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Sunday, February 8, 2026
February 8, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 103 Views
  1. HB1875: Juvenile Sex Change Operations on the Move in House
  2. $100M -- Idle Land and Natural Resource Funds
  3. The kind of playbook Hawaii lawmakers need
  4. Election 2026: 94 Candidates Pull Papers to Run
  5. Deferred: SB 433 Would Criminalize Knives and Bows
  6. State Wastes $82.8M on Long-Vacant ‘positions’
  7. Green Fee Slush Fund off the GRID
  8. DOE Travel: $4 Million, 8,000 Trips And Few Details On Educational Value
  9. Lawmakers Again Pretending to Consider Banning Contributions from Contractors
  10. Blangiardi wants Taiwan to fix crumbling, crime-plagued Chinatown Cultural Plaza
  11. Shapiro: Ed Case had right strategy for achieving Dems ICE reforms
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Saturday, February 7, 2026
February 7, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:01 AM :: 123 Views
  1. Paid family leave program could drive up costs, harm employees
  2. AG, House leader accused of talking of 'mystery lawmaker'
  3. Hawaii lawmakers question timeline for bribery investigation completion
  4. Why homebuyers in Kalaeloa want to pay more than required
  5. HB2451: Free public transit?
  6. Sen Rhoads Still Trying to ‘Abolish Corporate Personhood’ (sort of)
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Friday, February 6, 2026
February 6, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:48 PM :: 212 Views
  1. Grassroot: 10 bold reforms to ease Hawaii’s housing crisis
  2. Hawaiʻi Mayors Scrap GE Tax Hike Pitch – will try again after Election
  3. Hawaii’s Income Tax Cut U-Turn Muddles Relief for Working Class
  4. Performance audit requested for housing, homelessness programs funded by Hawaiʻi County
  5. House Advances Another Tax Increase on Housing
  6. Liquor tax hike advances, despite brewers' concerns
  7. $5.3M in Legal Weed Sales Every Month
  8. SHOPO seats new leadership following 27.5% pay increase
  9. Honolulu police officers arrested in separate incidents
  10. HPD Officers Fired For Burglary, Assault And Fraud Could Be Rehired
  11. Burglar Trying to Regain his Hawaii County PD Badge
  12. Red Hill Victims Dealt A Blow In Their Fight Against The Navy
  13. Intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard’s office obtained and tested voting machines in Puerto Rico
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Thursday, February 5, 2026
February 5, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:58 AM :: 143 Views
  1. Senator Kidani Still in Office, claims she is not senile
  2. FTC settles with prescription drug middleman giant to lower pricing
  3. After burning $10B, rail is roughly equal to a single bus line
  4. Private Sector construction workers want state taxpayers to pay them for their days off
  5. After Screwing Insurers out of Subrogation, Legislators find even more ways to jack up your insurance rates
  6. Legislators Affordable Housing Plan? Impose another tax on housing
  7. Governor Asks Lawmakers For $126M In Green Fee Projects
  8. DelaCruz Pork Kitchen Can be Killed off after $28M is Wasted on Phase 1
  9. A history of epidemics, vaccinations during the Hawaiian Kingdom
  10. More Bureaucracy: University of Hawaiʻi to search for separate Mānoa campus chancellor
  11. ‘Vienna model’ bill advances to limit rental housing fund surpluses to more housing
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:36 AM :: 116 Views
  1. UHERO: Adjusted for local prices, Hawaiʻi’s economy among worst in nation
  2. Stop Taxing Food — Support Families and Food Security
  3. Hawaii dreaming that it can fend off federal fossil fuels lawsuit
  4. Lawmakers hear DHHL proposal to study 12 potential geothermal sites
  5. Bills advance to force HPD to refuse to back up ICE agents
  6. Council home bills counterproductive
  7. Used Car dealers on Oahu complain about delays in getting vehicles registered
  8. Shakedown: Environmentalists claim Hawaii Ritz-Carlton development threatens endangered species
  9. Hawaii mental patient dies after 9 yrs in coma, family sues
  10. Sheriff Drones May Be Watching You In Waikīkī
  11. Tulsi Gabbard running solo 2020 election inquiry separate from FBI investigation
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
February 3, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:23 AM :: 145 Views
  1. Police Commission appoints Rudy Tai as Kaua‘i Police Chief
  2. Green Appoints Char Kauai Circuit Judge
  3. “Potential criminality” of Rail Contractor
  4. Senator Kidani Still in Office, claims she is not senile
  5. Ed Case Has Substantial Lead In Money Race For U.S. House Seat
  6. Oceanfront Lahaina Property Owners May Get $50M Buyout In Updated Disaster Plan
  7. Star-Adv:  Put ban-LNG bill on back burner
  8. Expanded work requirements for SNAP are kicking in for Hawaii
  9. Hawaii Bill To Ban Prediction Markets Amid $448K Bets on Gov. Green's Speech
  10. State, county settle lawsuits over psychiatric detention
  11. State Agrees To Settle Case Over Prison Drug Withdrawal Death
  12. DOE Made Little Progress Last Year On Local Food Goals
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Monday, February 2, 2026
February 2, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:42 PM :: 117 Views
  1. With Supreme Court Ruling Coming, Hawaii Democrats Push More Carry Restrictions
  2. Hawai‘i’s proposed anti-ICE laws mimic Minneapolis in the worst ways
  3. What More can Hawaii do to help random adults Transsexualize other peoples’ Children?
  4. Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
  5. Hawaii Legislative Bill May Promote Greenhouse Gas Offset Scams
  6. Affordable Housing Scam: Big Island Lawyer Gets 6 Years
  7. Honolulu City Council’s affordable housing bills face strong resistance
  8. Free school meals ‘non-sensible’
  9. End of aquarium collecting does not lead to recovery of reef fish in Hawaiʻi waters, new analysis finds
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Sunday, February 1, 2026
February 1, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:09 AM :: 142 Views
  1. House Urges Attorney General to Prioritize and Expedite State Bribery Investigation
  2. Tax Versus Judiciary
  3. Honolulu’s economic revitalization office has revitalized very little
  4. Ethics: DoH Employee Responsible for Regulation of Ambulance Services was Employed by One of Them
  5. 2026 Hawaii Legislative Session – Firearms Bills Tracker
  6. OIP: Eight Opinions Issued
  7. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 1, 2026
  8. Green Lied:  Tax Hikes will take Thousands from Middle Class
  9. Trump’s Newly Appointed Federal ‘Fraud Czar’ Knows all about Hawaii Corruption, Helped Convict Kealohas
  10. What Ariel Sellers' Court Records Tell Us About The Child Welfare System
  11. Act 138: New Hawaii law spikes car insurance rates 25%
  12. Fox, Henhouse: More Futile Sunshine Bills Introduced This Year
  13. Infighting, MAGA babble can’t win for Hawaii GOP
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