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Wednesday, March 25, 2026
March 25, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:57 PM :: 354 Views
  1. FEMA says shutdown not affecting response to Hawaii
  2. Hawaii 3rd-Worst Taxpayer ROI
  3. Red Flag Legislation on the Move
  4. Maryland high court rejects localities’ plea for climate change damages
  5. Feds Seize 44 Guns in Kalihi Raid
  6. Senate Approves 'Racially Inferior' Gluck for ICA Judgeship
  7. Green Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration
  8. Will Next Generation of Miske Crime Family Keep Drug Money?
  9. LNG? Solar industry wants its competition to be dirty and expensive
  10. Hawaii bill seeks to restrict downzoning amid housing shortage
  11. Honolulu Traffic Cams May Soon Ticket For Registration, Safety Checks
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026
March 24, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:42 PM :: 488 Views
  1. Rate Hike Coming: PUC Approves Dirty Expensive System for Waiau HECO Plant
  2. One condo, hundreds of homes: UHERO study reveals housing ripple effect
  3. Waialua flooding caused by local rainfall, not dam release
  4. Soma News: Hawaii House Panel Advances Bill To Create Psychedelics Task Force That Has Already Passed Senate
  5. SB1611 Revives  Scam to Allow Eco-Lawyers to Score Big Payoff by Suing Oil And Gas Companies for Whatever they deem to be a ‘Climate’ Disaster
  6. Hawaii bill replaces cruise ship tax with $10 port fee
  7. Homeowners, renters face limited flood-insurance options
  8. Hawai‘i Farmers Confront $11M In Flood Damage Without A Safety Net
  9. Usual Suspects Rant and Rave at military land-lease event in Waikiki, as usual
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Monday, March 23, 2026
March 23, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:01 PM :: 416 Views
  1. Hawaii AG wins First Round: Suing to Save Juvenile Sex-Change
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 20, 2026
  3. Schatz ‘Positively Serene’ about TSA not getting Paid
  4. Detention Basins Needed to Save Kihei from Floods
  5. City Charges $1,250 for Parking in Kalihi Valley
  6. Guidance needed for doctors treating DOD, VA patients exposed to jet fuel in Hawaii water, report says
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Sunday, March 22, 2026
March 22, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 798 Views
  1. Legislative Halftime Report
  2. Is the Jones Act finally sinking?
  3. HB1875: Sex-Change for Children Passes Another Committee
  4. Judicial Nominees for Kauai, Maui
  5. $35,000 Prize: ‘Legislator X’ Wins Lava Tube Award
  6. Hawaiʻi's Latest Corruption Investigation is More Incompetence
  7. Kawakami vs Luke:  Unions vs Other Unions
  8. ‘Backroom deal’ meddling as Solar Industry Flacks Desperately Fight to Keep Energy Dirty and Expensive
  9. HB1873:Keep UH Regents Financial Disclosures Secret
  10. HB1519: Pay To Play Bill Watered Down to Almost Nothing
  11. Lava buyout program winds down, helping many impacted by 2018 eruption in Puna move on
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Saturday, March 21, 2026
March 21, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 PM :: 833 Views
  1. Are People Leaving Hawaiʻi Because of High Prices, or Low Incomes?
  2. VIDEO: Coast Guard Overflight of Flood Zone
  3. Judge Names Yeaman Kamehameha Schools Trustee
  4. Election 2026: 225 Candidates Pull Papers to Run
  5. Feds Warn of more Rail Delays, Cost Overruns -- leads to HART Finger Pointing, Infighting
  6. Usual Suspects Want to Raise Your Taxes to Fund Themselves
  7. Relax health care facility, service regulations to boost access
  8. Driver pleads no contest in death of McKinley student Sara Yara
  9. Hawai‘i is hypocritical about vice
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Friday, March 20, 2026
March 20, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:24 PM :: 1976 Views
  1. Lahaina Redux: As Floods Rage, State Commission Warns Property Owners Not to Alter Streambeds
  2. ALERT: Lake Wilson Dam 'Imminent Risk of Failure'
  3. Hawaii’s Highway System Ranks 44th in the Nation in Overall Cost-Effectiveness and Condition
  4. The last time Congress created a new state
  5. Alaska, Hawaii, and the Politics of Statehood
  6. Documents Reveal How Hawaii AG Selects Outside Counsel to fight Second Amendment Cases
  7. Maui’s Online Firearm Permitting System Raises Serious Legal Concerns
  8. Public testimony prompts lawmakers to rethink repealing income tax cuts
  9. Scrutinize state budget to preserve promised income tax cuts
  10. Finalists for Honolulu seats announced for UH Board of Regents
  11. The Lost Decade Never Ended in Hawaiʻi
  12. ‘We’re Screwed’: Thirty Years of Indecision over Dangerous Wahiawā Dam
  13. Health outcomes from Hawaii jet-fuel exposure remain open question, study finds
  14. Why I Support A Sustainable Aquarium Fishery In Hawai‘i
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Thursday, March 19, 2026
March 19, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 PM :: 1352 Views
  1. Bribery: UHPA joins HSTA, ILWU, UPW Backing Sylvia Luke
  2. Second Hawaii County Police Officer Pleads 'No Contest' to Tampering with Evidence
  3. "1,800 Hours and $20,000 to Braid Hair"
  4. Sand Island EIS Available for Public Review
  5. 'Very Scary' Stack of Bills Seek To Boost Taxes On Lots Of Stuff In Hawaiʻi
  6. What the Carpenters couldn't buy
  7. Legal action expected after HPD commander allegedly leaked teen sex assault details
  8. Will COFA Citizens Lose Access To Commercial Driver’s Licenses?
  9. Native Hawaiian organization acquires D.C.-based defense logistics IT firm
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
March 18, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 953 Views
  1. Kawakami Announces Run for LG
  2. LNG for Hawaii: Green Receives JERA Proposal
  3. Regulating Political Deepfakes: First Amendment Lessons from Hawaii’s Unconstitutional Effort
  4. Red Flag Legislation Scheduled in Committee Wednesday and Friday
  5. Hawaii Sues to Save 'Gender Ideology' in Housing
  6. Even With Storm Raging, Outreach workers find homeless drug addicts refuse shelter--thus proving (again) that only FORCE can end homelessness
  7. Kona Storm Showed Weaknesses in HECO Grid
  8. Navy continues ‘degassing’ of Red Hill facility fuel tanks
  9. Lahaina Rebuild Disturbs Newly-Registered Burials
  10. Tourism Industry Pushing to Block Resumption of Aquarium Fishing
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
March 17, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 1522 Views
  1. Green has 30 Days to Name next Chief Justice
  2. Running from Primary Challenge, Lahaina Rep Cochran Switches to Republican
  3. Hawaii Ranks #1 for Multi-Generational Households
  4. REPORT: Hawaii Construction Spend $7.1B in 2025
  5. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
  6. Green Considers Five Nominees for Maui Circuit Judge
  7. Wahiawa dam owner says failure risk overstated
  8. Time ticking down for state to acquire Wahiawa Dam
  9. Affordable ‘Bill 7’ rentals development projects making mixed progress
  10. HB2424: Sister Isle ‘Agricultural’ Subdivisions Rezone to ‘Rural’
  11. 'He Gave Everything To Save Nothing': Firefighter's Family Wants Change
  12. Gabbard Underling Resigns over Iran War
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Monday, March 16, 2026
March 16, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:44 PM :: 1061 Views
  1. Miske Forfeiture After Death: "Never seen anything like it"
  2. Maui County moves to speed up historic review for Lahaina rebuilds
  3. Trump Considers Waiving Jones Act Amid Rising Oil Prices from Iran Conflict
  4. Aloha Stadium's $4 Billion Gamble
  5. Storm Cleanup: 26,000 Remain Without Power
  6. Swimming in Money, Hawaii County Council Randomly Buys Criminals a House for $809K
  7. Tokuda Wears Graffiti-Covered Jacket to SOTU
  8. Global Warming Hysteria Making Kids Hallucinate
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Sunday, March 15, 2026
March 15, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:52 PM :: 2019 Views
  1. Making the case for keeping state income tax cuts
  2. Hawaii Sues to Maintain Anti-Asian Discrimination at Universities
  3. REPORT: 'Dangerous Trifecta' Enables Noncitizen Voting in Hawaii
  4. A Taxing Debate
  5. Housing bills looked like winners, until they didn't
  6. Total Fail: Legislators Propose 56 New 'Special Funds' -- NONE meet criteria
  7. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 13, 2026
  8. Reducing the Cost of Living: Grassroot Testimony
  9. The Moment Hawaii Self-Destructed:  House and Senate trade bills designed to preserve ‘vacant positions’ by Increasing Taxes
  10. When The Stickler Doesn't Stick To Her Own Standards
  11. Tulsi Gabbard talks the talk but walks as the wind blows
  12. Think More Carefully Before Going All In On Police Surveillance Technology
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Saturday, March 14, 2026
March 14, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:38 PM :: 1083 Views
  1. Lake Wilson Dam Failure Fear Eases--Evacuation Warning Lifted for Waialua, Haleiwa
  2. Feds Move to Terminate Hundreds of 8(a) Corporations
  3. Blackouts Shut Down Rail West of Waipahu
  4. Election 2026: 215 Candidates Pull Papers to Run
  5. AG issues more subpoenas in $35,000 criminal probe
  6. Storm Rescue Required as Homeless Drug Addicts Keep on Partying
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Friday, March 13, 2026
March 13, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 2800 Views
  1. House Approves Bills to help out Other Criminals
  2. DBEDT Projects 1.7% Growth for 2026
  3. Hawaiian Electric Outlines Case for $170M Rate Hike
  4. Acting Chief Justice Appoints District Court Judges on Oahu, Big Island
  5. BoE Seeks Nominees for Charter School Commission
  6. Child Abuse: DHS Launches New Training System for 'Mandatory Reporters'
  7. Hawaiian Electric Claims 37% 'Renewable Portfolio'
  8. How Honolulu Easily Saves $50M by Cutting Funding For Vacant Positions
  9. Tax increase bills crossover at the Hawaii State Legislature
  10. Honolulu transit agency proposes $501M budget for FY27
  11. Controversy Engulfs HECO's Proposed $1 Billion Power Plant
  12. $25M wastewater project stinks, says Kaua‘i County Council
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
March 12, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:46 PM :: 1511 Views
  1. Hawaii dolphin therapist’s case could shape James Comey, Leticia James appeals
  2. VA to Become Legal Guardian for Homeless Veterans
  3. Meth Dealer Also a Homosexual Child Molester
  4. Which is Worse Problem for Hawaii: Corruption or Incompetence?
  5. Honolulu City Council reviews $1.07B HART budget for fiscal ’27
  6. ICA: 764 Cases Pending--Two Year Backlog
  7. Involuntary assessment forces 30 homeless into treatment
  8. Shohei Ohtani quietly settles Hawaii real estate lawsuit over $240 million project
  9. Meth Dealer’s Son Running for State House
  10. ICE Concerns Spur Maui's Move To Pretend To Sever Ties With Feds
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026
March 11, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:43 PM :: 1542 Views
  1. Feds: Miske Suicide a $20M Fraud
  2. Second Man Charged with Murder of Fake 'Gang Counselor' over Drug Dealing Debts
  3. Former Corrections Officer Gets 5 Years for Kiddie Porn
  4. Hawaiʻi Income Tax Hikes: Legislators Stealing More of Your Paycheck to Help Other Criminals Get EBT Cards
  5. COR Forecast: $200M found—could’ve been more
  6. HB1875: Fly-in kids from Mainland for sex-change
  7. HPD still has lots of vacancies
  8. Statewide ‘Aha Moku’ Advisory Committee hasn’t met in Four Years—still gets budget funding
  9. Bill To Allow Subdivision of Existing Residential Lots dead for Session
  10. Coconut Island Bridge: Permanent Fix Will Take 3 Years, Cost $20 Million
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026
March 10, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:03 PM :: 1175 Views
  1. Audit Finds 26 Inconsistencies in Luke Campaign Spending Reports
  2. Why Are Transit Buses So Expensive?
  3. HDOT: Traffic Death Rate Lower Than Last Year
  4. Case: New Visa Rules Harm Tourism
  5. How Mike Miske Killed Himself to Protect $20 Million Estate
  6. Senate WAM Moves its own Version of Green’s Tax Hikes
  7. Hawaii bill to make insurance companies ‘sue big oil’ blows up in Keohokalole’s face
  8. Council reviews mayor’s $5 billion budget for 2027
  9. Lawsuit Challenges Hawaii’s Ban on Concealed Carry Permits for Non-Residents
  10. The best Youtube videos on Hawai‘i’s problems
  11. Who Really Pays For Tariffs?
  12. Kauai Finds New Ways to Make Owners Tear Down Beachfront Homes
  13. Green Fee at ‘Work’—Paid to go Hiking
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Monday, March 9, 2026
March 9, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 1522 Views
  1. Why Subsidized Housing Costs So Much
  2. Civil Beat Publisher Co-Sponsors Proposed $170M Electric Rate Hike
  3. When School Governance Stops Serving Our Keiki
  4. Rail: Green and Lutnick dream of Japanese Bubble
  5. Major housing and infrastructure investments for wildfire recovery move forward
  6. West Maui water company wants 325% more revenue
  7. Maui Council Panders to Anti-Telescope Activists
  8. Hawaii doctors warn aging crisis is outpacing geriatric care system
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Sunday, March 8, 2026
March 8 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:05 PM :: 1471 Views
  1. Fighting to save Hawaii’s income tax cuts
  2. The Rental Car ‘Loophole’
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 6, 2026
  4. DOTAX Goes After One Uber Driver
  5. Hawaii Family Forum: Legislative Week in Review
  6. VIDEO: Why do we tell you to call Legislators?
  7. Broken promises on tax cuts carry a steep political price
  8. SB2921: Excess in the state’s special funds may help ease budget concerns
  9. As visitors to Hawaii decline, risks abound
  10. HECO Companies Propose Rate Increases in 2027 and 2028
  11. SB2480 On the Move: Jungle Primary for Hawaii
  12. Next Domino? Nervous Dela Cruz Blames Campaign Spending Commission for Luke’s Bribery Problem
  13. The Most Influential People At The State Capitol Are Out In The Hallway
  14. Grand Wailea’s expansion plans advancing after years of debate
  15. Pie in Sky: Hawaii Seaglider Wing Hit Water In Testing
  16. Meth Camp moored along Keehi Stream poses knotty challenges
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Saturday, March 7, 2026
March 7, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:16 AM :: 1854 Views
  1. Long Lines Suppress Votes on Election Day:  Election Officials Plan to do it Again in 2026 
  2. Election 2026: 203 Candidates Pull Papers to Run
  3. Rapist gets Work-Furlough: Allegedly Kills Girlfriend, Tries to kill Wife (again)
  4. Maui wildfire settlement: Insurers get 10% so Lawyers can cash in
  5. Green Fee Gold Rush Produces $2B in Scams
  6. Former US Rep. Colleen Hanabusa Dead At 74
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Friday, March 6, 2026
March 6, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 PM :: 1283 Views
  1. Feds: Sovereignty Tax Scam Drew 200 Criminals from 19 States
  2. 'Central Kitchens'? State Auditor Debunks Rationale for $150M DoE Pork Project
  3. Knives Out: Maui Wildfire Lawyers fight each other for slice of $1 Billion Payday
  4. Future of 4,500 Maui vacation rentals uncertain following planning commission’s ‘no’ vote
  5. Kauai Visitors Shocked By $20 Opaekaa Falls Stop
  6. Bill 7: Council defers affordable rentals measure pending further study
  7. HPD Has Never Used ‘Red Flag’ Gun-Seizure Law
  8. State Agrees To Settle Lawsuit Over Oʻahu Jail Suicide
  9. Hawaii gets 2028 trial date in addictive design suit against TikTok
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Thursday, March 5, 2026
March 5, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:13 PM :: 1537 Views
  1. Green: "If Derek Kawakami runs for LG, that's terrific"
  2. Bribery: HSTA joins ILWU, UPW Backing Sylvia Luke
  3. Shareholder Suit: $47M settlement with Hawaiian Electric approved
  4. House Committee Passes 'Affordable Housing' Bills
  5. Hawaii, others back birthright citizenship in amicus brief
  6. Rep Todd Proposes His Own Tax Hike --Even Bigger than Green's (Will YOU be fooled?)  
  7. Honolulu mayor approves Skyline rail system expansion plan
  8. Bribery News: Panic Buttons in Schools--$7 Million Effort Is Delayed A Year
  9. Kim vs Perriera: Making Victimology a joke
  10. Military members fight government’s claim that Red Hill toxic exposure was service-related
  11. State, Maui County move to reduce historic review delays for rebuilding
  12. FEMA Maui Fire Aid Was Delayed By Noem Review
  13. Hawaiʻi County Council passes new tier 3 tax rate for second homes worth $4 million plus
  14. State Senate Wants the Public Doped up on Shrooms
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026
March 4, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:11 PM :: 1429 Views
  1. Keli'i Akina & Clint Churchill discuss how to meet Hawaii's energy needs
  2. Democrats Pick Three Candidates for HD28
  3. Office of Elections: Rumors Vs. Facts
  4. First Traffic Scofflaw Convicted Under New Law
  5. Lawmakers debate Green’s $1.8B Middle Class Tax Hike
  6. Unlike Governor, Honolulu mayor presents lean budget, no property tax hike
  7. More money won’t fix what’s broken in Hawai‘i’s schools
  8. Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Should Look To New Orleans For Education Models
  9. Hawai‘i lawmakers advance bill that would create framework for pre-built home industry
  10. Enviros Find Way to Shut off Golf Course Irrigation--Again
  11. Hawaii medical bills may overcharge for taxes
  12. Government Funds Hilo Shelter Without Safety Exits Or Fire Inspection
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Tuesday, March 3, 2026
March 3, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:49 PM :: 1668 Views
  1. Hawaii high court takes up 20-year fight over retiree health benefits
  2. Tax Hike News: House Democrats Tout Welfare Bills as Response to Trump
  3. 8a Conspiracy Alleged as Dawson Heirs Squabble over Money
  4. Hawaii DLE Subpoenaed--Indicted CEO’s security firm has Hawaii law enforcement contracts
  5. Hawaiian Home Lands rent-to-own prospect has few takers
  6. Corruption Stadium: Concessions to be Exempt from Competitive Bidding
  7. Two Tickets: Campaign-To-Campaign Giving Binds Legislative Factions Together
  8. Trump Nominates Sorenson US Attorney for District of Hawaii
  9. Revolving Door: Third Director in Three Years for Maui Planning Department
  10. Hawaii Firefighters Have Concerns With Residential Solar Panels
  11. CNHA to become Landlord Again
  12. Force needed to remove meth camp with huge homeless structure
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Monday, March 2, 2026
March 2, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:16 PM :: 1660 Views
  1. New Hope for Hawaiian Homelands – Keli'i Akina talks with Kali Watson
  2. $35K Bribe: Kidney Nonprofit Charged Taxpayers 'Outrageous' Prices for COVID Tests
  3. Kealoha’s Counsel Not Moral Enough to be … a Lawyer?
  4. Could The Feds Help Hawaiʻi Develop Geothermal?
  5. Biofuel: Hawaii Oil Refinery Becoming Complicit in Deforestation
  6. Congress zeroes out funding for TMT in Hawaii
  7. Tech-focused charter school sees academic progress
  8. Hawai‘i County: Alleged Child Molester gets cashless bail
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Sunday, March 1, 2026
March 1, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:03 PM :: 1764 Views
  1. Caught Lying to Senate, Airports Division now blames Legislators for $23M Contract
  2. The hidden problem with emergency powers
  3. The Cruise Fee Quandary
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 27 2026
  5. Grassroot: Reducing the Cost of Living--Bills on the Move
  6. Democrats Consider Five Candidates for HD28
  7. “Constituents do not understand how lawmakers could boastfully promise a tax cut and then reverse themselves less than two years later.”
  8. $200M HSTA Giveaway to buy Election Support
  9. Hawaii visitors are going to extremes as car rental rates double
  10. Federal Fraud Czar Knows All About Hawaii Corruption—helped convict Kealohas
  11. Democratic Contest Heats up in HD21
  12. Keokahole Still Flogging the ‘Sue Big Oil’ Scam
  13. Latest $ multi-billion ‘overhaul’ of Hawaii airports advances
  14. HB2505: Court ordered treatment for homeless with mental illness
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