crime After Innocence Project wins his Release
- HPD pilot program dramatically reduces car break-ins at Oʻahu scenic lookouts
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| Friday, January 16, 2026 |
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January 16, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 601 Views
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- 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
- Public Invited to Take 2026 Red Hill Survey
- Lahaina: "Prepare for the Potential Conclusion of FEMA Assistance on February 28, 2026”
- Bissen’s Next Disaster: After 2.5 years on the dole, 946 Lahaina Burn Zone Households May Lose Rent Subsidies – too bad Maui County didn’t let owners rebuild quicker
- Deeply Affordable Housing on Maui is Dormitory-Style
- ‘Cut out the bull’: Peter Savio and GOP demand affordable housing
- More people are applying to state jobs, but actual hires still lag
- Legislative Maneuver to Make Green Fee Legally Defensible?
- NCL Charging Green Fee Just in Case it Loses
- Foreign Oil Floods Into the Islands
- Death of Kazuo Todd Leaves Void at top of State Fire Prevention Effort
- HPD Drone Watching Criminals as Game Room Robber, Released Pending Sentencing, Allegedly Shoots Kid
- Status of bus contract talks worries Honolulu City Council
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| Friday, January 16, 2026 |
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Letters to the Editor January, 2026
By Letters to the Editor @ 10:01 AM :: 931 Views
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- America the Paradox
- Rep Quinlan: Legislators not required to Respond to Constituents
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| Thursday, January 15, 2026 |
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January 15, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:22 PM :: 619 Views
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- Tax Hikes a Priority for House, not for Senate
- Title IX Violation: Feds Investigating Hawaii DoE for Allowing Males in Female Sports
- Green appoints Jon Itomura Chair of Hawaiʻi Public Utilities Commission
- New Factbook Details Military’s Economic Impact in Hawai‘i
- DPP Inspector Arrested for Unlawful Imprisonment after handcuffed female escapes
- Wife of OHA Trustee Takes NZ Junket while on Leave
- Kaniela Ing Associate helping shysters push bill to launch lawsuit to make oil companies pay for your insurance
- 20% Raises? DBF Doesn’t have anybody to input the new pay rates
- Report: Motor vehicle deaths surge on Oahu as drug fatalities climb
- After Trump tells them not to, State Lawmakers Suddenly Want To Protect Hawaiʻi Kids From AI Chatbots
- Public school bathroom conditions reflect poorly on state
- Maui Parking Rules Are Now So Confusing Even Locals Can’t Explain Them
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| Wednesday, January 14, 2026 |
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January 14, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 672 Views
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- Senator Fevella Silent on $35K Bribe
- HMSA-HPH eye $2B pot ‘o gold with new partnership
- Health Department signs 15-yr lease on flashy downtown offices--abandons headquarters to rot
- Act 203 Thwarted: DHS Can’t get paperwork done to allow 2 yr olds into preschool
- Maori geothermal leader shows Hawaii leaders how they tapped resource
- Hawai`i State Energy Office Advances LNG Arguments
- School resource officer pilot program to launch at three Oahu high schools
- Maui police release footage in deadly officer-involved shooting
- 2 police officers charged after alleged ‘unconstitutional search’
- Honolulu City Council advances bill to raise transit fares
- Questions linger regarding workforce housing bill
- Hawaii House in Court to support secret decision-making
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| Tuesday, January 13, 2026 |
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January 13, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 PM :: 548 Views
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- Green Appoints DHS Administrator to Represent Waipahu
- Top DoD Officials Evaluate Oahu Military Housing
- 35 Choices: Hawaii School Fair to Bring Families and Schools Together
- 600 Jostle for Green Fee Slush Fund—‘Relationships’ determine whose snouts get in trough
- Hawaii Loses Golf and Basketball—switch to Rugby and Cricket?
- Thousands of Hawai’i Criminals Could get Records Cleared to Hide Their True Nature from You
- FEMA housing assistance for Maui wildfire survivors extended 18 days while yearlong extension under review
- Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Threaten To Withdraw Funding For Invasive Species
- Hawaiʻi Road Deaths Hit 18-Year Peak Last Year. Most Other States Dropped
- Council member proposes task force to explore landfill-free future on Oahu
- City reschedules Waimanalo Gulch landfill public hearing
- Hawaii state prison gets $48M medical facility upgrade
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| Monday, January 12, 2026 |
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January 12, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 PM :: 537 Views
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- US Nationals Reminded not to Vote Outside American Samoa
- New Records Detail How State Gave Dozens of Foster Boys to Child Molester
- Hawaii lawmakers face pressure to maintain historic tax breaks, despite budget constraints
- Hawaii Bill proposes suing oil companies over insurance hikes
- Hawaii still struggling to fill correctional officer vacancies
- 94% of Students using AI chatbots at University of Hawaii
- Socialist Rep Perusso pushes Socialized Health Care
- Precisely as Intended: Oahu's North Shore Erosion Leaves Homeowners Without Solutions
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| Sunday, January 11, 2026 |
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January 11, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 731 Views
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- $35K Bribe: Kouchi Finally Speaks
- How to achieve a policy trifecta
- Idle DOE Funds
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 9, 2026
- Hawaii Has Been Called Before the High Court
- Tax Hike? Profitable Nonprofits Want $82K per Bum to Coddle Homeless
- Profitable: Nonprofit leaders applaud up-front grant funding
- Common Cause Director Loses Gig Distributing Money to ‘Nonprofits’ After Criticizing Mayor
- Search For Honolulu's Next Police Chief About To Kick Into Gear — Finally
- DHHL runs out of 1% mortgage financing
- Wisdom to get new year off on momentous journey
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| Saturday, January 10, 2026 |
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January 10, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:54 PM :: 915 Views
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| Friday, January 9, 2026 |
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January 9, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:13 PM :: 1258 Views
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- Welfare: Hawaii Tightens Coordination between SNAP and WIC
- Green Names Hawaiian Leader to BLNR
- 'Trauma Informed' Means 'Put Drug Addicts and Criminals in Charge'
- 2025: Grassroot Institute in the News
- Report: How to build more farmworker housing
- Gabbard is a joke: ‘Do Not Invite’
- Antivaxxer Quacks Draw Republicans, Greenies on Kauai
- Proposed HMSA, HPH partnership raises questions, concerns
- $150M: Totally Useless DoE Kitchen to Serve up Dela Cruz Pork
- DoE Facilities authority (again pretends to) move to speed classroom builds
- Should Oʻahu Be Broken Into 4 Cities With 4 Mayors?
- City budgeting openness bill to become law without Blangiardi’s signature
- Kauai Island of Retaliation: Judge Valenciano Retires
- Kauaʻi Coffee Co. land lease set to end in March—landowners to take over company?
- UH Engaged With Hackers Who Highjacked Cancer Study Data
- U.S. high court COULD hear case regarding 2010 raid of THC Ministry (but likely won’t)
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| Thursday, January 8, 2026 |
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January 8, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:19 PM :: 2897 Views
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- OHA Check Register 2024-25—Payroll Drives Spending up 30%
- "$35K Bribe? Not Me!" -- Signed by Every House Member Sitting in 2022
- $35K Bribe: AG Claims Feds Agree with her Decision to do Nothing
- COR: No Recession Coming, Hawaii can afford tax cuts amid upbeat economic outlook
- $35K Mystery Payment: Bill Would Extend Time To Prosecute
- Bill To Un-Steal Thousands Of Maui Vacation Rentals Heads To Planning Commissions for 120 days
- PGA Tour to Eliminate All Hawaii Events
- Sewer fee hikes begin
- Need A Doctor? Hawaiʻi's Physician Shortage Keeps Getting Worse
- $30 Million Wasted on Free Food and Salaries: Hawaiʻi Island Homeless Population Still Grew
- Mayor Blangiardi signs Honolulu Police Department media access bill
- Hawaiian Home Lands seeks $15M for geothermal exploration
- BLNR to discuss proposed Kapolei hydrogen scheme
- DFS pulls out of Hawaii after more than 60 years
- Waikiki drones to hunt crime?
- Top Hawaii Lawmaker Previews Bill To Let Voters Decide On Marijuana Legalization At The Ballot
- Gabbard MIA on Venezuela operation amid tensions over Trump policy
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| Wednesday, January 7, 2026 |
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January 7, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:47 PM :: 2917 Views
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- DoH Using AI to Manage 3,600 Developmentally Disabled People
- Big Island Felon Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Firearms and Ammunition
- Hawaiʻi Awarded $188.9 Million to Transform Rural Healthcare
- ‘We will extract Billions’--HMSA agrees to join with Hawaii Pacific Health hospitals
- Hawaiian Electric to Pay $100M for Lying About Wildfire Prevention Efforts
- Legislative Agenda: Global Warming is Excuse for $6B of Pork Projects
- Legislative Agenda: After Sue-n-Settle, $Billions to pretend to ‘Decarbonize’
- Move to Vegas: Oahu Single Family Home Prices Set new Record High
- State Supreme Court throws out Maui condo property tax lawsuit
- After 800 Deaths, Drowning Commission May Have a Meeting
- Avg Daily Skyline ridership DROPS 4% in December
- DPS Legislative Agenda: This Year’s Pitch for More Money
- Kamehameha Schools seeks tuition waiver with minimal financial impact
- New rules, fees for Hawaiʻi Island vacation rentals to take effect this year
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| Tuesday, January 6, 2026 |
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January 6, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:18 PM :: 1335 Views
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- Cap and Trade Scam Makes West Coast Gasoline Almost as Expensive as Hawaii--but not quite
- Hawaii's new act redefining parenthood has disturbing implications
- Governor proposes massive tax increase on middle class Hawaii
- Steal them All: After Bill 9--Proposal for new hotel zoning for vacation rentals deferred in Housing and Land Use Committee (AGAIN)
- Petition demands probe into $35,000 cash exchange by ‘influential’ lawmaker
- Trump Gives Hawaii nearly $190 million for rural health care – Green claims credit
- Federal authorities say crimes against kids up 150% since 2021
- Hawaiʻi ICE Arrests And Detentions In 2025 Spiked From Year Before
- Fireworks calls double
- No Surprise: Hawaii State Court Denies Oil Company Bids to Quash Climate Suit
- Hawaiian Electric reaches $47.75 million shareholder settlement over Maui wildfires
- Could Hawaii Become a Major Exporter of Energy Products?
- Maui To Settle Landfill Legal Battle After Scrapping Plan To Seize Property
- Maui synagogue threat in Kihei determined a hoax by police
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| Monday, January 5, 2026 |
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January 5, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:42 AM :: 505 Views
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- Act 298: LGBTQ have rights to your biological children—and a SECRET kangaroo court to enforce them
- Tax Increases Will Drive Agenda Of Hawaiʻi Lawmakers In Coming Session
- Grifting for Money, Global Warmers Trot out Another Bogus Hawaii Sea Level Rise Report
- Hawaiian Language Schools Grow As DOE Shrinks. There’s One Big Problem
- Expanding Waimanalo Gulch, as intended from the beginning
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| Sunday, January 4, 2026 |
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January 4, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:38 PM :: 1767 Views
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- Three simple resolutions for the Legislature in 2026
- Tax Word Find
- “Raging dumpster fire”-- What The Future of Hawaiʻi’s Republican Party Looks Like
- Will Fireworks Bust Lead to More Indictments?
- With FEMA housing deadline for Lahaina fire survivors 39 days away, state officials hope for an extension
- Star-Adv: $18 Minimum Wage Not Enough
- Hawaiʻi's Transparency Problem Isn't Just About Secrecy
- An early look at ConCons
- After 50 Years: Richard Borreca’s final column
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| Saturday, January 3, 2026 |
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January 3, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:42 PM :: 971 Views
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- Hawaii Senator Schatz Welches on Biden's Maduro Bounty
- Gov. Green’s proposed budget calls for $1.8B election-year tax increase
- Fixing Hawaiʻi’s Affordability Problem
- PRP: Build Affordable Housing or See Hawaii Without Hawaiians
- More Delays: Lawyer in Isabella Kalua’s abuse death case withdraws
- Hawaii's tip credit causes concern for restaurant industry
- Obamacare cost increase
- Hawaiʻi lawmakers propose climate brainwashing program in public schools
- $9M Unspent: Hawaii SNAP recipients left confused after emergency food funds expire
- ‘Plugin House’ $23,000 for Hawaii?
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| Friday, January 2, 2026 |
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January 2, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:36 PM :: 1828 Views
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- 9th Circuit Halts Hawaii Green Fee Tax on Cruise Lines
- OHA Launches New CIP Grant Program
- Hawaii #1 in AI-Written Essays
- To Protect 13,190 Fraudsters, Hawaii will Accept $33M SNAP Cuts
- Expired emergency food assistance funds wiped from SNAP cards
- After Two-and-a-half years, Maui County finally takes first steps towards issuing rebuilding permits in Lahaina’s business district
- Trump helps Hensel unify UH
- Oʻahu Needs Sidewalks. Should The County Be Required To Build Them?
- EMS responds to multiple possible fireworks-related injuries on New Year’s
- New Hawaii registry threatens hemp businesses with closures
- Just a Data Illusion: Is Hawaiʻi Releasing Inmates Without IDs?
- No Surprise: City aims to expand Waimanalo Gulch landfill
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| Thursday, January 1, 2026 |
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January 1, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 1147 Views
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- Visitor Spending Increased in November 2025 Despite Fewer Visitor Arrivals
- PUC Approves HECO Wildfire Mitigation Plan
- Rep Quinlan: Legislators not required to Respond to Constituents
- The Wall That Heals 2026 -- Volunteers Needed
- Did Aliamanu Deaths Change Attitude Towards Fireworks?
- CNHA Scoops up $700K before HTA Dumps tourism program
- Will 2026 be the year Hawaii loses pro golf?
- Trump administration freezing child care funds to all states amid investigation into Muslim fraud schemes
- Bomb threat emailed to Oahu synagogue prompts increased security, closure
- Police Drones: What can criminal lawyers get ruled inadmissible?
- Counties Are On A Hiring Spree: Sister Isles Pay More
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