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Monday, March 31, 2025
March 31, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:39 PM :: 838 Views
  1. HB900 Dies in Senate: No Lawyers for Abused Foster Kids
  2. VIDEO: Progress in reducing housing regulations
  3. Grassroot Institute Testifies on Dozens of Bills
  4. Hawaii-Family-Forum-Legislative-Week-in-Review
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 29, 2025
  6. Florida Career Offender arrested as Pro-Trump Counter-Demonstrator at Tesla rally in Waikiki
  7. Poof: Maui Won't Be Converting Vacation Rentals To Long-Term Housing Anytime Soon  
  8. Firefighters have high levels of PFAS in aftermath of Maui fires
  9. Act 86: 1,182 Homeless Meth Addicts Receive Forcible Two-Week Psych Eval
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Sunday, March 30, 2025
March 30, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 PM :: 1199 Views
  1. You Want to Raise the TAT by HOW Much?
  2. DHHL Distributes 665 Ewa Beach 'Project Leases'
  3. We can do more to help Hawaii businesses rebound
  4. New maps improve Hawaiʻi’s wildfire risk warnings
  5. Worse Than Rail: $11.1B to Control non-existent Ala Wai floods
  6. Council chair presses to keep inflated paychecks coming
  7. State Salary Commissioners Explain how Legislators get Big Pay Raises Without Paying a Political Price
  8. Hawaii is where state taxes go to live and flourish
  9. As property values climb, Maui County eyes lower tax rates for resident homeowners
  10. Eternal flame again snuffed out by gas line blockage
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Saturday, March 29, 2025
March 29, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:15 PM :: 772 Views
  1. UPW Tracks Statewide Payout of COVID Hazard Pay
  2. Hawaii 3rd Most Expensive State to Start a Business 
  3. DoE Announces 2025 HS Graduation Schedule
  4. Chief Justice Appoints Sonya H. Toma as District Family Court Judge for Maui
  5. Kaua‘i Police Commission appoints Elliott Kalani Ke as Interim Chief of Police
  6. VIDEO: Green Slams Anti-Vax Celebrutard
  7. SB1571: Legislature moves to tighten oversight of Hawai‘i Tourism Authority
  8. SB1074: Save Kaanapali Boat Tours But Maintain the Eco-Laws that Killed Them
  9. Feds arrest Mexican national in Kailua-Kona
  10. ‘Death list’ note at Pearl Ridge Elementary prompts cover-up
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Friday, March 28, 2025
March 28, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:03 PM :: 1852 Views
  1. Green Appoints Water Commissioner and Circuit Court Judge
  2. Jones Act Loophole Allows Puerto Rico to Finally Access American Natural Gas--Hawaii Next?
  3. February: Canadian Tourism Down Only 1.4%--Spending up
  4. Carpenters Union PLA 'Shakedown' of HECO Exposed
  5. Maui County property assessments drive taxes up
  6. Hawaii Travel Crisis Grows: Corruption, Resignations, Defunding Risks Ahead
  7. Hannemann Resigns As Chair Of Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority Amid Freebie Inquiry
  8. HPD confirms command changes after communication breakdown during Waikiki gun fight
  9. It Took 8 Pedestrians Struck At This Intersection For The City To Act
  10. Hawaii fentanyl deaths quadrupled in 4 years, experts warn of more potent version
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Thursday, March 27, 2025
March 27, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 4288 Views
  1. Jones Act Operator Calls for Shipbuilding Reforms
  2. Hawaii Firearm Storage Bill Scheduled for Decision Making Hearing on April 1st
  3. Tax hike on tourism would create ‘unintended consequences for all’
  4. ‘Ongoing Operation’ -- FBI Recorded ANOTHER Hawaiʻi Lawmaker Being Given $35,000
  5. HB412: Void State Contracts Won by Illegal Lobbying
  6. Tulsi Gabbard Signal Chat Leads to Trove of Personal Data
  7. HB127: The Case For Retaining Money Bail In Hawaiʻi
  8. HB250: State must rein in health care prior authorization process
  9. HB422: State Collects Money From Home Builders For New Schools. It’s Never Spent a Dime
  10. Court ruling says state failed to protect iwi kupuna at Maui development site
  11. Gender wage gap tied to Motherhood
  12. HB277: Tired Of Waiting For Rules On Police Chases, Lawmakers Step In
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
March 26, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:00 PM :: 795 Views
  1. Prince Kuhio's Fight to Americanize Hawaii
  2. Trump Pardons Devon Archer, Hawaii High-Tech Tax Credit Scammer Turned on Bidens
  3. A Man Convicted of Trump Media Insider Trading Had Ties to a Firm Holding Hawaii Cannabis Contracts
  4. Hawaii 2nd Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment
  5. Hawaii 2nd-Highest State Tax Collections Per Capita
  6. Feds Release $2.5M to Reimburse Nonprofit for Shuttered Lahaina Jobs Program
  7. Hawaii to Charge EVs a Road Usage Tax Starting July 1
  8. DPP Waitlist ‘Solution’ -- Purge of 6,800 permit applications allegedly left idle for more than a year
  9. HB371: What about the First Amendment?
  10. Digitized agriculture form disrupts tourism data
  11. Mufi Hannemann’s Events Spark Inquiry Into Freebies From Tourism Agency
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
March 25, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:13 PM :: 2831 Views
  1. Hawaii State Commission on Fatherhood Announces Awards, Scholarship Opportunities
  2. Gabbard Resignation Demanded After Yemen Battle Plans Accidentally Leaked to Reporter
  3. Honolulu City Charter Commission 100% Connected Insiders
  4. DPP: Six Years to Get a Permit
  5. Rail Ridership is about 3% of TheBus
  6. It costs more to use an electronic medical device in Hawaiʻi than in any other state
  7. Decision from Hawaii Supreme Court Amplifies Reasoning for its Prior Order in Maui Fire Cases
  8. Federal actions impact $90M meant for Hawaiʻi and Pacific farmers, food organizations
  9. $2.1M of Federal Funds Still Behind useless Hawai‘i County program aimed at collecting, washing, reusing takeout containers
  10. DoE Retaliation Games: School Harassment Case Could Cost Hawaiʻi Taxpayers $150K
  11. State To Open Prisons And Jails For Inspection Of Mental Health Services
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Monday, March 24, 2025
March 24, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:43 PM :: 968 Views
  1. Maui judge rules Haleakala trail must be open to public access
  2. The new live action Snow White movie should have been even MORE WOKE
  3. Hawaii Post-COVID economic growth 2nd Worst in USA
  4. HB1369: Hawaii tax credits scrutinized by state lawmakers
  5. Poor timing for a state official raise
  6. Hawaiʻi vaccination rates fall short for herd immunity to measles
  7. Honolulu Lawyer In Illicit Marshallese Adoptions Barred From Practicing
  8. Committee and DOE might loosen student news publication rules
  9. Homeless Boss Musical Chairs
  10. It’s Your Money: Youth Facility Can Spend Up To $80,000 On Fast Food
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Sunday, March 23, 2025
Letters to the Editor, March, 2025
By Letters to the Editor @ 4:00 PM :: 952 Views
  • The new live action Snow White movie should have been even MORE WOKE
  • The tax holding American shipbuilding back
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Sunday, March 23, 2025
March 23, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:49 PM :: 819 Views
  1. SCR179 and SR149: LGBTQ Commission to Rewrite Entire Hawaii Legal Code with "Gender Neutral Language"
  2. The New Tax Cuts Website
  3. HB371: Covering Up Pay-To-Play Politics
  4. 10 Things You Might Not Know About Hawaiʻi’s 2024 Election
  5. DSA-Connection? Green Card Holder to be Deported?
  6. COVID Vigilante now Promotes ‘Brain Health’ Remedies for ‘Long COVID’
  7. County Council passes pilot program to allow mobile vendors along a stretch of highway in Kona
  8. Camera system warning phase for speeders in urban Honolulu starts Monday
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Saturday, March 22, 2025
March 22, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 1832 Views
  1. Proposed U.S. maritime trade sanctions would impact Hawaii
  2. JSC Extends Deadline--Seeking Nominees for Chief Justice of State Supreme Court
  3. About that Medical Freedom
  4. The tax holding American shipbuilding back
  5. Child abuse lawsuit filed against state over 10-year-old girl’s death
  6. Doctors: HMSA ‘Prior Authorization’ impacts care and leads to burnout
  7. How Much? Honolulu Rail Board Approves Settlement In $200M Howard Hughes Land Acquisition Lawsuit 
  8. 19 Months Later: Maui Council passes bill allowing certain Lahaina structures to be rebuilt as they were
  9. Kapolei: 655 ‘Undivided Interest’ DHHL Leases
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Friday, March 21, 2025
March 21, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 2735 Views
  1. Lahaina: "Feelings of conspiracy and mistrust"
  2. Rep Gene Ward Retires from House--Republicans Must Nominate Successor
  3. Hawaii LNG Proposal Could Save Hawaiian Electric fom Bankruptcy
  4. Hawaii Parents Begin Freeing their Kids from Transsexual Agenda
  5. SB1043: Bill to Eliminate GE Tax on Food and Medicine Gutted
  6. Visitor ‘green fees’ bill passes Hawaii House committees
  7. Campaign Reform Measures Are Dropping Like Flies
  8. More Musical Chairs at HTA
  9. Michaels Org Quits as Contractor for KPT Public Housing Overhaul
  10. Maui Council Budget Committee questions unspent $12M from Affordable Housing Fund
  11. 80% of Homeless Refusing Help
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Thursday, March 20, 2025
March 20, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 1951 Views
  1. Open Letter to Governor Green: Construction failures at multiple state-funded facilities
  2. FULL TEXT: State of the City Address 2025
  3. Salem Media Sells Remaining Honolulu Radio Stations
  4. Hawaii Worst State for Doctors
  5. UH announces search committee for next athletics director
  6. Hawaii legislative committee advances gun control measures
  7. Doubling Down on Jones Act: Maritime trade sanctions apt to torpedo Hawaii’s economy
  8. Not Fooled: Unanimous Maui Police Commission Declines To Put Police Chief On Leave Over Bogus Diddy Lawsuit
  9. Hawaiian Electric Execs Pocketed Huge Raises Despite $1.4B In Losses
  10. Hawaii Senate Panels OK $20/night Tax On Reward Points Bookings
  11. HB302: Hawaii Lawmakers Vote To Let Doctors Recommend Medical Marijuana For Any Condition They Deem 'Appropriate'
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
March 19, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 1777 Views
  1. The last time Congress created a new state
  2. Hawaii climate change bill shelved amid federal cutting spree
  3. State Public Charter School Commission Votes to Not Renew Kamalani Academy Charter Contract
  4. 43% of HECO Customers now have solar--but Hawaii Energy Remains 90.8% Fossil Fuel
  5. Surfing the environmental permitting bureaucracy in Hawaii
  6. Former Maui police chief defends Pelletier amid 'Diddy' lawsuit allegations—Mayor Flees State
  7. Maui Prep Academy dumps transsexual agenda
  8. Council Vote: Big Island to Become Sanctuary for Illegal Aliens?
  9. ‘Affordable’ Housing is Fake: Units Sell for $685K
  10. High Court Releases Formal Ruling Against Insurers
  11. Hawaii Senate committees slashes DHHL’s $600M request to $50M
  12. State considers bio-control to fight coconut rhinoceros beetles—Ag Dept wants to make it into a Capital Improvement Project
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
March 18, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:00 PM :: 897 Views
  1. Hawaii 204 Condo Projects Blacklisted by Fannie Mae
  2. Caldwell's Duckbill Helps Global Warmers Exploit Mapunapuna Flooding
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How they Voted March 15, 2025
  4. Hawaii Highest Union Membership in USA
  5. Governor vs Feds: UH Manoa not Protecting Jewish Students from Anti-Semites?
  6. JSC Announces Five Nominees for Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals
  7. Comments Open: Nominees for Oahu District Judge
  8. Nominees for Two Oahu First Circuit Court Judgeships
  9. HB 412: Void state contracts if there are violations of state lobbying laws
  10. SB1396: Hawaii Lodging Taxes Could Hit 20% As New Fees Loom
  11. SB15 would redefine what’s a ‘historic’ building in Hawaii
  12. Maui police chief fires back against ‘false and baseless’ allegations in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs lawsuit
  13. Hawaii County reaches agreement with UPW over COVID hazard pay
  14. UH Hilo enrollment falls another 4%
  15. SB1042: Study how to legalize Shrooms
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Monday, March 17, 2025
March 17, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:11 PM :: 824 Views
  1. Persistent income, employment, housing challenges for Maui’s fire-impacted households
  2. Lahaina Housing: ‘Yes in God’s Backyard’
  3. Grassroot Bills Alive After Crossover
  4. Senators Pour Another $50M into Aloha Stadium Boondoggle, Defer Bill That Would Have Killed Project
  5. Canadian Tourism Drops by Half
  6. State House lawmakers defer hate crime bill
  7. ‘Climate Change’ Emergency Declaration to be Expanded?
  8. Amid Concerns About Campus Violence, Police To Come To Oʻahu Schools
  9. Teachers want DOE’s new immigration enforcement policy to include more than just administrators
  10. Senate Bill 106 presents an opportunity to modernize our pedestrian laws.
  11. Aloun Farms Revitalization plan in works for milk production on Kauai
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Sunday, March 16, 2025
March 16, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:27 PM :: 640 Views
  1. SB1434: Universal Vax for Hawaii
  2. SB1278: Legislature poised to fix a state wrong?
  3. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
  4. “It’ll be the same old suspects — just in better suits.”
  5. Lawmakers Likely To Let Big Pay Raises Take Effect Without Public Hearings
  6. As Usual, Ethics Reform Bills Die in Committee
  7. Lava buyouts program is winding down
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Saturday, March 15, 2025
March 15, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 1296 Views
  1. We Were Scammed:  NZ Lawsuits Expose Fraudulent Hawaii Geothermal Developer
  2. “After a decade-long battle against public corruption in Hawaii, we have successfully brought numerous cases to a close."
  3. UH Manoa Next? Columbia Expels Anti-Semites After Trump Cuts Funding
  4. 9th Circuit Rules Hawaii Gun Registration Unconstitutional
  5. State Let Felon Back out on Streets--but now the Feds Have Got Him
  6. Mexican Illegal Deported Six Times--Comes Back to Kauai for #7
  7. Illegal Caught with 5lbs of Methamphetamines
  8. Army Deletes Web Page Devoted to 442nd Regiment
  9. HART Insiders believe Trump Administration Hasn’t Noticed Them—expect to waste $968M this year
  10. Maui Police Commission to meet March 19 to discuss whether to put Chief Pelletier on leave due to ridiculous Diddy lawsuit allegations
  11. Costs of running interisland ferry service for Maui County clearer as study completed, could come up in budget talks
  12. Donald Trump coming to Hilo to End Global Warming?
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Friday, March 14, 2025
March 14, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:25 PM :: 1447 Views
  1. Grassroot: Highs and Lows of 2025 legislative session at halfway point
  2. HB300: House Passes Budget Bill
  3. HB422: Let’s close the book on school impact fees
  4. Tax bills suggest obliviousness to our daily struggles
  5. STR advocates assess landscape in wake of law unleashing counties
  6. Study: Hawaii's roads and bridges rank 48th for condition and cost-effectiveness
  7. Hawaii One Step Closer to Legalizing Sports-Betting and Expanding Gambling Addiction
  8. AG Launches New Child Support Payment App
  9. Hawaii AG Urges Supreme Court to Keep Medicaid Dollars Flowing to Planned Parenthood
  10. Waianae Business Owner Charged in Fireworks Case
  11. Hanabusa to meet Legislators Privately to ‘Discuss’ how to fake outrage over their 48% Raise
  12. Oʻahu Social Worker Accused In Daughter's Death Continued To Work at Kahuku HS until Day she was Arrested
  13. Schoolmate arrested in Hawaii girl's 1977 murder released from Utah jail as prosecution stalls
  14. DoE Wants to Keep Taxing Housing
  15. Two New Ways to Make Affordable Housing Harder to Build and Operate
  16. Hawaii Legislature Debating HECO Merger Conditions
  17. Oahu cameras capture 80,000 speeders per month
  18. New process for truckers could bring traffic relief to drivers on Nimitz
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Thursday, March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 638 Views
  1. Crackpot Lawsuit is all it takes--Maui Mayor and SHOPO make Complete Fools of Themselves Trying to get rid of Chief Pelletier
  2. Hawaii Gun Ban Bills Scheduled for Hearing in House Judiciary Committee
  3. Gov. Josh Green on Trump wanting states to run education: “I’ll take it”
  4. Man arrested in Utah nursing home may not be extradited for 1977 McKinley HS murder
  5. SB1043: Eliminate GE Tax on Groceries, Medicine
  6. HB740: Bill to construct more ohana units passes Senate committee 
  7. Just in time for Budget Bill--COR Shrinks Growth to a measly 5%
  8. $76M COVID-19 hazard pay settlement finalized with 2 city unions
  9. Tax Hikes on Honolulu Council Agenda Again
  10. City considers selling rail station naming rights to offset costs
  11. DoE Eliminating School Libraries—only one left on Big Island
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
March 12, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:56 PM :: 703 Views
  1. Calculate your Savings from Hawaii's Historic Income Tax Cut
  2. Silicon Valley Billionaires Order Hawaii Legislators, AG to Target Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
  3. Six Years Later: Hilo's Singing Bridge Still Needs Emergency Repairs
  4. Construction Defect Litigation, Housing Affordability, and Homeownership in Hawai‘i
  5. Hounded by Enviros, Rodrigues Withdraws as Water Nominee
  6. Hawaiian Electric Sells off Another Asset--Hamakua Power
  7. Appeal period set to begin for updated FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps
  8. Hawaii among 10 least desirable states
  9. DHHL leaders face tough questions as they request additional $600 million
  10. Hawaii governor says President Trump told him of criticism: ‘Have at it as long as you’re leaving me out of it’
  11. Two Republican Senators Vote ‘No’
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
March 11, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 2012 Views
  1. Feds: UH Manoa not Protecting Jewish Students from Anti-Semites
  2. Pacific Biodiesel Occupies ADC Land In Keaʻau; No Lease, No Rent
  3. Crackpot Lawsuit is all it takes--Maui Mayor Calls for Chief to be Suspended
  4. HB476: Hawaiʻi could raise its capital gains tax to 9%
  5. HB1494: There is Still Time to Save Hawaii from Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
  6. 'You mean to tell me they beat her to death and now we're standing here with them and her dead body?'
  7. SB281: ‘We want to have every tool available to prosecute them’: Lawmakers to hear bill that would make torture a felony
  8. After the Foster Care Disaster: Mental Patient Ends up Being Shot by Police
  9. Why Does UH’s New President Need A $250,000 Adviser? 
  10. HB818: Community Development District to Save Banyan Drive from DLNR Mismanagement?
  11. HB1260: Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Are Pushing For Car-Free Roads
  12. Lahaina fire survivors await electrical infrastructure as HECO hits delays
  13. Trump cuts target an office in Hilo vaguely connected to greenhouse gas observatory
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Monday, March 10, 2025
March 10, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:53 PM :: 1761 Views
  1. How Much House Does $300K, $400K and $500K Buy You in Every State? In Hawaii it's about the size of a shipping container
  2. Lawsuit Exposes Details of 2017 Kewalo Basin Kidnapping by Miske associates
  3. Study: 47% of State Prison Inmates were Under-Sentenced by Soft-on-Crime Judges
  4. School Enrollment Down 13% as Families Flee Hawaii
  5. Pacific Biodiesel Occupies State Land In Keaʻau; No Lease, No Rent
  6. SB1396: Another Massive TAT Hike to Create Green Make-Work Jobs
  7. HB286: Tax-free Individual Housing Accounts
  8. City ‘Climate Resiliency Fund’ Raided for Cesspools, Sewers
  9. Activists Want to Turn Hawaii County into Sanctuary for Illegals
  10. SB614: Sovereignty Activist Holiday for State Employees
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Sunday, March 9, 2025
March 9, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 1100 Views
  1. The Unity House Scandal Never Really Ended — decades later, it might bankrupt Hawaiian Electric
  2. Spreading Aloha Through Saying Goodbye
  3. Lien on Me
  4. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
  5. Planned Parenthood Hawaii Begins Promoting Sex-Change Telehealth
  6. Hawaii Needs Constitutional Convention to Smash Administrative State
  7. Child Care Cost Pushes Parents out of Hawaii
  8. HB1494: There’s Still Time to Kill Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
  9. Bills To Loosen The Grip Of Special Interests Are Still Alive — So Far
  10. Make Spot The Robot Dog Earn Its Keep
  11. OHA home ownership program attracts interest
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Saturday, March 8, 2025
March 8, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 PM :: 1028 Views
  1. Social Worker Arrested in Torture Death of Foster Girl
  2. 19 months later: Maui Council gives initial approval to bill to rebuild Lahaina disaster-impacted properties as they were  
  3. State Had Earlier Reports Of Abuse In Kapolei Household Where Girl Starved
  4. Law change behind challenge to criminal case against police officers in near-fatal crash
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Friday, March 7, 2025
March 7, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:23 PM :: 1053 Views
  1. “It’s becoming harder and harder for the working person who doesn’t own a home yet just to rent a place to live”
  2. Seven Gun Bills Moving Fast at Half-Way Point in Legislative Session
  3. Hawaii AG Celebrates Injunction Against Trump Funding Cuts
  4. Maui County Spools up $7.7B Ask for ‘Wildfire Recovery Plan’
  5. Crossover: 765 Bills on the Move
  6. Still no clear answer for combating Hawaiʻi physician shortage
  7. Ed Case among 10 Democrats joining with Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green for Trump speech protest
  8. Will Maui County Expedite Lahaina Historic District Rebuild Permits?
  9. State Department of Education receives nearly 11% of its annual funding from the federal government
  10. An Oahu inmate was murdered in his cell. Was a housing error to blame?
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
March 6, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 2822 Views
  1. DBEDT Reduces Hawaii Economic Growth Rate to 1.7%
  2. Kewalo: Gather to celebrate the death of bill SB 534
  3. $21.19B: House Finance Committee Approves State Budget
  4. SB350 Fakes Contraceptive Protection in State Constitution
  5. Kaluas Allegedly Spent Month Dissolving Ariel Sellers’ body in Acid
  6. Hidden Links Exposed: Hawaiʻi Fireworks Bust Tied To Mainland Suppliers
  7. Carr: New Aloha Stadium Just a Black Hole
  8. Hawaiʻi pays 64% above national average for electricity
  9. Mountain View man was free on bail when he allegedly slayed ex-girlfriend’s sister
  10. Armed security coming soon to select Hawaii schools
  11. Honolulu Will Allow Some Architects and Engineers To OK Their Own Projects
  12. ‘Calculation error’ discovered in Skyline audit – Rail Ridership Down ‘only’ 44%
  13. Hawaii County, HGEA reach 15% Bonus COVID compensation agreement – Honolulu Next
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
March 5, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:23 PM :: 1172 Views
  1. LIVE: Trump Address to Congress
  2. Lawsuit Filed Against State After Latest CWS Child-Torture Death
  3. Applicants Wanted for State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
  4. Will Kōloa Rum Co. lawsuit be the nail in Jones Act coffin?
  5. How the century-old Jones Act is hurting Hawaii’s economy
  6. Senate Fireworks Bills on the Move
  7. Despite apology, Hawaii mobster gets 9 years for role in crime syndicate
  8. HB1118 Vaccination Bill Dead
  9. Salary Commission Approves 48% Raises For Legislators, State Officials
  10. Hawaiʻi House Advances Sports Betting Bill
  11. Mafia Thugs Suffer as Hawaii film industry down nearly 50%
  12. Honolulu Hasn't Prosecuted A Single Ghost Gun Case Since 2020 Ban
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
March 4, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 1156 Views
  1. Blangiardi Fiscal Year 2026 budget--Spending up 8.4%, CIP up 15.8%
  2. Hawaii defense contractor exec must face some campaign finance conspiracy claims
  3. Hawai‘i students turn local ingredients into unique products through entrepreneurial program
  4. City adds three more town hall meetings on proposed sewer fee increases
  5. Hawaii Assisted Living Costs Highest in USA
  6. OHA Scam Fails Again: Senators kill bill lifting residential ban on Kakaʻako Makai
  7. Misdemeanor Plea Deal: Honolulu officials charged in Kealoha retirement payout case
  8. Teachers union preps Hawaii college officials to respond to ICE inquiries
  9. CNHA: Native Hawaiian Convention Coming to Tulalip Indian Casino
  10. Hawaii vacation rental occupancy drops nearly 20 percentage points compared to 2019
  11. Protectionist Jones Act Actually Encourages Hawaiʻi Reliance On Foreign Energy
  12. Pricey Honolulu Police Robot Dog Is Out Of Service
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Monday, March 3, 2025
March 3, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:48 PM :: 879 Views
  1. Grassroot Institute Legislative Week in Review
  2. Is ACLU Worth $1B? Report Shows how ACLU Artificially Inflates Hawaii Jail Construction Costs
  3. Hoteliers push back on proposed tax hikes
  4. Trump Effect on Legislature: “I don’t think you’ll see any gigantic programs spooling up this year”
  5. Military Lease Renewals: OHA, CNHA in DC to Lobby the Pentagon for Money
  6. Hawai‘i education then and now: A 50-year view on soaring costs and declining enrollment
  7. In Shipbuilding, the U.S. Is Tiny and Rusty
  8. Larry Ellison’s Half-Billion-Dollar Quest to Change Farming Has Been a Bust
  9. Honolulu’s Airport Flawed Layout Nearly Caused Airline Disaster
  10. Decades-old city-state spat afflicts community in Oahu’s ‘Second City’
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Sunday, March 2, 2025
March 2, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:24 PM :: 2321 Views
  1. Gabbard Lahaina Charity Spends only 34% on Fire Victims
  2. HB202: A Stealthy Unemployment Insurance Tax Hike
  3. Hawaii End Meth Summit
  4. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
  5. SB1269: Mililani Trask’s Geothermal Scam Comes Back for More Millions
  6. HB141: Stop Republicans from Appointing Sovereignty Activists to Election Commission
  7. SB1618: Repent, journalists, repent or face senatorial payback
  8. Billionaires Behind Hawaii News Sites
  9. SB1553: Hawaiian Home Lands looks to factory-built housing for projects
  10. Young Bros Rate Hikes Kill off County Fairs
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Saturday, March 1, 2025
March 1, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 1129 Views
  1. Audit: Poor Design of Honolulu Rail System Contributes to Low Ridership
  2. UHERO: Federal job cuts raise risk of Hawaii downturn
  3. Hawaiʻi Cost Of Living Is Creating A Mental Health Crisis For Workers
  4. Hawaii AG wants pharmacy benefit manager lawsuit in state courts
  5. Safety cameras to begin sending warnings for speed March 1
  6. Shelter for Mentally Ill Homeless at Center of Iwilei TOD Plan
  7. State housing program expanded to support more City Employees
  8. Hawaii Gun Ban Bills Advance Out of Senate Committee
  9. Trump Cuts Stop US-Funded Transsexual Activism in Pacific, Asia
  10. Rate Hike Coming: PUC Will Open a Consolidated HECO-MECO-HELCO Rate Case
  11. Bill 63 Approved by City Council -- ADUs to bolster housing supply
  12. State claims it will quickly rebuild affordable housing projects in Lahaina
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