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Sunday, June 30, 2024
June 30, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 1513 Views
  1. Supreme Court overrules landmark 'Chevron' precedent on government authority
  2. Freedom in Hawaii is having a moment
  3. Intent to Veto: Budget Drama Continues
  4. Update development standards to allow more apartment housing
  5. Doomed Hawaiian Electric Seeks $1.1B Rate Hike In Futile Effort to Save Itself as Old Boy Power Center
  6. VETO LIST: Green Grabs for Control of $450M
  7. On Shrooms? HART, Blangiardi Dream of Extending Empty Rail Line to Manoa, Leeward
  8. Sara Yara Bill to punish traffic scofflaws may face governor’s veto because Public Defender doesn’t want it
  9. Navy Closure Task-Force to remove sludge from drained fuel tanks
  10. Hawaii Homelessness Industry Against Opening New Homeless Shelters
  11. Hawaii PD conduct state’s first-ever cannabis impaired driving Green Lab
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Saturday, June 29, 2024
June 29, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 1225 Views
  1. Scheme to Remake Lahaina as Touristy Water Park Advances in Congress
  2. Criminal Alleges Ariel Sellers Body Buried in Bumpy Kanahele’s Waimanalo Compound
  3. Can Hawaii afford climate change lawsuit settlement?
  4. Biki Bikeshare abandoned by owners, operation handed over to City
  5. Hanabusa to Quit HART? -- Board OKs multi-year contract with CEO Lori Kahikina, subject to negotiations
  6. Former Kihei Rep Denounces TVR ban
  7. Father of Maui carjacking suspect points out his son was out on low bail at time of crime
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Friday, June 28, 2024
June 28, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:43 PM :: 1720 Views
  1. How Mexican cartels target Hawaii with meth, fentanyl
  2. Homeless people can be fined for sleeping outside, Supreme Court rules
  3. Did Hawaii just pave the way for court enforcement of California's climate promises?
  4. Hawaii Water Wars: If you don't claim a 'taking' you lose
  5. Senate Special Session Rubber Stamps Four Oahu Circuit Court Nominees
  6. 4th Hawaii sheriff’s deputy arrested -- ‘Reckless Endangering’ of Black Deputy
  7. Bankruptcy Looms: Will State Finally Allow Hawaiian Electric to Use Cheap Clean Natural Gas?
  8. PUC allows Hawaiian Electric to sell accounts receivable
  9. A Long-Awaited Federal Report On The Cause Of The Lahaina Fire Is Just Waiting For Maui County To Release It
  10. CYA News: Maui County awards contract to write secret review Aug. 8 fire response
  11. Morioka Stadium: Biding Process Improved by having only one bidder  
  12. Miske defense expected to rest its case on Monday
  13. Join Us to Hear About the Loopholes of Hawaii’s Pay-to-Play Law
  14. Family alleges HPD failed to act on child abuse claims against daycare despite evidence
  15. Management Learns Nothing After Four Homeless Killed at Maui ‘Harm Reduction’ Shelter
  16. He was arrested for DUI — with no alcohol in his system
  17. Steve Alm: Marijuana Legalization Carries Risks For Hawaii
  18. HYCF Can’t Find Anybody to Work as a Cook -- Buys Meals from Zippys
  19. Hawaii records 6 COVID-related fatalities
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Thursday, June 27, 2024
June 27, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:22 PM :: 1249 Views
  1. May 2024: Tourism Declines Again
  2. Hawaii officials argue for second chance to reinstate butterfly knife ban
  3. Fate of Hawaii’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ hike hangs in balance at appellate court
  4. Government says Red Hill plaintiffs are asking for too much in damages
  5. State Supreme Court: Is Gov't Imposed "Church Purposes" Deed Restriction Void?
  6. Lahaina – Only 23 Building Permits Issued out of 2,200 Buildings Burned
  7. Hawaii Attorney General seeks Court Order Forcing MEMA Official to discuss 2018 ‘Hurricane Lane’ wildfire
  8. Two Minatoya List Condo Towers About to Fall into Sea Because State, County Will Not Allow Shoreline Protection
  9. Sen Brenton Awa Buys Lawnmower with Senate Allowance
  10. DelaCruz Pushing Offshore Wind Farms In Kaiwi Channel
  11. Couple says they survived being 'hunted' on Maui
  12. Downtown Honolulu electric grid upgrade will be long, disruptive
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Wednesday, June 26, 2024
June 26, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:42 PM :: 2293 Views
  1. Maui TVR phase-out plan unconstitutional
  2. Maui TVR phase-out wrong means for good goal
  3. Maui Short-Term Rentals, the Minatoya List, and Housing Supply
  4. Building Benchmarking Report -- deadline extended
  5. Kauai Island of Retaliation: Six Months of County Council Drama and a Year in Jail After Putin Dupe Passes Along ‘Threat’ from Schizophrenic
  6. More than 100 tackle heated debate over phony pretend phase-out of Maui vacation rentals
  7. Shakedown Begins: Pay the ‘Hawaiian Intellectual Property Group’ if you want to use a Hawaiian Name
  8. Sovereignty Activist and Disbarred Lawyer Gary Dubin hit with major malpractice judgment
  9. Judge finds ex-OCCC officer guilty of murdering his mother
  10. 8 Hawaii Sheriff’s Deputies Are Now On Leave—three arrested--As A Racial Harassment Investigation Unfolds
  11. Honolulu Poised To Pay Former HPD Officer Who Faced Retaliation For Affairs With 2 Female Cops
  12. Hawaii Governor Would Keep Power to Halt Radio In Emergencies
  13. Electricity market may open to competition in upcoming PUC docket
  14. HECO denies 9 out of 10 damage claims in 2023, sparking controversies
  15. The Rise of Poverty Inc.
  16. 40% of fatal accidents involve cannabis-impaired driving
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024
June 25, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:09 PM :: 999 Views
  1. New Coffee Labeling Rules Take Effect July 1 
  2. Hawaiian 'Intellectual Property' Group Convenes
  3. Red Hill Whistleblower Details How Her Warnings Were Ignored Even As Disaster Loomed
  4. Milton Choy Dies in Prison
  5. Maui County identifies 102nd victim of deadly Lahaina wildfires
  6. Supreme Court sides with advocates to restore stream flows in Maui rivers
  7. Congressional Hearing to study Hawaii heritage site at Lahaina
  8. DoE Hawaiian Immersion Programs Short on Teachers
  9. Hu Honua Bioenergy -- Year 17 Status Update -- Federal Court Status Conference
  10. Hawaii Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Pilot Program Bill Into Law
  11. Soft on Crime: Eight Years Later, Still no Conviction in Triple Murder
  12. Culture Police: Task Force Forms
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Monday, June 24, 2024
June 24, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 999 Views
  1. 500 Lahaina Victims Still in Hotels--Deadline June 30
  2. Governor reignites debate over liquefied natural gas power—but ‘Clean’ energy corporations want more Dirty Expensive Diesel
  3. Honolulu Medical Examiner Flooded with Drug Overdoses
  4. Fire Every Three Days:  Fire Department Says Homeless Arsonists Threaten to Torch Paia
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Sunday, June 23, 2024
June 23, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 2917 Views
  1. Aloha Stadium Bidding Limited to One Gang of Insiders
  2. Sandwich Isles Communications: Twenty Years of Criminality
  3. What You Ask
  4. Your Input Inspires Us 
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 22, 2024
  6. Hawaii County moves toward greater freedom for beekeepers
  7. Back in Court: Kaneshiro and Mitsunaga not in the clear
  8. Lies Exposed: Maui short-term rentals targeted for ban were never ‘workforce housing’
  9. Survey: Special Interests Have Too Much Influence In Government
  10. Massive military construction dollars may flow into Hawaii
  11. Blangiardi encouraging Waianae Vigilantes?
  12. Mental Health Counselors Push Lahaina Survivors to Leave Island
  13. Hawaii County auditor addresses unfair hiring claims
  14. Hawaii County Police Commission discusses DUI complaint
  15. PBS Show spotlights Communist Party member Ah Quon McElrath
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Saturday, June 22, 2024
June 22, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:47 PM :: 1560 Views
  1. Green: 'Intent to Veto' 17 Bills
  2. VIDEO: Condo Insurance Town Hall Meeting
  3. Biden Approves Kauai Disaster Declaration
  4. Blangiardi signs City’s FY25 budget bills into law
  5. Personal fortunes of HECO board members at risk in some wildfire lawsuits
  6. HART board meeting delayed – Kahikina pushes back against Hanabusa as Bid Deadline Looms
  7. Some Hawaii businesses struggle to keep up with minimum wage raises
  8. Law Enforcement Standards Board Selects Its First Administrator
  9. Hawaii County police response times: 40 minutes and longer
  10. Nine Months at Maui Homeless ‘Safe Zone’: Four Dead out of 120 Addicts allowed to use fentanyl, stage bumfights
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Friday, June 21, 2024
June 21, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 1459 Views
  1. More Taxes and Fewer Lanes: Green, DoT, Eco-Lawyers 'Sue and Settle' Scheme
  2. Senate Special Session to Rubber Stamp Four Oahu Circuit Court Nominees
  3. Thielen: Homelessness is a Money-Spinner, Creates Thousands of ‘Positions’ in Hawaii
  4. SD23: Four (Three) Governors of the Apocalypse Endorse Clayton Hee—but Unions back Ben Shafer
  5. Future Of HART Line Extending Into City Center Hinges On Critical Contract Bid
  6. House speaker revokes procurement authority of state auditor
  7. Insurance Crisis Worsens in Hawai‘i’s “Condoland”
  8. Bank of Hawaii hit by unrealized bond losses
  9. HECO Files $250M Grid Resilience Application with the Public Utilities Commission
  10. Chinatown businesses face uncertain claims process after lengthy outage
  11. City Ordered To Temporarily Halt Dismantling Of Haiku Stairs
  12. LOL!  Maui Golf Course Odor Prompts Council To Consider Repealing County Pesticide Ban
  13. Committee denies extension for Kona Vistas
  14. Millions of sterile male mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare bird from extinction
  15. Meth Addicted Jail Guard went to Game Room Before Killing Mother
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Thursday, June 20, 2024
June 20, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 1574 Views
  1. These Hawaii Cities Have the Highest and Lowest Cost of Living in 2024
  2. Will US Supreme Court Hear 'Spirit of Aloha' Gun Rights Case?
  3. Hawaii seeing a summer COVID-19 surge
  4. Public funds are paying for Millionaire Miske’s expert witnesses
  5. SB3202: The Honolulu City Council Fought A Bill Requiring Greater Neighborhood Density. Now It Must Carry It Out
  6. Bill 23: Honolulu ethics panel lauds bill clarifying gift-giving rules
  7. Community Foundation Takes Stock With Millions In Maui Strong Funds Still To Spend
  8. Maui crackdown on overgrown vegetation poised to include big fines and even criminal prosecution
  9. Maui Will Likely Need To Keep Lahaina Fire Debris In Temporary Landfill Much Longer Than Expected
  10. Report: New medical facility needed in Kailua-Kona
  11. Hawaii Co Drugged-Driving arrests questioned; county auditor forwards complaint to Police Commission
  12. Soft on Crime: 17-Time loser Out on Streets—Does it Again
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Wednesday, June 19, 2024
June 19, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:55 PM :: 1823 Views
  1. The Political Machine has decreed that there will be no Mayoral Forum in Oahu.
  2. Finances of accused Hawaii crime boss examined during racketeering trial
  3. Top Lobbyists Steer ‘Initiatives’ inside Green Administration
  4. Kahikina Sets up Hanabusa to take Fall when Bids Come in High for Next Section of Rail
  5. CRI is not voice of the people in Red Hill fiasco
  6. Hawaii hotel occupancy fell in May as softness continued
  7. Deputy sheriff arrested on harassment charges
  8. Do Hackers Have Your Holo Card Data?
  9. Hawaii Lowest Paid Nurses in USA
  10. Unlicensed Care Homes Dodge Increased Enforcement In 'Cat And Mouse Game'
  11. Four Candidate Residency Challenges Dismissed
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Letters to the Editor June, 2024
By Letters to the Editor @ 11:25 PM :: 977 Views

The Political Machine has decreed that there will be no Mayoral Forum in Oahu.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024
June 18, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:21 PM :: 1473 Views
  1. Jones Act reform increasingly popular as law's effects become better known
  2. Maui Council updates county’s ‘circuit breaker’ home tax credit
  3. OHA has a New COO
  4. ‘Land Trust’ Schemes to Grab Control of 100% of Lahaina Properties
  5. Lahaina Fire Victims Could Build Temporary Homes In The Burn Zone If This Bill Passes
  6. As outages continue Gov. Green wants HECO to stay strong
  7. Green: Aloha Stadium Developer to be Announced Soon
  8. Recidivism News: Sandwich Isles Communications Broke The Law When It Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands
  9. Lee Loy candidacy confirmed
  10. FBI, police investigating following extended ‘network outage’ at organization that runs TheBus
  11. Trial to begin for ex-OCCC officer in 2016 murder, kidnapping case
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Monday, June 17, 2024
June 17, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:47 PM :: 2317 Views
  1. Hawaii 2nd-Most Over-touristed State
  2. Hawaii Beer Taxes 4th-Highest in USA
  3. 7 Reasons $1 Million Will Only Last You 9 Years in Retirement in Hawaii
  4. How Miske Allegedly Bribed DPP Employees
  5. Censorship: House Republicans Forbidden to Quote Democrats
  6. Tokuda, Case Demand DoD pay for Sex-Change Surgery for the Troops
  7. Lahaina: 215 households still living in the emergency hotel program
  8. Hawaii Spends More on Pre-K, Just Cannibalizing Private Preschools
  9. Hawaii 2nd-Worst State for fast Food Operators
  10. Independent Monitor Warns $11 Million State IT Project Is In Jeopardy And Could Fail
  11. Transfer of former Navy land in Kalaeloa falls through
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Sunday, June 16, 2024
June 16, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:52 PM :: 1670 Views
  1. How Urban Planning Made Honolulu 'Impossibly Unaffordable'
  2. Can Hawaii afford its new income tax cuts?
  3. Budgeting Backwards
  4. Honolulu Inflation Picking Up Again
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 15, 2024
  6. Honolulu Rail: It’s looking like a game of blame avoidance if the civic center bids come in over budget
  7. Maui County trying to block AG interview related to 2018 Hurricane Lane wildfires
  8. Sandwich Isles Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands Despite Orders Not To
  9. Maui Is Mapping Its Wetlands To Block Lahaina Reconstruction
  10. Crooks and Cromies: “time to set a place for all of them at the dinner table”
  11. 2024 Hawaiʻi County ‘primaries should be a raucous affair’
  12. 2024 Kauai Primary Election: ‘The real suspense is in this year’s Kaua‘i County Council race’
  13. Will Paid Protesters Stop Second Surf Park?
  14. Plans to demolish former PBS building provoke tempers at UH Board of Regents
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Saturday, June 15, 2024
June 15, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:15 PM :: 972 Views
  1. Insular Cases: "Reject efforts to change the political status of American Samoa"
  2. School Choice: Hawaii ranks no. 31 in 2024 Parent Power index
  3. Lahaina Burn Zone Water Service Partially Restored
  4. Will US Supreme Court Hear 'Spirit of Aloha' Gun Rights Case?
  5. Poor reliability could mean penalties for HECO
  6. HART ‘third rail’ to be energized to Middle Street
  7. With more than 100 patrol cars on backorder, HPD officers report delays getting on the road
  8. Injunction: Haiku Stairs group files appellate case
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Friday, June 14, 2024
June 14, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:20 PM :: 974 Views
  1. $11.3B Loss: Elimination of TVRs Would Drive Hawaii into Economic Depression
  2. Geanna Bradley Coverup: Witness Handed Over to Alleged Killer's Family
  3. ‘If you are paying into the income tax, you are going to feel this cut’
  4. Hawaii Congressional Leaders Deny Supporting Shutdown Of Red Hill Oversight Panel
  5. Survey: Maui Fire Survivors Cite Urgent Financial Needs And Housing Instability As Major Concerns
  6. MECO Meetings & Events: Lahaina Fire - Bill Suspensions - Future Plans
  7.  ‘This is a broken system’: Effort to reform Child Welfare Services gains momentum
  8. 500 HSTA Members Set to Get $8,000 each—it won’t work so we need to give them more money
  9. The History And Challenge Of Searching For A UH President
  10. Billionaire’s Minions Miffed: The Little People Just Won’t Give up Their Cars
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Thursday, June 13, 2024
June 13, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:48 PM :: 1415 Views
  1. Lawsuit Challenges Honolulu Concealed-Carry Rules
  2. 22% of Hawaii 8th graders proficient in math
  3. HD43 Rep Souza Rejected by Court in Bid to Silence Opponent
  4. Law enforcement witnesses called to testify as Miske defense team seeks to sow doubt
  5. EPA To Disband Sierra Club Controlled Red Hill Oversight Group
  6. Lee Loy candidacy challenged: Petitioners claim her main residence is in a different district
  7. Family of Hilo teen fatally struck by police officer claims investigators lied in official report
  8. Black Sand, Kobayashi First to be Subsidized by ‘Affordable’ Housing Program
  9. City expands homeless services with new Le'ahi Behavioral & Medical Respite facility
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024
June 12, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 2597 Views
  1. Civil Beat Publisher Monopolizes Federal Trade Commission
  2. Green: Civil Beat Publisher will Steer Hawaii's Applications for Federal Funds
  3. Six Feet Under: UH Doubles Sea Level Rise Projection (again)
  4. Hawaii's Medicaid coverage for palliative care expected to save the state money
  5. Court stays six Red Hill lawsuits until verdict is reached in recent trial
  6. SB2516: HGEA Power Grab forced State CIO to Resign
  7. 'Inappropriate behavior' alleged in lawsuit against top officials at Department of Law Enforcement
  8. Honolulu Finally Fires Electrical Inspector Who Approved His Own Jobs
  9. CNHA Next Scheme: Buy a Hotel
  10. ‘Complete Streets’ -- Omidyar Activists Push to Control Agenda-Driven State Council
  11. Activists decry Hawaii’s ‘timid’ stance on cockfighting as they push for tougher laws nationwide
  12. State moves forward with plan to acquire HPU’s former Windward Oahu home
  13. DHHL Is Finding It's Not So Easy To Just Buy An Apartment Building For Families On The Homelands Waitlist
  14. Insanity: 27 new units for homeless crazies sit vacant for 2½ years
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024
June 11, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:51 PM :: 1590 Views
  1. Crooks and Cronies on the Move in Primary Races
  2. Judge pares down charges against accused Hawaii crime boss
  3. Green: Civil Beat Publisher will Steer Hawaii's Applications for Federal Funds
  4. Crime Pays:  Total Hits $24M--Honolulu to pay another $7M for ‘injuries’ in 2021 Makaha police chase
  5. Rep. Micah Aiu Wrongly Claims Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Property Tax Exemptions
  6. A Return To Lahaina? Camping Out On His Vacant Lot Sounds Perfect To This Fire Victim
  7. FEMA extends hotel shelters through end of June—600 still in hotels
  8. Land Use Commission Members and Developer Blame CWRM For Stalled Housing Project Near Lahaina
  9. 'It's everywhere' labor shortage plaguing every industry
  10. Why does power keep going out in Waipio?
  11. BWS: COVID related water stagnation behind legionella bacteria detected at federal building
  12. DHHL Plan: Use 1,300 acres to create 73 lots
  13. Porn Producer Blackmails Hawaii Viewers
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Monday, June 10, 2024
June 10, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 1855 Views
  1. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 8, 2024
  2. 2025 HART operating budget -- $123 per rider per day
  3. First-term state lawmaker Sen. Brenton Awa stands out as unconventional
  4. Supreme Court asks Biden administration for feedback on Hawaii Big Oil lawsuit
  5. Kawananakoa Estate: “Many have been watching where the money ends up”
  6. Japanese seek to unload unused timeshare units in Hawaii
  7. Six ‘Core 24’ Hawaii County Council Candidates Coordinate
  8. 1 in 5 Hawaii residents experience domestic violence, new study finds
  9. Soft on Crime: Alleged sex offender gets out, allegedly does it again
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Sunday, June 9, 2024
June 9, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:51 PM :: 2718 Views
  1. Lahaina: Hundreds Remaining in Hotels to be Kicked Out Monday, June 10
  2. Hawaii has a lot of room for new ideas
  3. Some History Behind the Newly Enacted Healthcare GET Exemption
  4. Kaneshiro Says He Needs a Pay Off – do you owe him?
  5. Kahele Running to Make OHA Corruption Autonomous
  6. Waters seals the getaway in City Council pay heist
  7. Maui Can't Seem To Keep A County Finance Director On The Job
  8. Four Maui County incumbents uncontested for re-election—‘Progressives’ target Cook in push to regain majority, block Lahaina from rebuilding
  9. Pandering: Maui mayor pushes back against proposed new telescopes atop Haleakala
  10. Hawaii student FAFSA applications down 20%
  11. Unaffordable: Low-income rental tower mostly vacant after October
  12. Bums Cause Many Fires Above Paia
  13. Lawsuit over lack of Mental health care in Jails
  14. North Shore Homeowners Face Fines Of Nearly $1 Million For Fighting Erosion
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Saturday, June 8, 2024
June 8, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:00 PM :: 1133 Views
  1. Hawaii Voters Can Track Their Mail-in Ballot
  2. Oahu Flood Risk Survey results
  3. Charter Amendment another obstacle to Maui mayor's TVR phase-out plan
  4. Hawaii County Council follows through on proposal to cut homeowner taxes
  5. Rail CEO’s future still in limbo after Hanabusa lines up secret ‘critics’ to whine behind closed doors
  6. Army asks for comments on proposed Oahu land leases
  7. Navy and NASA looking to renew Kauai land use deals
  8. In a rush to waste money, Honolulu City Council votes to add additional $8M to pandemic hazard pay
  9. Honolulu Council adopts gift ban bill for city officials
  10. Hawaii Energy Conference Keynote Speaker Addresses Wildfires
  11. First responders report spike in 911 calls linked to hallucinogenic mushrooms
  12. Retail stores in Hawaii could soon outfit employees with body worn cameras
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Friday, June 7, 2024
June 7, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:51 PM :: 1751 Views
  1. Blue Hawaii takes the plunge on tax cuts
  2. DBEDT Projects 'Sluggish' Economic Growth in Aftermath of Lahaina Fire
  3. Hospitalizations, ER visits quickly rising in Hawaii due to COVID
  4. Scam: After 64% pay Hike, Council Wants you to vote to give them an automatic 5% per year forever
  5. Waianae Democrats Name Three for Senate Vacancy
  6. Village designed to house hundreds of Maui fire survivors hits roadblock accessing water
  7. Plan Eliminating Maui Vacation Rentals Was Years In Making
  8. FEMA Wants Maui Homeowner To Repay $58,000 After Booting Her From Lease Program For Fire Survivors
  9. Hawaiian Electric disables some safety features to prevent outages
  10. State says vacancies to blame for delay in food stamp, EBT benefits
  11. Kamaka Air Shut Down by FAA – cargo link for Molokai, Lanai
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Thursday, June 6, 2024
June 6, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 1400 Views
  1. PIT Count Claims 14% Drop in Sister Isle Homeless
  2. KIUC Continues to Lead State in 'Renewable' Generation
  3. ‘Embarrassing’ -- Hee, Kahele reemerge in Hawaii politics
  4. Former meth addict Milton Holt fired--$500,000 allegedly stolen from Sand Island Business Association
  5. Doctors to get tax relief on patients' government health plans under new law
  6. The Backlog Of Honolulu Building Permits Is Taking A Toll On City Revenue 
  7. Honolulu's New Budget Includes 225% Higher Property Taxes For Short-Term Rentals
  8. Maui Hits Pause Button On Managed Retreat Fund
  9. HPD officer Mariah Ah Tou will likely be recharged for DUI
  10. State works to waste $80M from opioid settlements
  11. Fireworks bill moves forward at Honolulu City Council
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Wednesday, June 5, 2024
June 5, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:17 PM :: 1827 Views
  1. 279 Candidates File Papers for 2024 Elections
  2. Court Upholds Governor's Emergency Proclamation on Affordable Housing
  3. Hawaii First State to Provide Palliative Care Coverage
  4. Hawaii Per-Capita GDP Grows as Young Families Flee Hawaii
  5. Hawaii Cost of Living 80% Above US Average
  6. Honolulu Unchallenged: Most County Incumbents are Already Re-elected
  7. Report: American Red Cross being phased out of Maui recovery efforts
  8. Blangiardi calls for multi-year contract for rail CEO
  9. Government rests its case against Miske
  10. A 'Hard Market' Is Battering Condo Owners
  11. Axe HECO’s unfair ‘Shift and Save’ plan
  12. Oil industry asks Supreme Court to block climate change lawsuits from Hawaii, other states
  13. Honolulu Council is poised to adopt $4 billion-plus budget
  14. Man awarded $12.5M from city ordered held without bail in federal gun, drug case
  15. Cashless bail revoked, Armed Standoff Suspect finally in Jail
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
June 4, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 2112 Views
  1. 369 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide, 237 File with One Day Left
  2. UPDATE: Clayton Hee Trying to Sneak Back into the State Senate
  3. "Historic tax relief that will lower Hawaii’s high cost of living"
  4. Hawaii 2nd-Worst Economy in USA
  5. 7 weeks to Bid Deadline: Feds Warn Rail funding in jeopardy (again)
  6. DHHL Cancels Development Plans, Burns Money to buy properties, Wants another $600M
  7. List of Miske property the government will seek to have forfeited if he is convicted
  8. Lahaina Victims Buy Trailer from Mainland Because Josh Green didn’t request any free FEMA Trailers
  9. Why are home, condo insurance premiums skyrocketing?
  10. HECO Hides Some Outage Data
  11. Did State Supreme Court Give Anti-Telescope Protesters Control of a Toll Road?
  12. Grifting for Master Lease Money: Haleakala Telescopes Again Draw Opposition
  13. Hawaiian Home Lands Broadband Customers Say Criminal Hee’s Service Has Been Bad For Years
  14. New injunction is sought to stop Haiku Stairs’ removal
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Monday, June 3, 2024
June 3, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 2553 Views
  1. Hawaii Ranks #1 for Hidden Home Buyer Fees
  2. Miske lost a key supporter with passing of Buzzy Hong
  3. Criminal Al Hee says PUC does not have authority to choose DHHL service carrier
  4. Stalled? Plan To Cut 7,000 Maui Vacation Rentals Hits Pause
  5. 939 Still in Hotels , but FEMA Is Canceling Some Of Its Direct Leases To House Maui Fire Survivors
  6. Lahaina: McKelvey Talks About Who Won’t Be Allowed to Rebuild
  7. Bill 23: Council advances gift ban bill for Honolulu city and county employees
  8. Profiteers Plan to Enlarge Kahuku's Controversial Wind Farms—but Council Bill Could Block Them
  9. Honolulu Building Code Bill ignores tsunami safety and emergency procedures
  10. SB3139: Get mentally ill aid they need, deserve
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Sunday, June 2, 2024
June 2, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 2482 Views
  1. Keeping more of your own money is a good thing
  2. Dealing with the Insurance Crisis
  3. Jones Act reform increasingly popular as law's effects become better known
  4. Kauai: Grassroot Legislative Wrapup
  5. Machine politics at work on Waianae Senate seat?
  6. PUC orders criminal Al Hee to halt phone, internet service disconnections for 1,500 Hawaiian Home Lands households
  7. Tensions at HART: Next ‘near-death experience’ set for July
  8. Blangiardi or Nothing for Mayor
  9. Red Cross Hawaii CEO's firing—‘retaliation’
  10. Hawaii Poised to Get $20,000 Tax Cut
  11. Help for Maui’s fire-impacted businesses trickles down slowly
  12. Perfectly Good Telescopes Scraped off Mauna Kea: 1 down 5 to go
  13. Honolulu Has Been Fighting Over Illegal Vacation Rentals Since The 1970s
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Saturday, June 1, 2024
June 1, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:42 PM :: 1305 Views
  1. Clayton Hee Trying to Sneak Back into the State Senate-UNOPPOSED
  2. 341 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
  3. Senate Committee Changes Announced
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