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Entries for March 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025 |
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March 31, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:39 PM :: 838 Views
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- HB900 Dies in Senate: No Lawyers for Abused Foster Kids
- VIDEO: Progress in reducing housing regulations
- Grassroot Institute Testifies on Dozens of Bills
- Hawaii-Family-Forum-Legislative-Week-in-Review
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 29, 2025
- Florida Career Offender arrested as Pro-Trump Counter-Demonstrator at Tesla rally in Waikiki
- Poof: Maui Won't Be Converting Vacation Rentals To Long-Term Housing Anytime Soon
- Firefighters have high levels of PFAS in aftermath of Maui fires
- Act 86: 1,182 Homeless Meth Addicts Receive Forcible Two-Week Psych Eval
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Sunday, March 30, 2025 |
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March 30, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:08 PM :: 1199 Views
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- You Want to Raise the TAT by HOW Much?
- DHHL Distributes 665 Ewa Beach 'Project Leases'
- We can do more to help Hawaii businesses rebound
- New maps improve Hawaiʻi’s wildfire risk warnings
- Worse Than Rail: $11.1B to Control non-existent Ala Wai floods
- Council chair presses to keep inflated paychecks coming
- State Salary Commissioners Explain how Legislators get Big Pay Raises Without Paying a Political Price
- Hawaii is where state taxes go to live and flourish
- As property values climb, Maui County eyes lower tax rates for resident homeowners
- Eternal flame again snuffed out by gas line blockage
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Saturday, March 29, 2025 |
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March 29, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:15 PM :: 772 Views
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Friday, March 28, 2025 |
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March 28, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:03 PM :: 1852 Views
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- Green Appoints Water Commissioner and Circuit Court Judge
- Jones Act Loophole Allows Puerto Rico to Finally Access American Natural Gas--Hawaii Next?
- February: Canadian Tourism Down Only 1.4%--Spending up
- Carpenters Union PLA 'Shakedown' of HECO Exposed
- Maui County property assessments drive taxes up
- Hawaii Travel Crisis Grows: Corruption, Resignations, Defunding Risks Ahead
- Hannemann Resigns As Chair Of Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority Amid Freebie Inquiry
- HPD confirms command changes after communication breakdown during Waikiki gun fight
- It Took 8 Pedestrians Struck At This Intersection For The City To Act
- Hawaii fentanyl deaths quadrupled in 4 years, experts warn of more potent version
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Thursday, March 27, 2025 |
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March 27, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 4288 Views
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- Jones Act Operator Calls for Shipbuilding Reforms
- Hawaii Firearm Storage Bill Scheduled for Decision Making Hearing on April 1st
- Tax hike on tourism would create ‘unintended consequences for all’
- ‘Ongoing Operation’ -- FBI Recorded ANOTHER Hawaiʻi Lawmaker Being Given $35,000
- HB412: Void State Contracts Won by Illegal Lobbying
- Tulsi Gabbard Signal Chat Leads to Trove of Personal Data
- HB127: The Case For Retaining Money Bail In Hawaiʻi
- HB250: State must rein in health care prior authorization process
- HB422: State Collects Money From Home Builders For New Schools. It’s Never Spent a Dime
- Court ruling says state failed to protect iwi kupuna at Maui development site
- Gender wage gap tied to Motherhood
- HB277: Tired Of Waiting For Rules On Police Chases, Lawmakers Step In
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025 |
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March 26, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:00 PM :: 795 Views
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025 |
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March 25, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:13 PM :: 2831 Views
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- Hawaii State Commission on Fatherhood Announces Awards, Scholarship Opportunities
- Gabbard Resignation Demanded After Yemen Battle Plans Accidentally Leaked to Reporter
- Honolulu City Charter Commission 100% Connected Insiders
- DPP: Six Years to Get a Permit
- Rail Ridership is about 3% of TheBus
- It costs more to use an electronic medical device in Hawaiʻi than in any other state
- Decision from Hawaii Supreme Court Amplifies Reasoning for its Prior Order in Maui Fire Cases
- Federal actions impact $90M meant for Hawaiʻi and Pacific farmers, food organizations
- $2.1M of Federal Funds Still Behind useless Hawai‘i County program aimed at collecting, washing, reusing takeout containers
- DoE Retaliation Games: School Harassment Case Could Cost Hawaiʻi Taxpayers $150K
- State To Open Prisons And Jails For Inspection Of Mental Health Services
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Monday, March 24, 2025 |
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March 24, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:43 PM :: 968 Views
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- Maui judge rules Haleakala trail must be open to public access
- The new live action Snow White movie should have been even MORE WOKE
- Hawaii Post-COVID economic growth 2nd Worst in USA
- HB1369: Hawaii tax credits scrutinized by state lawmakers
- Poor timing for a state official raise
- Hawaiʻi vaccination rates fall short for herd immunity to measles
- Honolulu Lawyer In Illicit Marshallese Adoptions Barred From Practicing
- Committee and DOE might loosen student news publication rules
- Homeless Boss Musical Chairs
- It’s Your Money: Youth Facility Can Spend Up To $80,000 On Fast Food
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Sunday, March 23, 2025 |
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Letters to the Editor, March, 2025
By Letters to the Editor @ 4:00 PM :: 952 Views
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- 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 |
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March 23, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:49 PM :: 819 Views
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- SCR179 and SR149: LGBTQ Commission to Rewrite Entire Hawaii Legal Code with "Gender Neutral Language"
- The New Tax Cuts Website
- HB371: Covering Up Pay-To-Play Politics
- 10 Things You Might Not Know About Hawaiʻi’s 2024 Election
- DSA-Connection? Green Card Holder to be Deported?
- COVID Vigilante now Promotes ‘Brain Health’ Remedies for ‘Long COVID’
- County Council passes pilot program to allow mobile vendors along a stretch of highway in Kona
- Camera system warning phase for speeders in urban Honolulu starts Monday
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Saturday, March 22, 2025 |
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March 22, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 1832 Views
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- Proposed U.S. maritime trade sanctions would impact Hawaii
- JSC Extends Deadline--Seeking Nominees for Chief Justice of State Supreme Court
- About that Medical Freedom
- The tax holding American shipbuilding back
- Child abuse lawsuit filed against state over 10-year-old girl’s death
- Doctors: HMSA ‘Prior Authorization’ impacts care and leads to burnout
- How Much? Honolulu Rail Board Approves Settlement In $200M Howard Hughes Land Acquisition Lawsuit
- 19 Months Later: Maui Council passes bill allowing certain Lahaina structures to be rebuilt as they were
- Kapolei: 655 ‘Undivided Interest’ DHHL Leases
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Friday, March 21, 2025 |
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March 21, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 2735 Views
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- Lahaina: "Feelings of conspiracy and mistrust"
- Rep Gene Ward Retires from House--Republicans Must Nominate Successor
- Hawaii LNG Proposal Could Save Hawaiian Electric fom Bankruptcy
- Hawaii Parents Begin Freeing their Kids from Transsexual Agenda
- SB1043: Bill to Eliminate GE Tax on Food and Medicine Gutted
- Visitor ‘green fees’ bill passes Hawaii House committees
- Campaign Reform Measures Are Dropping Like Flies
- More Musical Chairs at HTA
- Michaels Org Quits as Contractor for KPT Public Housing Overhaul
- Maui Council Budget Committee questions unspent $12M from Affordable Housing Fund
- 80% of Homeless Refusing Help
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Thursday, March 20, 2025 |
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March 20, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 1951 Views
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- Open Letter to Governor Green: Construction failures at multiple state-funded facilities
- FULL TEXT: State of the City Address 2025
- Salem Media Sells Remaining Honolulu Radio Stations
- Hawaii Worst State for Doctors
- UH announces search committee for next athletics director
- Hawaii legislative committee advances gun control measures
- Doubling Down on Jones Act: Maritime trade sanctions apt to torpedo Hawaii’s economy
- Not Fooled: Unanimous Maui Police Commission Declines To Put Police Chief On Leave Over Bogus Diddy Lawsuit
- Hawaiian Electric Execs Pocketed Huge Raises Despite $1.4B In Losses
- Hawaii Senate Panels OK $20/night Tax On Reward Points Bookings
- HB302: Hawaii Lawmakers Vote To Let Doctors Recommend Medical Marijuana For Any Condition They Deem 'Appropriate'
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025 |
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March 19, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:22 PM :: 1777 Views
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- The last time Congress created a new state
- Hawaii climate change bill shelved amid federal cutting spree
- State Public Charter School Commission Votes to Not Renew Kamalani Academy Charter Contract
- 43% of HECO Customers now have solar--but Hawaii Energy Remains 90.8% Fossil Fuel
- Surfing the environmental permitting bureaucracy in Hawaii
- Former Maui police chief defends Pelletier amid 'Diddy' lawsuit allegations—Mayor Flees State
- Maui Prep Academy dumps transsexual agenda
- Council Vote: Big Island to Become Sanctuary for Illegal Aliens?
- ‘Affordable’ Housing is Fake: Units Sell for $685K
- High Court Releases Formal Ruling Against Insurers
- Hawaii Senate committees slashes DHHL’s $600M request to $50M
- 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 |
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March 18, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:00 PM :: 897 Views
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Monday, March 17, 2025 |
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March 17, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:11 PM :: 824 Views
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- Persistent income, employment, housing challenges for Maui’s fire-impacted households
- Lahaina Housing: ‘Yes in God’s Backyard’
- Grassroot Bills Alive After Crossover
- Senators Pour Another $50M into Aloha Stadium Boondoggle, Defer Bill That Would Have Killed Project
- Canadian Tourism Drops by Half
- State House lawmakers defer hate crime bill
- ‘Climate Change’ Emergency Declaration to be Expanded?
- Amid Concerns About Campus Violence, Police To Come To Oʻahu Schools
- Teachers want DOE’s new immigration enforcement policy to include more than just administrators
- Senate Bill 106 presents an opportunity to modernize our pedestrian laws.
- Aloun Farms Revitalization plan in works for milk production on Kauai
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Sunday, March 16, 2025 |
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March 16, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:27 PM :: 640 Views
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- SB1434: Universal Vax for Hawaii
- SB1278: Legislature poised to fix a state wrong?
- Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
- “It’ll be the same old suspects — just in better suits.”
- Lawmakers Likely To Let Big Pay Raises Take Effect Without Public Hearings
- As Usual, Ethics Reform Bills Die in Committee
- Lava buyouts program is winding down
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Saturday, March 15, 2025 |
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March 15, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 1296 Views
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Friday, March 14, 2025 |
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March 14, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:25 PM :: 1447 Views
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Thursday, March 13, 2025 |
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March 13, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:26 PM :: 638 Views
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- Crackpot Lawsuit is all it takes--Maui Mayor and SHOPO make Complete Fools of Themselves Trying to get rid of Chief Pelletier
- Hawaii Gun Ban Bills Scheduled for Hearing in House Judiciary Committee
- Gov. Josh Green on Trump wanting states to run education: “I’ll take it”
- Man arrested in Utah nursing home may not be extradited for 1977 McKinley HS murder
- SB1043: Eliminate GE Tax on Groceries, Medicine
- HB740: Bill to construct more ohana units passes Senate committee
- Just in time for Budget Bill--COR Shrinks Growth to a measly 5%
- $76M COVID-19 hazard pay settlement finalized with 2 city unions
- Tax Hikes on Honolulu Council Agenda Again
- City considers selling rail station naming rights to offset costs
- DoE Eliminating School Libraries—only one left on Big Island
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025 |
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March 12, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:56 PM :: 703 Views
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025 |
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March 11, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:39 PM :: 2012 Views
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- Feds: UH Manoa not Protecting Jewish Students from Anti-Semites
- Pacific Biodiesel Occupies ADC Land In Keaʻau; No Lease, No Rent
- Crackpot Lawsuit is all it takes--Maui Mayor Calls for Chief to be Suspended
- HB476: Hawaiʻi could raise its capital gains tax to 9%
- HB1494: There is Still Time to Save Hawaii from Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
- 'You mean to tell me they beat her to death and now we're standing here with them and her dead body?'
- SB281: ‘We want to have every tool available to prosecute them’: Lawmakers to hear bill that would make torture a felony
- After the Foster Care Disaster: Mental Patient Ends up Being Shot by Police
- Why Does UH’s New President Need A $250,000 Adviser?
- HB818: Community Development District to Save Banyan Drive from DLNR Mismanagement?
- HB1260: Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Are Pushing For Car-Free Roads
- Lahaina fire survivors await electrical infrastructure as HECO hits delays
- Trump cuts target an office in Hilo vaguely connected to greenhouse gas observatory
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Monday, March 10, 2025 |
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March 10, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:53 PM :: 1761 Views
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- How Much House Does $300K, $400K and $500K Buy You in Every State? In Hawaii it's about the size of a shipping container
- Lawsuit Exposes Details of 2017 Kewalo Basin Kidnapping by Miske associates
- Study: 47% of State Prison Inmates were Under-Sentenced by Soft-on-Crime Judges
- School Enrollment Down 13% as Families Flee Hawaii
- Pacific Biodiesel Occupies State Land In Keaʻau; No Lease, No Rent
- SB1396: Another Massive TAT Hike to Create Green Make-Work Jobs
- HB286: Tax-free Individual Housing Accounts
- City ‘Climate Resiliency Fund’ Raided for Cesspools, Sewers
- Activists Want to Turn Hawaii County into Sanctuary for Illegals
- SB614: Sovereignty Activist Holiday for State Employees
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Sunday, March 9, 2025 |
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March 9, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 1100 Views
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- The Unity House Scandal Never Really Ended — decades later, it might bankrupt Hawaiian Electric
- Spreading Aloha Through Saying Goodbye
- Lien on Me
- Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
- Planned Parenthood Hawaii Begins Promoting Sex-Change Telehealth
- Hawaii Needs Constitutional Convention to Smash Administrative State
- Child Care Cost Pushes Parents out of Hawaii
- HB1494: There’s Still Time to Kill Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
- Bills To Loosen The Grip Of Special Interests Are Still Alive — So Far
- Make Spot The Robot Dog Earn Its Keep
- OHA home ownership program attracts interest
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Saturday, March 8, 2025 |
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March 8, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 PM :: 1028 Views
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- Social Worker Arrested in Torture Death of Foster Girl
- 19 months later: Maui Council gives initial approval to bill to rebuild Lahaina disaster-impacted properties as they were
- State Had Earlier Reports Of Abuse In Kapolei Household Where Girl Starved
- Law change behind challenge to criminal case against police officers in near-fatal crash
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Friday, March 7, 2025 |
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March 7, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:23 PM :: 1053 Views
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- “It’s becoming harder and harder for the working person who doesn’t own a home yet just to rent a place to live”
- Seven Gun Bills Moving Fast at Half-Way Point in Legislative Session
- Hawaii AG Celebrates Injunction Against Trump Funding Cuts
- Maui County Spools up $7.7B Ask for ‘Wildfire Recovery Plan’
- Crossover: 765 Bills on the Move
- Still no clear answer for combating Hawaiʻi physician shortage
- Ed Case among 10 Democrats joining with Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green for Trump speech protest
- Will Maui County Expedite Lahaina Historic District Rebuild Permits?
- State Department of Education receives nearly 11% of its annual funding from the federal government
- An Oahu inmate was murdered in his cell. Was a housing error to blame?
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Thursday, March 6, 2025 |
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March 6, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 2822 Views
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- DBEDT Reduces Hawaii Economic Growth Rate to 1.7%
- Kewalo: Gather to celebrate the death of bill SB 534
- $21.19B: House Finance Committee Approves State Budget
- SB350 Fakes Contraceptive Protection in State Constitution
- Kaluas Allegedly Spent Month Dissolving Ariel Sellers’ body in Acid
- Hidden Links Exposed: Hawaiʻi Fireworks Bust Tied To Mainland Suppliers
- Carr: New Aloha Stadium Just a Black Hole
- Hawaiʻi pays 64% above national average for electricity
- Mountain View man was free on bail when he allegedly slayed ex-girlfriend’s sister
- Armed security coming soon to select Hawaii schools
- Honolulu Will Allow Some Architects and Engineers To OK Their Own Projects
- ‘Calculation error’ discovered in Skyline audit – Rail Ridership Down ‘only’ 44%
- Hawaii County, HGEA reach 15% Bonus COVID compensation agreement – Honolulu Next
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025 |
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March 5, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:23 PM :: 1172 Views
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025 |
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March 4, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 1156 Views
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- Blangiardi Fiscal Year 2026 budget--Spending up 8.4%, CIP up 15.8%
- Hawaii defense contractor exec must face some campaign finance conspiracy claims
- Hawai‘i students turn local ingredients into unique products through entrepreneurial program
- City adds three more town hall meetings on proposed sewer fee increases
- Hawaii Assisted Living Costs Highest in USA
- OHA Scam Fails Again: Senators kill bill lifting residential ban on Kakaʻako Makai
- Misdemeanor Plea Deal: Honolulu officials charged in Kealoha retirement payout case
- Teachers union preps Hawaii college officials to respond to ICE inquiries
- CNHA: Native Hawaiian Convention Coming to Tulalip Indian Casino
- Hawaii vacation rental occupancy drops nearly 20 percentage points compared to 2019
- Protectionist Jones Act Actually Encourages Hawaiʻi Reliance On Foreign Energy
- Pricey Honolulu Police Robot Dog Is Out Of Service
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Monday, March 3, 2025 |
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March 3, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:48 PM :: 879 Views
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- Grassroot Institute Legislative Week in Review
- Is ACLU Worth $1B? Report Shows how ACLU Artificially Inflates Hawaii Jail Construction Costs
- Hoteliers push back on proposed tax hikes
- Trump Effect on Legislature: “I don’t think you’ll see any gigantic programs spooling up this year”
- Military Lease Renewals: OHA, CNHA in DC to Lobby the Pentagon for Money
- Hawai‘i education then and now: A 50-year view on soaring costs and declining enrollment
- In Shipbuilding, the U.S. Is Tiny and Rusty
- Larry Ellison’s Half-Billion-Dollar Quest to Change Farming Has Been a Bust
- Honolulu’s Airport Flawed Layout Nearly Caused Airline Disaster
- Decades-old city-state spat afflicts community in Oahu’s ‘Second City’
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Sunday, March 2, 2025 |
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March 2, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:24 PM :: 2321 Views
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- Gabbard Lahaina Charity Spends only 34% on Fire Victims
- HB202: A Stealthy Unemployment Insurance Tax Hike
- Hawaii End Meth Summit
- Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
- SB1269: Mililani Trask’s Geothermal Scam Comes Back for More Millions
- HB141: Stop Republicans from Appointing Sovereignty Activists to Election Commission
- SB1618: Repent, journalists, repent or face senatorial payback
- Billionaires Behind Hawaii News Sites
- SB1553: Hawaiian Home Lands looks to factory-built housing for projects
- Young Bros Rate Hikes Kill off County Fairs
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Saturday, March 1, 2025 |
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March 1, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 1129 Views
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