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Friday, July 31, 2026
July 31, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:55 AM :: 1902 Views
  1. Hawai'i Community College: Political Activist Banned from Campus for Collecting Petition Signatures
  2. Bribery: Gov. Josh Green calls for ending all investigations and shutting down any further inquiry after indictments
  3. Hawaiʻi Bribery Scandal: Defendants Plead Not Guilty – Asuncion still employed by State
  4. Convention Center: Legislators give HTA a perpetual spigot of TAT money to Keep Grift Alive
  5. OHA Is Looking For A New CEO Amid Legal Battle
  6. Federal SNAP Fraud Dragnet Snares These Hawaiʻi Markets
  7. FBI assisting investigation into alleged Maui hate crime
  8. Kauai: 70-time-loser ‘released pending investigation’
  9. $65 Waikiki Capsule Hotel becomes Homeless Flop
  10. The Maui News to be sold to Maui Nui Media and Creativity Collaborative
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Thursday, July 30, 2026
July 30, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:00 AM :: 1729 Views
  1. Kauai Charter School not the First to Remove Wife of OHA Trustee
  2. Maui Fire: Lawyers grab for 25% of settlement
  3. Ex-Social Worker sentenced to 10 years in connection to death of 11-year-old adopted daughter
  4. Peter Boy Kema case nears possible settlement
  5. Uncertainty, confusion surround East Oahu’s City Council race
  6. 69,388 mail-in ballots had been returned by Oahu voters
  7. OHA trustees have duty to speak up, ensure accountability
  8. A High Bar: Why Prosecuting Sylvia Luke for bribery will be an uphill battle
  9. After 18 years of Green Energy Initiative, High Oil Prices Still Hammer HECO Customers Because Solar IS Diesel
  10. As Flood Aid Trickles Out For North Shore, The Few Actual Farmers Are Left Behind
  11. It Takes Seven Months to Find 64 Homeless Willing to Accept Shelter at Maui’s first homeless Kauhale
  12. Hybrid Septic/Sewer System to Replace Cesspools?
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026
July 29, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:48 AM :: 3407 Views
  1. Honolulu retiree celebrates win in lawsuit challenging City’s excessive TVR fines
  2. DLIR: Welfare and Food Service to be Top Growth Industries
  3. Case Calls On President To Once Again Extend Jones Act Waiver
  4. VIDEO: US Navy Sea Drone Holes Peleliu off Kauai
  5. Case: Federal review of Hawaii COVID spending likely after corruption indictments
  6. Trump Budget Zeroes Out Native Hawaiian Block Grant -- ‘racial-not tribal’
  7. The search for the $35,000 cash bribe in a paper bag comes up empty
  8. Betting On Hawaiʻi Politics Is Legal Despite States Gambling Ban – Are You Getting in on the Action?
  9. Indictment sparks pretend call for special session on contractor donation ban
  10. Maui Council advances new hotel zoning for over 2,000 apartment-district vacation rentals
  11. These ‘Historic’ Oʻahu Homes Pay Practically No Property Tax
  12. Designed to Fail: City Pretends to eye Kapaa Quarry for Oahu's next landfill
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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
July 28, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 AM :: 2903 Views
  1. Mafia News: Will Court Ruling Give Miske Pal Free Run at Council Seat? -- Waters to Appeal
  2. DHHL Sued Over Courtyards at Waipouli Evictions
  3. 3 years later: Over One Third of Maui Wildfire Victims Still in Temporary Housing
  4. Voter Service Centers Open July 27
  5. Which Bills was Yamane Bribed to Block?
  6. Fuchigami on paid leave, Luke still officially Hawaii's LG
  7. Luke used sheriff deputies to surrender after grand jury indictment
  8. Mafia News:  Who is behind Meth Dealer’s Son on Ballot?
  9. Volunteers vouch for process as first ballots counted
  10. Nan Inc. plans 1,000 modular homes near Kona airport
  11. Hawaiʻi Loves Its Elementary Schools. That Changes With Time
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Monday, July 27, 2026
July 27, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:02 AM :: 1323 Views
  1.  The One Dollar Solution
  2. Where's OUR American Dream?
  3. Trump DEI Cuts—No Harm!  Hawaii LGBTQ Activists find way Keep on Recruiting Street Boys
  4. High Grocery Bills Burden Shoppers In Hawaiʻi And Beyond
  5. HCDA Asleep at Switch: Tower construction maxes out Kakaako electricity infrastructure  
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Sunday, July 26, 2026
Letters to the Editor July, 2026
By Letters to the Editor @ 6:00 PM :: 3666 Views
  • Where's OUR American Dream?
  • OHA Candidate Name Confusion
  • Maui: Getting Away with Hammer Attack?
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Sunday, July 26, 2026
July 26, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 AM :: 3259 Views
  1. Empty homes tax just empty promises
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 24, 2026
  3. Designed to Fail: Sylvia Luke bribery case could be a hard one to prove, legal observers say
  4. So What Happened To The Paper Bag?
  5. Green trespasses in Luke case
  6. Why Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green Is Getting A Free Ride In This Year's Primary
  7. Carpenters Union spending money hand over fist
  8. 60-day Notice--HMSA Welches on deal with Governor
  9. Political turmoil, lower pay yield ‘small’ candidate pool for HTA’s top job
  10. ICE sightings, detentions reported on Maui amid nationwide wave of enforcement
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Saturday, July 25, 2026
July 25, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:33 AM :: 1630 Views
  1.  Five Indicted in Luke Bribery Case--will this be enough to keep Feds Away?
  2. Another Filipino National Charged with Unlawfully Voting as an Alien
  3. Hawaiʻi population decline: How managed growth policies shaped today’s crisis
  4. $53M: HART board OKs first of two change orders for Skyline
  5. Another Delay For Honolulu Rail? The Timeline Appears To Be Slipping Again 
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Friday, July 24, 2026
July 24, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 AM :: 1763 Views
  1. The island without childcare for babies
  2. BWS Agrees to Waste $6M on Useless Kalaeloa Desal Plant
  3. When safety becomes exclusion: The hidden cost of building codes
  4. How rigid land-use rules are holding back wildfire recovery in Lahaina
  5. Indian National Arrested in Hawaii for Role in Gold Bar Elder Fraud Scheme
  6. Hawaiʻi AG Investigation Into Political Bribery Case Goes Before Grand Jury
  7. ‘Just holding on for the settlement money’--FEMA rent increase to hit 600 Maui fire survivors still in temporary housing
  8. Hawaii County auditor provides homeless audit update
  9. Bio-Fuel Scam: Hawaii becomes fifth US state to adopt ‘Clean Fuel Standard’
  10. In Puna, It Takes Years To Get A Mail Box At The Post Office
  11. Duplicate, deceased ballots spark Hawaii election concerns
  12. Facing A Competitive Reelection, Honolulu Council Chair Pitches Tax Breaks
  13. Eight-Time Loser Busted in Crypto Scam—already out and travelling
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Thursday, July 23, 2026
July 23, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:30 AM :: 2076 Views
  1. How politicians manipulate data to take credit
  2. AG Sues to Force Shutdown of HECO's oldest Oil Burners on Maui, Big Island
  3. Maui can't delegate environmental assessment to property owners
  4. DPP: ‘We Process Affordable Housing Projects in 592 Days’
  5. Congressional candidates split on support for Israel
  6. Green and Kawakami: Two PRP Peas in a Pod
  7. High blank ballot rates in OHA races
  8. Abercrombie jealous because Ed Case actually accomplishes things
  9. Hawaiʻi millionaire tax: Why the new 13% bracket won’t be the last
  10. Kauai Island of Retaliation: Rent Jacked up on Niʻihau Language School
  11. California family ‘totally overwhelmed’ after mob of locals attack at Kaanapali resort
  12. Another Video of Another Road to Hana confrontation shows another local attacking another tourist family
  13. After Torturing Woman to Death, Molokai Murderer Hopes Soft on Crime Supreme Court will give him Another Chance
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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
July 22, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 AM :: 2232 Views
  1. Feds: Hawaii Homeownership 18.9% Lower Than Believed
  2. Hawaii Tries and Fails to make Second Amendment a 'Property Rights' Issue
  3. AG’s decision on Lt. Gov. Luke is ‘imminent’ –‘Quick closure for everyone’
  4. A studio can be rented for up to $3,773 a month and be considered ‘affordable’
  5. Ranked Choice Voting Scam on the November Ballot – Honolulu Charter Amendment
  6. Petition: New Hawaii Drivers License is Gay
  7. No Penalty For Kauaʻi Candidates Who Blew Financial Reporting Deadline
  8. 1970 Flashback:  Hawai‘i's election amnesia
  9. Because of ‘Complete Streets’ mentality, Honolulu Cut School Zone Speed Limits But Won't Change all the Signs for 14 years
  10. Octogenarian, city, seek settlement in suit over $600,000 fine
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026
July 21, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:44 AM :: 3466 Views
  1. After 18 Years of Green Energy, Oil still supplies 68% of electricity on Oahu
  2. Upgraded HECO Waiau Plant 'can run on LNG'
  3. What It Takes to Retire in Hawaii at 62 on $1.5 Million Without Touching Your Principal
  4. DLNR: 80 Meth Addicts Removed from Waianae Boat Harbor, 30 Still Waiting
  5. Victory: ‘Empty Homes’ Tax will not be on November Ballot
  6. Case says shipping interests ‘out to get me’ by funding Keohokalole
  7. The Councilman, the Crime Boss, and the “Hostage” Trees
  8. Third Election in a Row for Ghost Ballots
  9. Lawsuit against Hawai‘i's chief election officer goes nowhere—now trying for U.S. Supreme Court
  10. Bissen on the Way Out…but Maui Council ‘Progressives’ Plot Takeover via Upcountry Race
  11. Military, schools press student success
  12. Bums Invade East Oahu Beach
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Monday, July 20, 2026
July 20, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:58 AM :: 2038 Views
  1. Trustees: Kahele Used Line-Item to Illegally Buy Support for Budget
  2. OHA Candidate Name Confusion
  3. Army soldier from Ewa Beach killed in Jordan, Pentagon says
  4. ‘Hawaii Builds’ initiative aims to fast-track ‘affordable’ housing
  5. Home at last: New beginning for 815 Native Hawaiian families
  6. Waimānalo Kauhale Project Catches Many Off Guard
  7. How Shysters Representing Alleged Psycho Killers Exploit Mental Health Evaluation System
  8. Make-Work: Another Sidewalk Collapse along Waikiki Beach
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Sunday, July 19, 2026
July 19, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 AM :: 2430 Views
  1. Hawaii Supreme Court Opinions Designed to Inject 'Critical Race Theory' into Law?
  2. Why Care About the Dam Special Fund
  3. Hawaii comes in first — at being the worst state for business
  4. Hilo Internet 'Cultist' Gets 10 Years for Child Porn
  5. Shapiro: Disturbing Democrats Spinning out of Control
  6. Case And Keohokalole Ramp Up Their Spending In Advance Of August Primary
  7. Tight Races in Waipahu
  8. Honolulu Council Dist 4 Heading for Runoff?
  9. Empty homes tax burdens wrong team
  10. Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative seeks recovery of costs incurred by wildfire mitigation plans, projects
  11. Wailuku Greystar property named in statewide Sec 8 discrimination complaint 
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Saturday, July 18, 2026
July 18, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 PM :: 2226 Views
  1. ‘The Timing is Interesting’ -- How does Performance-Based Regulation affect HECO’s stance on LNG?
  2. Solar: HECO Announces Plan to Pave Koolaus in Glass
  3. Marijuana: Is the Honolulu Police Department ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court?
  4. Helping Maui Rapist, Hawaii’s Top Court Unleashes ‘Unserious Screed’ Against Conservative-Majority Supreme Court
  5. Cult News: Police charge Tulsi Gabbard’s brother in stranger danger incident in Waikiki
  6. Green responds to Hawaiʻi National Guard recall demands
  7. New Hawaii law creates panel to study public school closures
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Friday, July 17, 2026
July 17, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 AM :: 2446 Views
  1. UPDATE: AG Investigators "work toward completing" bribery investigation
  2. Soft on Crime: Lifelong Criminal Busted Again in $1.2M Fraud
  3. Kauai CASPER Survey Results
  4. Green Vetoes One, Line-item Another
  5. Soft on Crime Hawaii Supreme Court Gives Maui Rapist a Second Chance
  6. Hidden in Plain Sight: Aloha Stadium Will be on November Ballot
  7. The $30K Question: Will Waikiki-McCully-Moiliili HD24 Democratic primary Voters Dump Tam?
  8. Hawaii to DOJ on election help: No thanks
  9. Belatti Files Campaign Spending Report A Week Late
  10. Crackdown on illegal game rooms includes arrests, millions in fines and liens
  11. Hawaii businesses weigh 'no guns' signs after court ruling
  12. Hawaii governor signs ‘clean’ fuel standard into law
  13. City Council urges review of rising energy costs
  14. Twenty Years to Fix a Tennis Court?
  15. 103 Former Lahaina Residents Come Back for a Visit
  16. Maui County adopts new accessory dwelling rules to expand housing opportunities
  17. 15 Waianae homeless holdouts could be removed any day
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Thursday, July 16, 2026
July 16, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:35 AM :: 2445 Views
  1. Decades of policy choices make gas more expensive for Hawaii, West Coast States: Report
  2. Report: 'Possible Loss of Life' Due to Tsunami Evacuation Confusion
  3. Hawaii: 95% Child Care Desert
  4. Judge stalls Turtle Bay resort redevelopment over outdated environmental reviews
  5. Judge Gillmor closes Trump administration's case to stop Hawaii climate lawsuit
  6. Oahu Man Pleads Guilty to Transferring Money to Iran in Violation of U.S. Sanctions
  7. Rebuilding after Maui wildfires complicated by red tape
  8. Hawaiʻi Act 11: Why the corporate campaign spending ban cant fix our politics
  9. White House weighs extending Jones Act waivers as Iran war continues
  10. OHA asks court to strike minority trustees’ filing in CEO lawsuit
  11. With Four Open Seats, New Kaua‘i Council Candidates Are Raising The Most Campaign Cash
  12. Activist Groups Want Governor To Bring Hawaiʻi Troops Back From Washington, D.C.
  13. Activists posing as ‘The Community’ see FERC Process as Opportunity to Kill LNG
  14. ‘Nobody Did Anything’: Flood Control Long Went Ignored On Oʻahu’s Westside
  15. Want To Plant A Community Garden in Honolulu? Get Ready To Wait A Decade
  16. Maui: Alleged Child Molester Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case
  17. Fake DUIs: Ex-officer seeks taxpayer-funded defense in DUI class-action suit
  18. Hawaii Health Department's enforcement of hemp retailers is helping compliance
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
July 15, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:00 AM :: 2870 Views
  1. Hawaii Voters to Receive Primary Election Ballots by July 21
  2. APA Applauds New Prescribing Psychologist Law in Hawaii
  3. Bill Collectors Cheer as Hawaii Enacts Medical Debt Relief Program
  4. HGEA Campaigns Against Senator Mercado Kim
  5. Kaua‘i Mayor's Race: Rapozo Leads Carvalho In Campaign Cash
  6. Honolulu City Council mulls lowering vehicle weight tax fees
  7. Lahaina homecoming planned; Front Street to reopen in near future
  8. Judge Shuts Down Turtle Bay Resort Plans After Enviros ‘Find’ New Bees
  9. Meth Addict was from Multi-Generational Crime Family
  10. Beyond Bounty Hunters: The Bigger Conversation About Pretrial Justice
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Tuesday, July 14, 2026
July 14, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:00 AM :: 2224 Views
  1. Act233 Another Massive Pay Hike for Teachers
  2. Next Kakaako: City Buying up Property in Iwilei
  3. Act222: Hospital ERs to Provide Real-Time Disease Data to DoH
  4. Luke Campaign Reporting ‘Errors’: Criminal Intent?
  5. OHA Insiders: Mind your own business, Just Let us do what we want
  6. Hawaiʻi County Council Candidates Rake In Thousands Ahead Of Primary
  7. Congress passes housing bill to aid Hawaii's affordability crisis
  8. The luxury tourism myth
  9. ‘Shocked’: carjacking victims want stiffer charges for alleged thief
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Monday, July 13, 2026
July 13, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 AM :: 3323 Views
  1. Honolulu Charter Commission considering vague ‘empty homes’ tax ballot measure
  2. Maui: Getting Away with Hammer Attack?
  3. Miske Pal Ozawa Not Getting Many Campaign Contributions
  4. Bill 18 to Extend Bill 7 affordable housing?
  5. UH Manoa begins Hale Noelani demolition
  6. Kauai Finds New Way to Increase Cost of Construction
  7. Punatics Waste $3M on ‘Reusable’ Stainless Steel Bowls
  8. Election Commission Clown Show Continues
  9. Waianae homeless community shrinks as permanent homes arrive
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Sunday, July 12, 2026
July 12, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:12 PM :: 3651 Views
  1. SD18: Democrats Send Three Nominees to Green
  2. Act 225 Extends Statute of Limitations for Bribery
  3. Empty Homes Tax Won’t Go Away
  4. Planting the seeds for progress
  5. Lawsuit: Bissen Fired Me to Cover up his own wrongdoing after Lahaina Fire
  6. Hawaii’s policies on sea level rise too strict, ease up
  7. Implausible ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario dead –What this means for Hawaii
  8. See Who's Getting, And Giving, Millions In Campaign Funds This Year 
  9. Bribery: HGEA Shames Kawakami into Losing Tainted Campaign Cash
  10. Hawaii’s new ‘millionaire tax’ rivals top tax rate among other states
  11. CNBC: Childcare Cost Drags Hawaii Down
  12. Landmark bill gives Native Hawaiians larger public lands role
  13. HPD sends Aliamanu fireworks case to prosecutors
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Saturday, July 11, 2026
July 11, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:59 AM :: 3106 Views
  1. Disqualify Dentons, Alston from OHA Litigation?
  2. Act 11 won’t stop wealthy individuals from financing campaigns
  3. Act 220: State to buy up Medical Debt
  4. Maui’s Next Mayor not Missen: “Things are looking extremely good for Suginuma”
  5. OHA Dissenters Won't Recant Retaliation Claims
  6. HPD changes its stance on medical marijuana cards and guns
  7. ‘Every aspect’ of Pacific island damaged or destroyed by Super Typhoon Bavi
  8. EPA worker fired after requiring microplastics monitoring on Hawaii firm’s project
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Friday, July 10, 2026
July 10, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:00 AM :: 3423 Views
  1. Line-by-Line: State Energy Office Debunks UHERO Solar Report
  2. After Wrecking Telescopes, DeFries Quits as Mauna Kea Exec Director 
  3. Useless Grifters Replace Astronomy: Maunakea access road to summit could become a toll road
  4. Weak Excuses from Kauai PD -- Kīlauea community says it has ‘lost trust’ in Kauaʻi police after lack of action resulted in deadly shooting
  5. SD18 Appointment: Democrats Send Three Names to Green
  6. Maui Council committee advances bills re-rezoning dozens of Kīhei, West Maui ‘apartment complexes’ back to hotels
  7. Fuel-price shock hits Hawaii’s visitor industry as Iran conflict continues
  8. Cash Cow? Ritte, Rawlins Protest Kalaupapa Tours
  9. Hawai‘i's fraudulent vape ban
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Thursday, July 9, 2026
July 9, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:01 AM :: 2728 Views
  1. CNBC: With Sylvia Luke Under Investigation, Hawaii becomes Worst State for Business in 2026
  2. Shipping Thrived After Trump Waived the Jones Act
  3. AG Nabs Three Sex Offenders
  4. Auditor Gives Up: Homeless CORE Program too Chaotic to Audit
  5. Under Federal Investigation, 8a Still Landing Fat Federal Contracts
  6. Luke campaign violations referred to AG for possible prosecution 
  7. Honolulu Council Slashes Useless Economic Recovery Office Over Mayor's Objections
  8. Frippery: Google Co-Founder Funds Push to make Hawaii 100% Solar
  9. DEA moves to ban ‘gas station heroin’ sold openly in Hawaii
  10. Red Hill Plaintiff Went Scuba Diving After Allegedly Drinking Jet Fuel
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Wednesday, July 8, 2026
July 8, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:23 AM :: 2778 Views
  1. 'That Study was Baloney': UHERO Withdraws Report co-written by Paid Solar Activist
  2. A career of serving America and Hawaii
  3. Green Signs Act 189 and Act 190: Most Vapes to be Outlawed
  4. 'No Firearms Allowed?' Think before you post
  5. Before We Re-Elect OHA Trustees, We Should Examine Their Record
  6. Honolulu City Council poised to override mayor’s vetoes
  7. State ‘millionaire tax’ might backfire
  8. HECO warned the Iran war would raise costs. Here’s how much bills rose
  9. Chinese Communist Party member arrested in Hawaii on visa fraud charge
  10. Reality of Crime in Hawaii Breaks Thru Media Blackout
  11. Honolulu street psychiatrist nationally recognized for his care, compassion
  12. Oahu's homeless deaths double in the past decade
  13. Trump Administration Sends Threatening Letter To Hawaiʻi Elections Chief
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Tuesday, July 7, 2026
July 7, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:31 AM :: 2583 Views
  1. July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
  2. Tax Credits: Green Signs $60M give away to Movie Moguls
  3. Trump admin can't duck blue states' suit over canceled clean energy grants
  4. Military-Related Urgent Needs Now Qualify for Hawaii Family Leave
  5. Official ballot drop boxes begin arriving across O‘ahu
  6. OHA Trustee Divisions Spill out into Open After Chair Illegally Deposes CEO
  7. With Third Telescope Closing, UH calls on Maunakea oversight authority to extend leases
  8. Ex-city worker in food bank case is ‘not a thief,’ attorney says
  9. DoE Strangling Robotics Programs
  10. Oahu home sales jump 10.4%: Median price hit record $1,242,500 in June
  11. Windfarms Can’t Handle the Wind
  12. Bill 170: Nobody Proposing a Data Center in Hawaiʻi County, but Council wants to ban them (whatever they are) just in case
  13. Bissen Fails: Four Years Later, Still no parking for Maui Safe Parking project; no overall homeless plan
  14. Which Incumbents Get to Send Taxpayer-Funded Mailers Right up to Election Day?
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Monday, July 6, 2026
July 6, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:40 AM :: 2667 Views
  1. Open the Books: Transsexual Agenda Being Forced out of DoD Schools
  2. Half of Oahu residents say transportation costs hurt their access to daily life
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 2, 2026
  4. Maui Tomorrow Sues to Block Lahaina Front Street Rebuild
  5. Court Clears The Way For $81M Affordable Rental Project In Kona
  6. Wespac Again Blocks Enviros from Stacking Board
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Sunday, July 5, 2026
July 5, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:16 AM :: 4874 Views
  1. Let freedom ring
  2. AG: $35K Bribe investigation "broader and more complex than initially anticipated"
  3. UHERO: Honolulu remains among nation’s least affordable
  4. Pandering to protesters: UKIRT is third Maunakea telescope decommissioned
  5. Hawaiʻi patients spent $230M+ on out-of-state cancer care, 2021–2023
  6. SNAP Disaster Imminent
  7. Corruption: AG Sacrifices Three Politicians to Save System
  8. SD18 Democrats have ‘til Thursday to Nominate
  9. Grassroot Institute Aims To Keep Growing Its Political Influence
  10. Hawaii employers develop housing to fill workforce gaps
  11. AI Robot clouds proposed healthcare alliance
  12. Open PUC Proceeding is 6,650 Days Old
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Saturday, July 4, 2026
July 4, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:43 AM :: 2160 Views
  1. Two Worlds, One Foundation: Hawaiian and American Ideals of Freedom
  2. The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
  3. Green: Hawaii will be First to Enroll Foster Kids in Trump Accounts
  4. Affordable Housing?  Still on the Rent Treadmill After 26 Years of ‘BS’
  5. NIMBY News: Legislators Leap into action to … ban gondolas and funiculars
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Friday, July 3, 2026
July 3, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:29 AM :: 2883 Views
  1. Two Worlds, One Foundation: Hawaiian and American Ideals of Freedom
  2. Professionalism, Respect, and Our Responsibility to the Lāhui
  3. University of Hawaii officials win personal immunity after professor criticized Black History event
  4. Medicaid Fraud: Hawaii AG Joins Another 'Global' Settlement
  5. Auditor: Maui Fraud Risk Assessment identifies millions of dollars in ‘direct pay’
  6. 10 years later, DoE Suspends principal over $2.5M recording studio built at Washington Middle School
  7. David Lazar sworn in as Honolulu Police Department’s 13th chief
  8. Dude gets measly 30 days for assaulting police—but it’s too much for State Supreme Court
  9. Man avoids jail after no-contest plea in illegal explosive device case
  10. Lahaina Stores Can Reopen—but only if ‘Hawaiian Council’ is Your Landlord
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Thursday, July 2, 2026
July 2, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:04 AM :: 7350 Views
  1. 14 Missing Children Recovered on Oahu
  2. AG Amesty for Delinquent Charities
  3. DPP Launches Priority Review to fast-track permits using CivCheck
  4. State Senate District 18 Special Election Proclamation
  5. Top Officials from HPH, HMSA, PUC, Matson charged in 39-page CSC complaint against Sylvia Luke  
  6. Young Brothers’ rate increase begins July 1, along with repayment of nearly $30M in back fees to state
  7. Honolulu Rail Riders Face Persistent Station And Elevator Closures
  8. DHHL opens applications for first-ever high-rise rental units in Honolulu
  9. NIMBYs win ‘temporary’ pause to 148-unit Kōloa housing development until court hears appeal
  10. Eco-Group Could Score Megabucks from Sewage Delays
  11. Hawaii's Syringe ‘Exchange’ Program: Adapting to Changes as Junkies Switch to Smokables and Pills
  12. Kauaʻi, Big Island Poised To Let Psychologists Prescribe
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Wednesday, July 1, 2026
July 1, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:43 AM :: 2715 Views
  1. Complete Debunk: UHERO Fakes Findings to Benefit Solar Lobby
  2. Hawaii Day Care Cost: 39% of Median Single Parent Family Income
  3. Lahaina: Rebuilt Affordable Apartments Immediately Fill Up
  4. Small Business Regulatory Review Board Elects officers for FY26-27
  5. May 2026 Tourism Stats: More Visitors; Shorter Stays
  6. 8a Corruption: Dawson Changes Name to 'Laukoa'
  7. DOJ grand jury investigates Marxist tech tycoon Singham for alleged fraud
  8. Hawaii's PUC Brain Drain -- Senior Staff Departures Threaten the State's Energy Future
  9. HPD officer vacancies near record levels as new chief David Lazar takes over
  10. ‘I’m sorry’: Hawaii Island police officer keeps job after unlawful search case
  11. Carjacking: After 9 useless State prosecutions, Lifelong Criminal finally catches a Federal Case
  12. DelaCruz Pushing ADC to buy $5M land for Egg-Cracker?
  13. Hawaii raises Individual Housing Account cap to $20,000
  14. Waimanalo kauhale faces community pushback over planned expansion to 600 units
  15. Residents blast STVRs legislation; commission defers action
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