Entries for December 2024

1. Hawaii Tax Changes Taking Effect January 1, 2025
2. HR6062 Passes Senate--creates process to Amend American Samoa Territorial Constitution
3. Hawaii Preferred Port of Entry for 'Birth Tourism' Scheme
4. ​Income tax cuts set to kick in
5. Maui Prep Dumps Trans Agenda: "Children should not be deciding if they want to change their gender”
6. “Historic Lahaina rebuild systematically stymied by Maui County officials”
7. HECO Files 95-Page Report to PUC on Lahaina Fire
8. Developers to build new Aloha Stadium on old foundations
9. NTSB: Mechanical issue after takeoff
10. TRO not Enforced before Killing
11. After Years for Purposeful Legislative Foot Dragging, Overcrowded Hilo Jail Gets 46 new beds
12. A booming problem: 0 illegal fireworks arrests in Hawaii this year
13. Conspiracy Nut News: Elections Commissioner Gets Kicked Out Of His Own Meeting

1.  Feds Waste Another $250M on Rail
2. Hawaii is the 5th Worst State for New Business Survival
3. HECO’s Shaky Credit: Utility Insiders Writing Bill for Legislators --Taxpayers to Cosign Loans
4.  When will Hawaiian Electric pay damage claim?  
5. Kamaka Air faces lawsuit with former owner
6. Will This Be The Year Hawaiʻi Charges Visitors For Their Environmental Impact?
7. Tourism is down on other islands; experts say it’s the ripple effect following Lahaina wildfire
8. Public Utilities Commission Addresses Life of the Land`s "Threat of Litigation"
9. East Maui Water: BLNR decides not to turn Mahi Pono into Dust Bowl for 2025
10. Maui Council OKs new Landfill site on first reading
11. The Impossible Task Of Building A New Landfill On Oʻahu
12. Pasteurization Protects Milk Supply from Spreading Bird Flu
13. Kuawa Street homeless camp closes—14 agree to accept shelter   

1. FBI Honolulu Publishes 2024 Fiscal Year in Review Document
2. Hawaii AG Joins 18-State Coalition Targeting 'Ghost Guns'
3. ‘Lack of Significant Intelligence’ -- ‘Serious pessimism about whether Gabbard could secure the votes’
4. Council Votes Kahuku Wind Turbines to be Torn Down Starting in 2031
5. Board of Water Supply manager calls proposed landfill site ‘Red Hill Two’
6. Congress Is Poised To Approve Another $1.6 Billion For Maui Fire Aid
7. In Hawai‘i Congressional Fundraising, Tokuda Outraises Case 

1. Green Submits Biennium Budget
2. Tokuda: Sex-Change for Children More Important than Hawaii’s Military Construction Budget
3. Sovereignty Activist Whines About Grassroot Institute and King’s Cathedral Lahaina Advocacy
4. US Senate passes Lahaina heritage bill
5. Data Dive: Hawaiʻi Deportation Cases Hit Quarter-Century High
6. Dopers Demand More THC in Gummies, Vapes
7. Truck driving instructor explains recent Nimitz Hwy rollovers

1. Reply to ACLU: Fixing Hawaii Bail Problem Requires Return to Core Constitutional Principles
2. Hawaii Gun Control Issue 'Far from Resolved'
3. Honolulu: The Real Value of $100 -- $88.57
4. 2025 State Tax Competitiveness Index -- Hawaii Ranks 42nd
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How they Voted December 13, 2024
6. Hawaii Airports Busiest Per Capita in USA
7. Kahele: I will redirect OHA cashflow to CNHA
8. Selection of Kamehameha Schools Trustees – Insiders Grab for Control
9. Lahaina School Enrollment drops by 1,000 After Fire
10. Donʻt Justify Public Preschools By Citing Dubious Studies
11. BLNR Tells Lahaina Condo Complex to Fall in Sea
12. Honolulu City Council Addresses Kahuku Windfarm Fiasco

1. "Empty homes" tax deferral shows your voice matters
2. PBS FRONTLINE documentary: ‘Maui’s Deadly Firestorm’ premieres Dec. 17
3. Lahaina Debris Clearing Nearly Complete
4. Qualified Charitable Distributions
5. Gov. Green 2026 reelection ‘Green Lighted’
6. Hawaii Supreme Court Just Like Trump
7. Queen’s plans new hospital in Kailua-Kona with helipad, housing

1. Feds do the Job the State Cannot: Molester Coach Pleads Guilty
2. DHHL Breaks Ground at Bowl-O-Drome Site
3. Kapaa Woman Indicted for COVID Fraud
4. Legislature Begins Accepting Grant-in-Aid Applications
5. UH lands $110M DoD contract for cutting-edge research
6. Too Bad, So Sad: With Trump in Office, Grifters Can’t Milk Hawai‘i’s Military-Leased Lands for Money
7. Hawaii's Population: Eight Years of decline
8. Senators:  Tulsi Gabbard ‘Shallow and Unimpressive’
9. Lawyers ‘Knife fight’ in court over Maui wildfire settlement fund
10. Briefing schedule set on motion to vacate Miske convictions and return seized assets
11. Manoa father cited for Christmas lights on public walkway
12. Bumflights: Hawaii Homeless influx expected before 2028 LA Olympic Games

1. UHERO: 'Housing affordability continues to deteriorate'
2. Red Flag Warning Ends with No Safety Shutoffs
3. Exodus Depresses Hawaii Economy
4. Tariffs Will Drive Cost of Living Higher
5. Another Boondoggle: Mile-Long Pedestrian Bridge in Wahiawa
6. Can a US missile defense system shield Guam from Chinese threat?
7. The Long Crusade To Build A West Maui Hospital Hits Another Snag
8. Police officer arrested for felony crime at downtown apartment complex
9. Former basketball coach pleads guilty to child sex crimes against 10 victims
10. Crackpot Comment on Hawaiian being ‘dead language’ at council hearing draws widespread rebuke
11. Honolulu Restaurant Tip Theft Case Hardly The Only One In Town
12. Court ruling could halt boat operations at Kāʻanapali Beach in 2025

1. Honolulu City Council votes to defer Bill 46 Empty Homes Tax
2. Designed to Fail: City Pretends to Select Wahiawa Location for Dump
3. Biden Admin Begs SCOTUS to Ignore Honolulu Climate Suit
4. Face It, Theyʻre Not Moving Back to Hawaiʻi
5. Applause as Council postpones empty-homes tax bill
6. Manager of senior housing complex left injured resident to die on apartment floor, new lawsuit alleges
7. Star-Adv: City Must Make Ghetto Lottery Pay
8. More red light safety cameras and speeding cameras coming to Hawaii roads

1. Survey: 40% consider moving out of state
2. Mariana Islands a Center for Chinese Birth Tourism
3. Honolulu’s proposed “Empty Homes” tax: ‘Some people will lose their homes’
4. Blangiardi doubts plastic bottle ban bill
5. Rules of the House, up close and personal
6. Designed to Fail: City pretends to pick area northwest of Wahiawa to pretend to be Oahu’s next landfill
7. Maui County files for dismissal of election suit
8. 23-Time Loser Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case
9. Police subsidized vehicle reportedly involved in Aiea hit and run
10. Price increase expected for Oahu Transit Services
11. Cell tower bills head to council
12. Bill 156: Maui Council to Ban Vapes?
13. Frequent Complaints about bums using drugs, exhibiting signs of mental illness or continuously occupying spaces

1. ANOTHER ONE: Alleged CEO Assassin is Honolulu Resident
2. Hawaii’s continuous exodus could get a whole lot worse
3. Justice Thomas slams Hawaii’s gun permit laws in SCOTUS denial
4. Senators Urged To Examine Gabbard's 'Deep and Intense' Ties To Hawaiʻi Cult
5. The Miske Enterprise case is about to disappear
6. No Transsexual Agenda for Maui Prep after Board Member Ousted  
7. Hawaii Second Amendment case may be Eligible for Second Bite of Supreme Apple
8. City council to vote Wednesday on empty homes tax bill
9. ‘Empty Homes Tax’ will Drive Up Rents
10. Legislative Agenda: Yamashita to grab for County Revenues (again)

1. Supreme Court Passes On Chance To Correct Hawaii Ruling Finding ‘Spirit Of Aloha’ Trumps Second Amendment
2. Tulsi Gabbard as U.S. Spymaster?
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 6 2024
4. ‘Monkey Business’ -- OHA too crooked to run Graveyard
5. West Oahu Has A Domestic Violence Crisis. The Cost Of Living Makes It Worse
6. City prepares to announce new landfill site; here’s what’s being considered

1. The Upcoming 2025 Session
2. Why Hawaii's housing costs are among the highest in the nation
3. Hawaii 3rd-Highest Pension Debt
4. Dream home in paradise leads to 'total dismay'
5. Insiders Scripting Next Legislative Session Right Now
6. Keiki Climate Change Settlement Behind Construction Projects
7. Public needs legislative transparency
8. Green Allocates $20M to Sue Trump
9. HPD looks to pull back West Oahu manpower
10. Legal Weed?  Tarnas Copying now-unpopular Maryland Law
11. Water Issues Strangle Troubled Residential Development in Rainy Hilo
12. General Plan meeting wanders into climate change discussion
13. Huge backlog for key business tax credit

1. Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy
2. City announces next five town hall meetings on proposed sewer fee increases
3. Affordable Housing: City Touts 'Year of Progress'
4. Light tunnel and brand-new displays to commemorate 40th anniversary of Honolulu City Lights
5. Dec 15 Deadline for Maui Interim Housing Program
6. DOH Approve State's 25th Medicated Marijuana Dispensary
7. How 1898 Annexation of Hawaii upset Japan’s plans of occupation
8. Lahaina residents hopeful as momentum builds in burn zone
9. FEMA seeks vacant lots for temporary housing for Maui fire survivors
10. Miske’s death also ends an assault case against him in state court that was ready for trial
11. Aunt of missing Maui woman says she’s parting ways with rest of family
12. Input wanted on proposed Skyline, TheBus and Handi-Van fare changes
13. Blangiardi administration skeptical of bill to ban single-use plastic bottles

1. New report challenges common claim that 'Jones Act jobs' have been increasing
2. Missing Maui Woman Secretly Married in Green Card Scam?
3. Senate passes legislation for Maui fire survivors tax relief
4. UH Contract Specifically Hides President Search Details From The Public
5. Everybody is Screwed: Honolulu DPP Yanks ‘Renovation Aloha’ Permit After Civil Beat Exposes Illegal Work
6. State Worker Charged In Monk Seal Pup Death Repeatedly Let Dogs Off Leash
7. Controversy looms over potential sites for Oahu landfill
8. McCoy Pavilion Renovation—5 years and counting

1. DBEDT: Tax Reform Improves Economic Outlook
2. Insurance Emergency: Green Extends Proclamation Again
3. Court: DoE Must Allow Christian Good News Clubs in Schools
4. DOOMED: Senators Set to Reject Gabbard nomination – but first they want to expose her foreign contacts
5. Unconstitutional:  Empty Homes Tax bill up for final reading Dec. 11
6. Bogus UCLA Study Behind Empty-Homes Tax
7. OHA Leadership Shakeup Puts Kai Kahele In Charge, With An Eye on Kakaako Makai Development
8. House approves push to designate Lahaina a heritage area
9. COVID Cheating Over: Long Lines as SNAP Now Requires In-Person Recertification
10. Why Did Hawaii Democrats Link Electoral Votes To The Popular Vote?
11. Mike Miske autopsy produced no immediate answers about his cause of death
12. Honolulu police ‘justified’ in fatal shooting on New Year’s Day, prosecutor says
13. Judge dismisses sexual assault case against Maui firefighter
14. Damages to Kula fire survivors' driveways after debris removal have some feeling 'betrayed'
15. Biden Admin Seeks to End Hawaii Doctors' Challenge to Abortion Pill Regs
16. Hawaii Farmers Face Risk of Crime Daily. Is A Murder Enough To Spur Reform?
17. Data Dive: Hawaii Spends More On Takeout Than Any Other State

1. Miske’s death may terminate some criminal proceedings
2. Years Later, Kilauea lava flow disaster recovery efforts still haven’t started
3. 20% Kickback Legalized? Nan Scores $150M DHHL project by teaming up with Kali Watson Crony
4. My Battle with Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Followers in Hawaii
5. For 'Renovation Aloha,' Permit Violations Are The Cost Of Doing Business
6. HPD corporal charged with making false reports to law enforcement goes before judge
7. Miske cause of death still a mystery
8. Will Miske Family Sue over Jail ‘Suicide’?
9. PUC: Justice = Free Electricity?
10. Kauai Council Sworn in Despite Election Challenge
11. How City Landfill Process is Designed to Continue Waimanalo Gulch

Years Later, Kilauea lava flow disaster recovery efforts still haven’t started

1. Legislators Announce 2025 Session Calendar
2. Tax and Trade issues top Taiwan Agenda during Hawaii Visit
3. How Family Got Justice Decades After Outgoing 19-Year-Old Was Killed in Her Hawaii Apartment
4. How to make Hawaii more livable
5. Hunting for a New Place in Renter’s Purgatory
6. $250M Later, Hawaii Kindergarten Readiness Remains Low
7. Green to Testify Before Congress on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s health secretary nomination
8. Roth announces $10.7 million savings for county from arbitration with Hawaiʻi Government Employees Association
9. 2.3% hike in SNAP benefits proposed by U.S. Ag Department to reflect Hawai‘i food costs 

1. ‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37%
2. SF Judge Rules 'Empty Homes Tax’ Unconstitutional
3. Maui County Officials Plot to Eliminate Front Street
4. Tulsi Gabbard Through The Years: What A Long Strange Trip It's Been
5. Kennedy nomination could place our keiki’s access to vaccines in jeopardy
6. Newly Elected? Here's How Not To Be Corrupted

1. Taiwan President Lai visits Bishop Museum in Hawaii
2. ALERT: Stop the misguided "empty homes" tax proposal
3. Deferred Maintenance
4. ​Breaking: Mike Miske found dead at Honolulu’s Federal Detention Center
5. DNI? Gabbard set to lose 48-52, RFK will lose 45-55
6. Slush Fund News: OHA Fears Trump Will not Give Cash for Military Leases
7. After Losing to Pierick Again, Rosenlee asks Court for a Mulligan
8. Hopeful restaurant owners have to begin as ‘snack shop’ due to county’s permitting process
9. No Excuse for Rolling Back Historic Income Tax Cuts
10. Empty homes tax raises many issues
11. DHS Plan: Make foster kids wait four more years for help
12. Tarnas: Legalize Drugged Driving
13. News Rules for Legislative Committee Referrals?
14. Green Fee Still Unconstitutional, Legislators will waste time on it anyway
15. Honolulu rail’s failures overburden residents
16. Hawaii looks to ban sale of single-use plastics at city facilities
17. ‘Details a Little Fuzzy’ as Plastiphobes Mandate Stainless Steel Bento Boxes for Downtown Hilo
18. Dude Admits he was trying to Sneak into Womens Restroom at US Congress