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Monday, December 29, 2025 December 29, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:20 PM :: 281 Views Climate activists v. the U.S. energy industry: Cases to watch in 2026 Hawaii Cruise Ship Tax Survives, but Its Voyage Will Be Stormy "Aloha Spirit" or the Second Amendment? Hawaii's Fantasy Hits the Supreme Court on January 20th Skip Dillingham: Regents Approve rail station over HCC Campus Keeping UH Competitive in the ‘NIL’ College Sports Landscape Miske co-defendants appeal long sentences Hawaiian Airlines Travelers Lose TSA PreCheck With No Options Read More..

Sunday, December 28, 2025 December 28, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:57 PM :: 1048 Views New year a good time to ditch harmful old ideas Highlights of 2025, Hopes for 2026 Charitable Giving This Year? Tax Increase Planned to Pay for Executive Salary Hikes? Know The Source: Biden’s Open-Borders Commissioner Squares off with SHOPO Hawaii lawmakers plan to tinker with housing affordability, but not do anything really effective Obamacare Fail: Without Subsidy, Prices going up for 23,000 in Hawaii Hawaii’s traffic fatalities in 2025 skyrocket to 17-year high Zoom-Bombing Becomes a Thing for Hawaiʻi Boards A Voters Guide To The 2026 Legislative Session And Beyond Read More..

Saturday, December 27, 2025 December 27, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:44 AM :: 581 Views Hawaii highest in nation for child care costs, study shows Legislature Opens Application Window for Grants-in-Aid Kauai jail relocation wrapped into state’s massive Grove Farm land purchase State Land Board approves final EIS for Kaheawa Wind 1 continued use for 20 years Hospital, workers agree on new contract, ending months-long strike Ewa: Electric Bills Jump to $700/mo Read More..

Friday, December 26, 2025 December 26, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:09 AM :: 671 Views Lahaina: Tourists Better be out of Town by Sundown HECO to Build Giant Battery on Maui Did Aliamanu Deaths Change Attitude Towards Fireworks? DOE still has a thumb on the scale when it comes to charter schools Hawaiʻi Charter Schools Need Facilities Kauai's Next Outsider Top Cop To Take Over Department over SHOPO’s Objection Read More..

Thursday, December 25, 2025 December 25, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:53 AM :: 641 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Kamehameha Schools free-tuition policy designed to protect trust against lawsuit Irregular Safety Inspections Found as Building Fires Rise in Hawaii 'Limbo Field' Would Reflect The Precarious State Of UH Football DHHL opens first transitional shelter for homeless waitlisters Read More..

Wednesday, December 24, 2025 December 24, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 2797 Views How Christmas Came to Hawaii Green Fee: Court Denies Cruise Lines Motion for Preliminary Injunction Democrats Name Union Lobbyist, CWS Administrator, and former Senator for HD36 Vacancy KPD Issues Arrest Warrant in Amber Jackson Homicide Case Height limits another barrier to rebuilding Lahaina as it was ‘CON laws hurt our community more than they might help’ Hawaii AG Fights to Keep Trannies in Female Sports Green Names Four to Boards and Commissions Mitsunaga, Rep Evslin, Rep Alcos among Hawaiʻi's Biggest Tax Delinquents After Five Years, Iwasa Finally Allowed to Attend Secret HART board meetings Domestic Abuse Allegations Prompt Democrats To Scuttle HD36 Legislative Nominee Baby boomers struggle with housing, food and health risks Kamehameha Schools announces tuition-free education for all students Volunteers Oversee Hawaiʻi Charter Schools. Fortunately, the DoE Has Little Say Over Them Prison guard’s wife arrested for allegedly threatening Moanalua official Man who threatened to burn house down in Puna was out on supervised release for 2 assault cases in 2024 Read More..

Tuesday, December 23, 2025 December 23, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:39 PM :: 1439 Views Green Releases Proposed Budget Lawyers Use DCCA to Extract $6M from Pay Pal Maui Council Fails to Advance Promised Rezoning for 4,500 Bill 9 Properties 16% Pay hike for Hawaii County Mayor, top managers HART pays $41.3M to Ward “Kiss of Death” to Sen Stanley Chang’s ‘Affordable Housing’ Scheme Gen X is squeezed, caring for generations before and after Funding for new Big Island hospital in supplemental state budget Another Mentally Ill Person Charged with Murder Mililani man first to be compensated under Hawaii’s wrongful conviction law Downtown 'Hell-Hole' Building Founder Faces Eviction From His Luxury Condo Read More..

Monday, December 22, 2025 December 22, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:53 PM :: 1020 Views Senate WAM Announces Budget Hearing Schedule Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 19, 2025 75% of local workers now considering leaving the state Three candidates Vie for Plum KSBE Trustee Gig Hawaiʻi Charter Schools Promised A New Model. Did They Succeed? Kaua‘i Voters Could Decide Six Charter Amendments US Customs Social Media vetting proposal threatens Hawaii’s tourism economy Read More..

Sunday, December 21, 2025 December 21, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:07 PM :: 1598 Views Bill 9 Creates Legal and Economic Crisis Gaming This Year? I bet Santa would agree about CON laws Appointed Sen Lamasao fails in Gambit to Appoint Husband to House Seat Work Hasn’t Begun but … Hawai‘i Convention Center roof repair climbs to $87M — a 70% surge The $3B Plan for 2026 Legislative Session Centers on Tax Hikes Hawaii’s young adults struggle to launch amid skyrocketing costs HART CEO gets $350K following citywide pay raises Fire HMSA to Save Medicaid Honolulu Police Commission Still Bumbling Through the Process of Picking Someone to Pick the Chief Hawaii County PD chief applicants narrowed down to 11 SHOPO: Only Insiders Need Apply Read More..

Saturday, December 20, 2025 December 20, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:42 PM :: 2291 Views Bill 9: First Lawsuit Filed HHS acts to bar taxpayer-funded sex-change procedures Kona, Kahului Most Expensive Car Rentals in USA Caldwell Planning Commissioner Among Four arrested and charged with gambling promotion Sovereignty Movement Money Laundering: Woman gets 18 months in prison for tax scam HART audit concludes results are positive, rail agency says (LOL!) Hawaii Cuts Sugary Foods, Beverages from SNAP—leads to flip-flop Green: $16.5M to keep Hawaii residents on Obamacare Honolulu Ocean Safety Commission appoints first-ever Chief of Ocean Safety Read More..

Friday, December 19, 2025 December 19 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 10:46 AM :: 796 Views Prohibition Ends: Trump Legalizes Medical Marijuana Trump Restricts Tongan Travel to US Hitachi lawsuit is wooden stake in HART? Musical Chairs: Aloha Stadium Authority hires executive with ‘connections’ Aloha Stadium pretends to begin demolition Poor policies lead to lack of UH football sponsors How Trump’s move to end marijuana prohibition could affect Hawaii Should A State Worker Be Able To Lease Public Property Without Bids? Red Hill victims win attorney fees as appeal continues Man accused of killing Maui police officer wants jail calls kept secret Another CWS Disaster: Bryson Mahoe sentenced 20 years for sexual assault of minors HUD Plan Leaves Hawaii Homelessness Industry Worried About How to Promote Transsexualism Among Street Kids, Operate Needle Exchanges Read More..

Thursday, December 18, 2025 December 18, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 9:13 AM :: 841 Views End or reduce capital gains tax on housing to incentivize home sales 150 lbs of Meth: Kauai man second of eleven to be Sentenced HIDOE issues first statewide permanent bans following alleged assault of school administrator FAKE SETTLEMENT: Maui wildfire survivors won’t receive settlement payments before year’s end FAKE LAWSUIT: Maui police chief calls for apology after lawsuit dismissal FAKE BILL 9: ILWU Hotel Union Endorses Bissen after Bissen Signs Bill Gutting Hotel Competitors Hawaiʻi Building Fires Are On The Rise; Safety Inspections Aren't Keeping Up Hilo Park Designed to Get Rid of Bikini Islanders Lawmakers consider bills to streamline construction projects' lengthy historic preservation review Lawsuits Seek to Block DHHL Plan for Mass Evictions Housing stipend among the proposals to address HPD vacancies 50% of Hawaii County Police calls are homeless-related Read More..

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 December 17, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:44 PM :: 1084 Views Bogus Diddy Suit Dismissed after making complete fool of Maui Mayor Purchasing Power: In Honolulu $100 worth only $90.71 HGEA Demands Action by DOE After Brutal Assault on Moanalua HS Employee Hawaii AG Sues to Hide Data on College DEI Admissions Booking.com fights to revive challenge to Hawaii tax rule Bissen appoints Batangan to Maui County Council How HART Artificially Inflates Rail Ridership Numbers Jail Guard Charged in assault of Maunalua HS sports official Hawaii Officials Strategize Gun Control in Secret Maui Land & Pineapple fined for inadequate stream flows Hawaiʻi loses 10 senior wildlife scientists amid federal staffing cuts Hawaiian, Alaska airlines to (pretend to) use locally made biofuel Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Says Current Rules Are Enough To Prevent AI Abuses 2 pleading guilty to fraud for false claims in wildfires Read More..

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 December 16, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 PM :: 2154 Views Bissen signs Bill 9 into law immediately after Maui County Council vote Honolulu Health Care Costs 15th Highest in USA Charter Amendment: Exempt DPP from Civil Service Honolulu Charter Amendment to Streamline Housing Approvals Hawaii Minimum Wage Increases to $16 January 1 Green: I Am Planning $1.5B Tax Hike Legislative Agenda: Mayors Propose 12.5% GE Tax Hike Maui County to Steal ‘only’ 1,700 Short Term Rentals?  New zoning on agenda for Friday Crony and Convicted Felon Land Deal: Hawaiian Homes Commission to Vote Tuesday Wespac Looks To Expand Commercial Access To Hawaiʻi's Papahānaumokuākea Read More..

Monday, December 15, 2025 December 15, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:34 PM :: 704 Views  Two Telescopes Stop Paying Rent on Mauna Kea and another cancels $500M upgrade-DeFries Doesn’t Notice Origins of the Great Hawaiian Revival of 1836-1842 DHHL ‘Paper Leases’ Scheme Failed Last Time, and the Time Before That City Council seeks web-based transparency into Honolulu finances “The devil is in the details” Honua Ola (again) eyes new (grossly overpriced) power purchase agreement with Hawaiian Electric With Obesity Growing On Oʻahu, Food Bank Push To Grab Property Tax Revenues May Go To A Vote    Read More..

Sunday, December 14, 2025 December 14, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:38 PM :: 4734 Views During COVID, Hawaii Life Expectancy Declined Less than National Average   More Grief Over SNAP There's a new kids' market in town Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 12, 2025 Did Expose save Kouchi from $35,000 Bribe Prosecution?   Behind weird flip-flop on leaving Senate? Louie: Bill 9 will cost Maui ‘hundreds of millions’ of dollars when it loses suits Next Boondogle: Desalination plant on Oahu (again) nearing construction after three decades of work Honolulu's Housing Problem Isn't Just Supply. It's A Process Insurance Companies Interfere with Primary Care Doctors Governor plans $16.5M to cover loss of Obamacare subsidies here Selling Out On College Sports Is The New Career Plan Surveillance video shows post-game assault on high school athletics official On-demand ride service could replace least-popular Maui Bus routes Gun Control Nuts Give Hawaii High Marks Read More..

Saturday, December 13, 2025 December 13, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:37 AM :: 962 Views 150 lbs of Meth: Kauai Woman first of eleven to be Sentenced Oahu residents urged to check new flood zone maps ahead of major FEMA changes HART Getting Only 11,000 Daily Riders—Half of Mayor’s Projection Reimagining Public Safety: ‘Habitual Criminal’ Supports ACLU Plot to Block Oahu Jail Project Hawaii Labor Unions Ranked by Membership Kids wait, and wait, for skate park in Ocean View that has been mired in government red tape for Nine Years Hawaii board votes to change name of Hawaii Island Read More..

Friday, December 12, 2025 December 12, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 862 Views Sen Ernst Calls for Halt and Full Audit of 8a Program Feds Order All 8a Participants to Provide Financial Records Undercover Video Exposes 8a Contracting Scam Setting Stage for Legislative Session: DBEDT Forecasts Economic Growth of 1.5 Percent in 2026 UHERO Forecast for the State of Hawaiʻi: Mild recession and weak recovery in 2026 Trump DOJ Sues Hawaii in Latest Attempt to Seize Voter Data Honolulu Charter Amendment: Require 'Fiscal Notes' for Council Bills Hawaii ‘certificate of need’ laws have ‘chilling effect’ on healthcare access Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 2.5% State Governments Parlay Sports Betting Into Tax Windfall Fraud Magnet: Top Senator Takes Aim at Hawaiian 8a Corporations NDAA: Funding bill urges Army to negotiate land leases Will 17 Legislators Force Discussion of bribery scandal? HART:  Demands for payment “false or fraudulent” Hawaii's 2026 minimum wage increase could raise prices Usual Suspects Attempt to Block Reopening of Lahaina Harbor Secretary of Homeland Security under fire for deported Hawaii veteran in hearing Nearly Half Of DOE's New Teacher Hires Are Not Licensed To Teach Junking Electric Vehicles: Maui Leads the Way Man charged with assaulting Moanalua High official Read More..

Thursday, December 11, 2025 December 11, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 943 Views Hawaii’s Concealed Carry is a Fraud Hawaii County Announces Six Affordable Housing Projects New Report Illuminates Geothermal Cooling Potential in Hawaii Kalaupapa, site of Catholic saint history, reopens to visitors “It’s not a threat, and it’s not extortion” On July 4, 2026 Hawaii’s Slow permitting process may Kill Wind and Solar Developers A&B merger is end of isle ‘Big 5’ era Priced out of paradise: Hawaii families build new lives in Utah Hawaii Senator pushes for stricter social media age limits as debate grows USDA: Hawaii can restrict soda purchases for SNAP recipients Homeless People Are Dying On Oʻahu because we do not FORCE them into housing and treatment Honolulu mayor seeks Taiwan’s help to rebuild crime-plagued Chinatown Cultural Plaza Read More..

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 December 10, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 AM :: 1841 Views Hawaii Says Trump’s Medicaid Policy Is Harmful. They Can’t Prove It. ‘The Babylon Bee’ Fights Hawaii Law Censoring Political Speech Is Red Hill a Superfund Site? Children’s Entrepreneur Market Expands to Hawaii He Spent Funds Meant For Native Hawaiians On Polo And Porsches. The Federal Government Failed To Stop Him Terrified Bissen may face challenger, HGEA Makes Early Endorsement Feds Allowed to Join Green Fee Case: Argue Hawaii Cruise Ship Tax Violates Supremacy Clause Meth News: Six-Timer Loser gets Minimal Sentence -- stabs HPD officer City moves on major Kapolei affordable housing project Honolulu apartment tenants protest at landlord’s home over power shutoff Texas attorney sentenced for illegally soliciting Hawaii wildfire victims Read More..

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 December 9, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:21 PM :: 827 Views SOLD: Alexander & Baldwin to be Taken Private in $2.3 Billion Transaction AG Launches Hawaii Crime Statistics Dashboard Fireworks Firm Tied To Illegal Hawaiʻi Shipment OK'd To Sell Firecrackers AI permit process completion used by City Hawaii reaches deadliest year on roads since 2012 Construction underway to complete West Oahu police substation Nonprofit clears mortgage for family of fallen police officer Court documents reveal alleged motive for slaying of Maui police officer Soft-on-Crime: Meth addicted slasher gets new trial Activists warn about how immigration crackdown impacts Hawaii Man charged with assault after high school basketball game AI porn on state websites? Hawaiian Electric Sues Par Hawaiʻi Claiming Faulty Fuel Ruined Turbines Read More..

Monday, December 8, 2025 December 8, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 2287 Views The Downmarket Impact of New Multifamily Housing: Evidence from a Honolulu Condo Tower Hawai‘i and Honolulu county councils pass bills supported by Grassroot Grassroot submits proposals to Honolulu Charter Commission ‘Parking requirements are closer to sorcery than to science’ JSC Still Seeking Nominees for Maui Judgeships 2026 Legislative Agenda: Tax Hikes Coming? Without Fraud and Abuse, layoffs hit Maui Nonprofits Hawaii County Council questions homeless nonprofit ‘double-dipping, travel’ First 100 days: Maui County Ethics executive director reports surge in inquiries Veto? Mayor Alameda critiques Hawaii County's new plastic waste ban Hawaiʻi Patients To Join New Lawsuit Against Army Doctor Accused Of Abuse Confused About the Public Utilities Commission? $843K Per Unit: First of 10 towers at Mayor Wright Homes positioned to rise next year Hawaii Pacific Health, HMSA discussing possible merger Read More..

Sunday, December 7, 2025 December 7, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 PM :: 1347 Views Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy Sen Awa Responds -- Fined for Filming Campaign Ad at Legislative Office Lessons from Lahaina could help Hilo recover Making a Federal Case Out of the Green Fee Homelessness: How Effective is HONU Program? Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 6, 2025 Election Office Suppressing Native Hawaiian Votes CNHA Again:  $752K for Program HTA doesn’t use Winer Launches New Lobbying Firm after last one went bankrupt Hawaii Legislature: Doing nothing equals voting yes Hiring slowing as costs, minimum wage increase ‘Cost of Living’ on Conty Legislative Agenda Maui Council advances tax relief extension for Lahaina wildfire survivors Read More..

Saturday, December 6, 2025 December 6, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:36 PM :: 1652 Views Hawaii Governor: The CDC changing childhood vaccine schedules "is a mistake" Hawaii Congressional Delegation Complains of Slow-Moving FEMA Grants Precisely as Predicted:  Green’s Bogus Maui Fire Settlement Leads to ‘Thousands of Appeals’ Council passes Honolulu Police Department media access bill Kawaiahao Church burial controversy nears resolution after 16 years Former Tripler gynecologist jailed amid misconduct investigation Read More..

Friday, December 5, 2025 December 5, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 818 Views JSC Finally Gets Enough Applicants for Chief Justice OHA: We Are Shut Out of Green’s Army Negotiations Babylon Bee challenges state law criminalizing political speech Sen Awa Fined for Filming Campaign Ad at Legislative Office South, Central Maui Water 'Crisis' Suddenly Over Fanatics starts sports prediction app, not subject to state taxes in Hawaii Case, Tokuda split votes on removal of Chinese government influence from US schools Court: US Can Intervene in Cruise Line Challenge to Hawaii ‘Green Fee’ With Hilo Burning, State Fire Marshall Priorities are ‘Staffing and Budget’ State funding during shutdown less than expected Council Member Accuses Mayor's Administration Of Coercion Over Housing Vote Honolulu City Council OKs anti-ICE ‘constitutional rights’ resolution Electrical Panels Sparking—so ‘tenants’ go looking for a lawyer Hawaiʻi Is A Great Place To Grow Old — But Only For Some Ag property tax measure advances Read More..

Thursday, December 4, 2025 December 4, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:53 PM :: 2723 Views SHOPO Slams Judge behind Sykap Cash Payout Green Appoints Rep who took money from Ty Cullen to Senate Seat Abandoned by Corporate Lobbyist Queens, HHSC to Develop New Outpatient Care Center in Kailua-Kona Hawaii AG Sues TikTok: 'Addictive Platform Harming Children' Star-Advertiser 'accepts nearly all' right-wing Letters to the Editor Federal Raid Exposes Big Secret -- Hawaii ‘Monster Houses’ tied to Illegal Immigration Feds: Affordable Housing Scammer Keeps on Scamming – even after being convicted Honolulu Rail Pays $41 Million In Dispute Over Kakaako Land under Ala Moana Extension Hawaii PUC Staff Training Today at Golf Course Task force proposes housing stipends, bonuses to fill HPD vacancies Council approves $1M cash bonanza for family of criminal killed by police during 2021 crime spree Killer Dead after being sent out of Hawaii City council passes bill to allow media police scanner access Hawaii speed cameras still not ticketing, questions raised Hawaiʻi County Council passes bill to require more expensive ‘green’ single-use foodware, serviceware – will mayor veto? 123 Junk Cars Removed: MEMA completes wildfire risk reduction project near Lahaina Read More..

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 December 3, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 1326 Views US Senator Demands Crackdown on 8a Fraudsters Committee selects three finalists for Kamehameha Schools trustee seat 100th completed structure in Maui wildfire-affected areas Dawson Hawaii embezzlement case adds to pressure on SBA 8a program Hawaiʻi's GOP Continues To Fight Amongst Itself As The 2026 Elections Loom Navy proceeds with expansion of vast training areas off Hawaii, California Film Industry Grifts for More Free Money from Legislature Hawaii’s congressional delegation calls for investigation of former Tripler doctor Lahaina rebuild will include fire safety improvements AI Is Everywhere. Will Honolulu Voters Get To Set Limits? Trump to block a tiny portion of SNAP support to blue states in data dispute Sometimes Classroom Discussions Get Messy — As They Should Rotting Corpse Smell Annoys Nanakuli residents Read More..

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 December 2, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:25 PM :: 3942 Views Seeking Common Ground on Maunakea City now accepting resumes for Honolulu Liquor Commission Administrator TVR Lawsuit Coming: ‘Steal ‘em all’ Version of Maui Bill 9 Passes First Read 5-3 Recent Government Salary Hikes at Top Leave Many Public Workers Behind SHOPO says it will ‘work with’ (do a job on) new Kauaʻi police chief Arson not suspected in Hilo fire that burned multiple buildings DHHL expects to meet deadline to spend $600M – will ask Legislature for $800M more New Hawaii property insurance program helps stabilize prices Hawaiian Precincts: Where the Trumpsters Are Hawaii sees 16% jump in Japan visitors, spending up 15.5% Lawsuit: $140M Hawaii Coffee Fraud Read More..

Monday, December 1, 2025 December 1, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 1640 Views West Coast Health Alliance pushes back against antivaxxer lies VA houses largest number of homeless Veterans in seven years  Legislative Agenda 2026: Legalize Child Kidnapping for Sex-Change Negotiating Position: Green wants $500M to line 8(a) Corp pockets Who is in Charge at the Public Utilities Commission? Hilo building fires: 4 blazes in 2 months Rail Work Is Causing Pedestrian Hazards And Headaches On Dillingham Hawaii Gave Away 1,000 Free Dashcams To Drivers, Now DOT Has 'Eyes On The Road' Limited commercial boat operations to return to Lahaina Harbor for first time since destructive wildfire of 2023 Read More..