Entries for June 2023

1. Sister Park Arrangement Signed for Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Memorial
2. Prominent Native Hawaiian Defense Contractor Is Part Of New Federal Criminal Probe
3. Investigation finds DOE wasted millions on solar-powered AC systems
4. Court hears arguments in Ward Village rail dispute
5. Giving Birth Is An Expensive And Lonely Trip For Some Rural Hawaii Women

1. UH 'Disappointed' by Affirmative Action Ruling Against Anti-Asian Discrimination
2. 14 Years Later HiDoT Still Trying to get Rid of Falls of Clyde
3. Ninth Circuit upholds ban on 'FCKBLM' license plate
4. ACLU: Why did Police Leave Rifle Unattended?
5. How a new law will help ease Hawaii's doctor shortage
6. Report: Honolulu Liquor Commission is Still a Mess 
7. UHERO: Housing Even More Expensive Than Reported 
8. 801K Tourists Arrive in May, 2023
9. Hanabusa Retaliation: Rail CEO Slapped With ‘C-minus’ Evaluation, ‘not deferential enough’ 
10. McCarthy: Why did HPD Leave Rifle Unattended?
11. Evictions Creep Up On Oahu As Renters Face Waning Pandemic-Era Aid
12. BWS detects low levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in Pearl City Shaft

1. 20 Years of Fraud--With Tokuda out of Legislature, DoH finally begins to check up on Recycling Companies
2. About that so-called Vienna housing model
3. Tweets highlight Matson's schizophrenic relationship with China
4. Feds Back Hawaii Sterile Mosquito Plan
5. Hawaii 4th-Highest Beer Taxes in USA 
6. Lawsuit Challenges Hawaii's 'Sensitive Places' Gun Law 
7. How Gov. Josh Green’s Approval Compares to the Nation’s Most Popular Governors
8. Council Votes 20% of Maui GE Tax Surcharge to Subsidize Developers
9. Dela Cruz Holding Secret Fundraiser at WCIT HQ
10. Rail: Pearl Highlands Station designed to benefit KSBE Development
11. Honolulu liquor enforcement still a mess, report finds
12. City braces for complaints over lack of key amenities, like bathrooms, at Honolulu rail stations
13. Rail still a painful reminder for some businesses
14. Hawaiian Homes Commissioners Reverse Kali Watson Water Appointment
15. Ikaika Anderson pleads not guilty in May incident
16. Thousands cited for running the red, the few who contest it are unsuccessful
17. Green plans to veto commercial use boating permits bill
18. 6,479 Police Calls on Homeless Drug Addicts at Uncle Billy’s Hotel
19. As predicted: Planning panel to consider 2-year Waimanalo landfill extension

1. How Does $10B Disappear? 
2. Grassroot Institute urges Maui Council to reject higher tax burden
3. “Pandemic in Paradise: An Insider’s View of COVID Corruption in Hawai‘i”
4. Rail Station a Money Spinner for KSBE
5. Rail eminent domain dispute heads to Hawaii high court
6. Family waits years for building permit after neglecting to pay bribes, DPP blames victims
7. Hawaii Foster Kids Are Sleeping In Hotels And State Offices. They Have Nowhere Else To Go
8. Special Interests Spent More To Lobby The Hawaii Legislature This Year
9. EV drivers on Oahu will see a new road usage charge
10. Honolulu couple arrested in connection with fatal mass overdose; fentanyl distribution ring exposed
11. Honolulu Board of Water Supply will invest more than $43M for a new reservoir in Waiawa
12. Maui News for Sale
13. Profitable Nonprofit: $40M for  Hauula ‘Resiliency Hub’
14. Suicide Tourists Must Register to Vote in Hawaii to get death pills

1. DoH Publishes Red Hill Exposure Assessment
2. DoH CONDITIONALLY APPROVES RED HILL DEFUELING PLAN
3. ‘Think outside the box’ to fix Hawaii’s unemployment tax
4. Skyline: Rail station surrounded by farming is years away from major use
5. Honolulu Rail Gave Nan $100 Million To Relocate Utilities. Much Of It May Have Been A Waste
6. Leaving for Las Vegas: Reaching out to Native Hawaiians
7. Tea House for Meetups with Transsexual Kids
8. HSTA Teacher: I have reoriented my 7th Grade Class to be all about Gayness
9. A Murder Suspect Has Spent 7 Years In The Hilo Jail While Lawyer Goes Psychiatrist Shopping

1. The politician and the Skyline buzzsaw
2. Kauai: Sterile Mosquito Plan Released
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 24, 2023
4. Happy Day for Hawaii Healthcare
5. Economic Misfortune Can Fix Our “Shadow Budget”
6. $10B Later: Rail Fluff-Pieces Fill Media--but 62% of Public Doesn’t Care
7. Rail: ‘Special Tax’ is also over budget and behind schedule
8. General excise tax surcharge to be focus of evening meeting
9. 64% Raise for Passive-Aggressive Greedy Sluggards
10. Affirmative Action at University Of Hawaii -- Economic, not Racial
11. After Mass Arrests of Staff, DPP Vacancies Cause Delays
12. Liquor Bills Introduced Anonymously -- backed by “a well known Hilo guy”
13. CNHA Wants to Take Over Hotels
14. Green signs bill protecting the work of journalists
15. “Lack of police action” as Oahu family chased in apparent road rage incident
16. Hawaiʻi State Art Museum hosts ‘Drag Queen Story Time’ for Kids
17. Residents in Kauai pushing for the state to lower their rent as they can no longer afford the price increase

1. OHA CEO Sylvia Hussey Quits
2. Green Signs 18 'Good Government' Bills
3. Green Releases 'Intent to Veto' List
4. New Hawaii law makes official misconduct a felony
5. HiDOT Jacks up Airport Parking Fees in Effort to Price You Out
6. Hawaii Republicans Finally Elect Party Treasurer
7. Monster Home Permits to be Revoked?
8. Blangiardi approves Honolulu’s $3.41B budget
9. Health Department conditionally approves Red Hill defueling plan
10. Meth-Addicted Homeless Run Gigantic open Air Chop Shop on Maui

1. Green Signs 13 Health Bills
2. 'Multi-Ton' Chinese Fentanyl Exporters Arrested in Honolulu
3. Climate Litigation Wave Crashes Into Hawaii’s Supreme Court
4. Walter Ritte Admits Covering for People who are Killing Hawaii’s Endangered Monk Seals
5. Hirono Slams Anti-Vaxxers
6. Hawaii report details health effects of Red Hill leak
7. Ex-EMS director is arrested again
8. Act 94: Fly Homeless to Mainland
9. ‘Safe and Sound’ sees lower crime stats in Waikīkī
10. SB1057: Pay Transparency in Vogue This Legislative Session
11. Developer China Oceanwide To Sell Hawaii Property

1. Green Pours Millions into Housing
2. Green Signs Ten Housing Bills
3. New XO at HI-EMA
4. Governor’s budget cuts were ‘really good thing’ for Hawaii
5. Hawaii finances ‘unsustainable’ without economic growth
6. HECO’s Fake grid plan--Only the Rate Hikes are Real
7. He Was A Solar Industry Advocate. Now He’s On The PUC. That Doesn’t Sit Well With Hawaiian Electric
8. Free Money from the Sky: Native Hawaiians get most federal Funding Ever
9. Hawaii’s Critical Data Is At Risk From Flooding. So Why Hold it Hostage to Dela Cruz’ Tech Park Scheme?
10. 4 HPD officers involved in 2021 Makaha crash drop request for taxpayer-funded lawyers
11. 16-Time Loser Racks up #18 and #19 While Awaiting Trial for #17
12. 57% recidivism to Hawaii’s prisons
13. Maui County Bill to regulate air and replica guns advances

1. Oil Spills: EPA Hammers Pacific Biodiesel
2. Maui Mayor accepting applications to Independent Nomination Board
3. Blangiardi announces leadership changes at two City departments
4. Sailor Wins Right to Register Guns
5. Hawaii Gun Registration Applications Drop
6. Did Miske Have Source Inside FBI Elite Surveillance Unit?
7. Bikini Island Fund Quickly Stolen Once Under Local Control
8. ‘Community’ raises $406k to help thieving Ex-Mililani athletic director
9. DOE budget still grows, despite ‘cut’
10. 1,000 new claims filed against federal government over contaminated water from Red Hill facility
11. City Skims off top -- seeks $210.5M in Rail bonds
12. Rail News: Two popular grocery stores in Waipahu to shut down thanks to rail
13. Their dream is to get more local beef to your table. Making that a reality? It won’t be easy
14. Kaua‘i sewer rates increasing 11% per year over a five-year period
15. Bell Tolls For Historic Iron Ship Docked In Honolulu Harbor

1. Neighborhood Commission Office Holds Revote in Hawaii Kai Subdistrict 11
2. Honolulu Credit Card Debt Soars
3. Hawaii most expensive state to live in 
4. Honolulu: Where High Earners Lose 2nd Most To Taxes and Cost of Living
5. Only Three Oppose: Honolulu City Council members’ 64% pay increase to begin July 1
6. Rigging The System: Navatek Suits Offer Inside View Of Pay-To-Play Politics
7. Ex-union official might get 14-year sentence
8. The Fallout and Future of Hu Honua
9. After long delay, $17M homeless resource center welcomes its first clients
10. Failure of Mental Health Care System: Schizophrenic Homeless 23 Years and Counting

1. Honolulu Rent Highest in USA
2. The Kealoha Mailbox Conspiracy: 10 Years Later, Where Are We Now?
3. $200M Slush Fund: Green shaking up education, UH, tourism boards to Satisfy Lege
4. Council lowers tax rate for owners of second homes used for rentals
5. DPP ePlans slows permitting, backlog is building
6. A $900 Towing Fee? Concerns Are Being Raised Over Honolulu’s New Towing Contract
7. Thanks to millions in federal aid, city eyes expansion of homeless camp program

1. $1B Budget Cuts 'Wise and Courageous'
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 17, 2023
3. A Dirty Problem
4. Is Las Vegas The End Of The Trail For Native Hawaiians?
5. Molokai: Phone call to Governor Required to Deliver Baby
6. Rail: Mountain of missteps unprecedented in history of transit development
7. Hawaii LG Sylvia Luke Finds $50K To Cover Shortfall: ‘I Expect Better Of Myself’
8. Luke, Chang host fancy NYC, DC Fundraisers
9. Trump drove isle Republicans away; what about now?
10. 20 Years Later: DLNR Begins First Land Transfer to Agriculture Department

1. What you need to know about property taxes in Hawaii
2. How Grassroot Institute is working for a better Hawaii
3. Sen Rhoads: More Corruption Arrests Coming Soon
4. Waianae man pleads not guilty to federal ammunition charge
5. ‘Lieline’ -- City officials give Honolulu rail system an official name, expect paltry 8,000 daily riders and zero new rider revenue
6. Judge rules Kaua‘i County, Hawai‘i DOH violating federal pollution law

1. HTA: De Fries Gets Boot
2. Hawaii May Unemployment 3.1%
3. Divide and Conquer: More Property Tax Tiers Means Higher Taxes
4. Sanford Dole, Abolitionist
5. Budget Cuts: DoE Stops Teaching English and Math
6. Rail Opening Day Ridership to be Kept Secret
7. State Agriculture Corp. Gets New Board Leadership
8. Why You Should Volunteer On A Public Board Or Commission
9. Maui Ethics Board: You Can’t Keep Those $400 Koa O’o Sticks
10. 'Make it easier': Maui woman describes 19-month struggle getting homeless friend into housing
11. Felon with extensive record is charged with burglary

1. Green Cuts $1B from Budget--Kills First Responder Campus Scheme
2. Green Signs Dozens of Bills
3. Hawaii Worker Productivity Drops Sharply
4. Hawaii Dept. of Public Safety built Secret Illegal fuel tank at Halawa Prison
5. Inflation is stabilizing, but Hawaii food costs high
6. Doctors need more support to work in high-cost Hawaii
7. Honolulu runway work has been impacting Neighbor Island flights for months
8. Congress Should Have New COFA Treaties Soon. Now They Just Need To Be Ratified
9. Sheriffs arrest Hawaii high school student accused of cyberbullying disabled peer
10. Zombie News: Oahu paramedics, EMTs warned after skin-rotting drug additive found at recent overdose scenes
11. Waianae McDonalds Closed After Multiple Fights Break Out over Several days

1. June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
2. Will Hawaii Family Courts mandate legal representation for abused foster children?
3. Keith Cureton: Kamehameha Schools Director of Ethics Didn't Last Long
4. Hawaii children strained under tight economic conditions, report says
5. Retailers to stop shipping cigars to Hawaii July 1
6. ‘Maintain the Problem’ until it becomes Excuse for Dela Cruz’  First Responders Boondoggle 
7. Social Workers Never Visited Alleged Child Molester’s Foster Home
8. Abuse, unlawful imprisonment: Miske’s Lawyer Enters pleas for Ikaika Anderson
9. Watson’s DHHL Dumps Anderson’s Pick to Run Maui Water System
10. No charge filed against former Hawaii lieutenant governor candidate after arrest for DUI
11. Felon with long record arrested for second time in 8 days
12. Schizophrenic Kidnaps Children, Gets Released Again and Again
13. Owning pepper spray on Kauaʻi may get easier with new law
14. Open the books of health insurers
15. Only 130 patients at Red Hill clinic
16. State school board shake-up raises questions
17. Hawai‘i’s Homeowners Rank No. 1 for Average Equity Gains
18. What Happens When the Movers Are Priced Out Of Paradise?
19. Eight Years later Hawaii County finally announces changes for own pesticide use

1. Falsified Financial Disclosures? Legislators Approve $20K for Sen Fevella’s ‘Reelect-me’ Group
2. Homeless Camp Controlled by Miske Gang? Hanged man connected to Miske case found dead in sinkhole
3. Green: 2,000 Chronics Consume 61% of Hawaii Medicare -- Cost $1.3B
4. Homeless Drug Addicts Nearly Destroyed This Central Oahu Cemetery. Now The Community Is Standing Up For The Dead
5. Hawaii losing appeal for repeat visitors
6. Only the Feds Can Prosecute Pushers for Fentanyl Overdose Deaths
7. City tries novel approach to crack down on illegal game rooms: Going after landlords
8. New HPD Budget Adds Potential Hiring Bonuses, Boosts Chinatown And Community Policing
9. The City Council Is A Mess. Why Can’t The Legislature Be More Like That?
10. Questions persist in Maunakea handover
11. Navy claims success in removing fuel contamination around Red Hill tank farm
12. Oahu in 2045 -- Solar Everywhere or Offshore Wind
13. Haiku Stairs: Company gets contract to rebuild then demolish?
14. Strike: Will Hospitals get Gas Deliveries?
15. Hawaii County Struggles With Shortage Of Certified Nursing Assistants

1. Kamehameha: The Founding of the Hawaiian Kingdom
2. New video tells what the story of Iam Tongi says about Hawaii
3. Taxes and Cost of Living: Focus Shifts to County Councils
4. Want more housing? Why not just cut the red tape?
5. Foley hails inroads on corruption
6. Homeless Shut Down Diamond Head State Park
7. Americans for Prosperity Launches Hawaii State Chapter  
8. Easy Pander: 4 Honolulu councilmembers now say they oppose pay raises
9. More Fundraisers for Council, Legislature
10. 46% Tax Hike: Hawaii unemployment fund experiencing ‘painful’ growth
11. Hawaii Community Development Authority tasked with slew of projects to subsidize developers
12. Cleaning Up: The Aftermath Of A Honolulu Union’s Embezzlement Scandal
13. GEMS: $100M Gift to Solar Industry
14. $2 million insurance coverage added for island coral reefs will pay Enviro Activists to go Diving

1. It's up to us to fight corruption
2. Fevella’s Film Feud
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation how they Voted June 10, 2023
4. Bipartisan Task Force Combats Chinese Influence in Indo-Pacific
5. The Real Value of $100 in Hawaii -- $86.80
6. Hawaii highest household debt to income ratio
7. Caldwell: Lobbyists Pushed COVID Shutdowns in March, 2020 
8. 1930 to 1970--Hawaii enjoyed 40 golden years without homeless problems
9. Gays Focus on Underage Kids at Kakaako Tea House
10. Council Getting 64% Pay Hike AND Outside Employment
11. Hawaii insurers could face more scrutiny over executive pay
12. Hawaii Child Care Costs More than UH Tuition
13. Teacher turnover hits new highs in Hawaii
14. ‘That’s ridiculous’ No public bathrooms at any rail stations
15. Media Keeps Identity Secret--Driver issued a single citation after allegedly slamming into parked cars, damaging homes
16. In the governor’s backyard, 8 homeless patients settle in at medical respite tiny village
17. Council member proposes establishment of sustainability office so daughter will get pregnant

1. Oahu Family Court Judge Jessi L. K. Hall seeks another term as Judge
2. DelaCruz uses HIEMA in First Responder Campus Dog n Pony Show
3. Council Raises? Time to work for a living
4. Maui $283M GE Tax Hike will hurt for ten years before any benefits are seen
5. Two Years and Counting: DPP ePlans Slow Permitting Even More
6. Ex-EMS head accused of cocaine-fueled domestic violence
7. HPD patrol officers to work 13-hour shifts but shorter workweek
8. City appears to have rescinded tax credits previously claimed for home at 91 Coelho Way
9. Trump’s Guam Connection: Who Is Walt Nauta, the Other Person Indicted Along With Trump?

1. Civil Beat Publisher Bankrolled Social Media Censorship Effort
2. "FCKBLM" -- Ninth Circuit hears challenge to recall of evocative license plate
3. Green Signs 8 More Bills Into law
4. DLNR: Haena State park to Be Model for State
5. Big Island Crime Family targets Police Detective for Death--gets State Judge to take his guns    
6. State gave Probation but Feds hold 2 alleged drug gang members without bail
7. Honolulu Conspiracy Trial Pushed To October 2024
8. Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke Has Already Overspent Her Budget — On Staff Raises
9. CNHA to Meet in Las Vegas
10. The continuing saga of the property at 91 Coelho Way
11. Council approves one-time $350 rebate for owner-occupants and forms P.I.G.
12. 50 Years Later: Waiahole Valley Protesters got a Lifetime of Discount Rent
13. DHS Can’t Stop Foster Care Abuse but it has time to shut down Another Big Island Child Care Center
14. After nearly 5 years of ‘repairs’, Pearl City public pool finally reopens
15. The City Just Destroyed This Historic Chinatown Sidewalk

1. Bill 56: Increase amount for permit exemptions to ease 209 day backlog
2. Resolution 33: Tinkering with Property Tax Rates on Rental Units
3. Want More COVID Cash? Apply June 13
4. OIP Issues Three New Formal Opinions
5. Honolulu City Council refuses to stop pay hike, rejects ban on outside employment
6. Campaign fundraising season is upon us
7. HPD: Only Feds Can Prosecute Drug Pusher for Overdose Deaths
8. Honolulu DPP to no longer take paper commercial permit plans
9. Discrimination: ILWU West Maui resort allowed to push sand without public comment
10. Maui Battery Farm--$60M for four hours
11. 37 Years Later DHHL finally says it will be building infrastructure to allow lessees to move onto their leaseholds
12. Councilmember: Homelessness Industry and ACLU Should Stop Lying About Sweeps 
13. Cultural Competence Helps, But It Doesn't Get The Job Done
14. Star-Advertiser Prints and Distributes Chinese Communist Paper
15. Can a decades-old Hawaii fight aid Georgia’s Trumpster ‘alternate’ electors?

1. Water Bills Going Up: BWS Signs $204M Kalaeloa Desalination Contract
2. SB975: Green Signs Tax Increase on Vaping Products
3. Hawaii Republicans Set Electronic Vote to Elect Party Treasurer
4. Did City Employees Rig Neighborhood Board Election Software to Get Themselves ‘Elected’?
5. Amid outrage over proposed 64% raise, councilmembers will take up fake measure that might ban outside income two years from now
6. Ethics:  State’s Useless Agribusiness Development Corp ordered to make it look good as new insider is installed as boss
7. Environmental risks will persist for Decades after Red Hill tanks are drained
8. Electric Rates Going Up: PUC Considers ‘Green Tariff’
9. Protecting Molesters: Why no ‘Erin’s Law’ from Legislature?
10. Idea: Let Lots and Lots of Criminals back out onto the Streets Instead of building New Jail
11. Get a Job!  SNAP Work Requirements Finally Returning
12. 'Something needs to be done'   Frustration over seven-year-old homeless encampment at Old Stadium Park
13. MPD takes lead providing services to five-year-old homeless camp
14. Hawaii County Flies Bums to Mainland

1. Some gems amid Legislature’s overspending?
2. Hawaii Economy 5th-Worst in USA
3. Hawaii Republican Party Closes Headquarters 
4. Marijuana Dispensary Oligopoly Enforcers: Court Upholds Drug Raid on Pinky's Hempire 
5. State gives Joseph Crime Family Shooters Probation after father of seven is killed, then they get arrested in Federal drug, road rage case
6. Rail Contracts for Downtown Electrical Reconnections--One Billion and Counting
7. Star-Adv: Veto $50 million for tech campus
8. Distraction: Oahu homeowners might get $350 one-time tax credit
9. Governor replaces school board chair who challenged public school leaders
10. ‘Startling’ number of officer vacancies at HPD spur public safety concerns
11. Advocates of 'reasonable' gun control laws don't want any firearms at all
12. ACLU criticizes county, threatens legal action over homeless sweeps
13. Kaua‘i’s Nawiliwili Stream ranked nation’s most frequently polluted beach
14. Group to sue over Kailua-Kona sewage discharges
15. Will Condotels Be Allowed to Fall into Ocean? -- One way to eliminate competition to unionized hotels

1. Helicopter Association Slams Air Tour Plans for Hawaii National Parks
2. Silence is Golden--Literally: Few Council members comment on pay hikes
3. Hundreds of tour boat jobs in peril
4. Punatics and Grifters Protest Against Geothermal
5. Perfectly Good Telescope being Dismantled to Satisfy Activists: decommissioning to be complete by end of summer

1. Hawaii’s Shadow Budget
2. Do you want distractions or solutions?
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 3, 2023
4. It’s Time for OHA to Change its Messaging About Kakaʻako Makai
5. New video says telehealth calls with mainland docs should be allowed
6. 'I Help You, You Help Me' Culture of Legislature Designed as Path to Corruption
7. New Aloha Stadium plan -- Free Land in exchange for Shrinking Stadium
8. Green Agenda: Long List of Developer Handouts Await
9. 2020 census -- High Cost of Living Boosts Multi-Generational Households
10. Star-Adv HART-Approved Rail Fluff
11. Hawaii Finds The Move Away From Fossil Fuels Is Easier Said Than Done
12. OCCC selects outsider as new warden
13. Sand replenishment project for Kaanapali Beach in limbo
14. Why AANHPI Heritage Month Is Nothing To Celebrate

1. ​Pay Hike? Pledge to Recall Honolulu Councilmembers
2. Ranking Individual Income Taxes--Hawaii 5th Highest
3. Red Hill 2023 Consent Order Published
4. Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit (island of O’ahu)
5. Green Signs 22 More Bills Into law
6. HCDA to Ban Residential Development at Kakaako Makai
7. Tripler Culture and Malpractice: Contrasting military medical centers and private hospitals
8. James Hansen Study Ends ‘Consensus’ -- COVID Shutdowns Blow Lid off Global Warming Theory
9. Green Replaces Board of Education Chair
10. Green signs bill banning concealed firearms in 'sensitive places'
11. Bankruptcy: Louis Kealoha’s plan to stiff victims?
12. A compact for doctors
13. HGEA - UPW Freebie: City Council urges administration to provide COVID hazard pay to employees
14. ‘This is crazy’: Analysis finds billions in schools construction money unspent
15. Governor signs laws banning guns in ‘sensitive’ places, requiring active shooter drills in schools
16. Kakaako Condos: Hawaii leads nation in homeownership increase
17. DLNR puts Coco Palms resort demolition on hold

​Pay Hike? Pledge to Recall Honolulu Councilmembers

1. Hawaii Job Satisfaction 3rd Lowest in USA 
2. Hawaii Highest Electric Rates in USA
3. Neighborhood Board Election Results Posted
4. DBEDT: Economic Recovery Continues in Hawaii
5. Grassroot Institute urges special session to block huge unemployment tax increase
6. Drone Bills in Hawaii Legislature
7. HB1363: GE Tax Hike Funnels Millions to Developers
8. DHHL $600M Bonanza: Ev Dowling Big Winner
9. Ala Wai Boondoggle: Plan to be Revealed in July
10. Big Coal Very Excited About Hawaii’s ‘Green Hydrogen’ Scheme
11. With ERs on Oahu packed, ambulances are stacking up outside rather than responding to 911 calls
12. Current cesspool conversion program still not enough to wipe out waste problem
13. HPD’s New Vice Major Vows To Take Down Game Rooms

1. Abercrombie News: Green Appoints Three UH Regents
2. Hawaii visitor spending up as tourism continues to recover from the pandemic
3. ‘Empty homes’ tax won’t fix supply-side housing crisis
4. Blangiardi and Team Hanabusa Conspire to Build More Rail Stations
5. HB999 Gut n Replace: How A Few Hawaii Senators Get Rid Of An Agency Board Member Who Was In The Way
6. After trailer Fire, Fevella calls for audit of Hawaii film office -- Studios Not Hiring Enough Local Mafia
7. Cock Fighting and Game Rooms: Informant Booted from meeting after naming names
8. Trial delayed again for ex-Honolulu officials as Miske Lawyer Seeks Wheat’s Deportation from Hawaii
9. Neighborhood board group against 64% Council raises
10. Honolulu Council Pretends to Look at lower property taxes for some homeowners       
11. Navy wants to remove 3 pipelines at Red Hill fuel facility
12. Kaua‘i County Council passes resolution supporting public access of Coco Palms lands