Entries for August 2026

1. Are we ready to really address aging in Hawaii?
2. Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Awards Record Number of Leases in July
3. Dela Cruz Silent On Bribery Charges Leveled At Former Staff Member
4. Judge allows feds to file new fossil fuels lawsuit against Hawaii
5. 98,115 ballots returned by Oahu voters
6. Hawaii Visitors Paying $1,000 More A Week Than Last Year
7. Maui County’s Budget Bloat—Doubles Since COVID
8. Soft on Crime: After two previous Attacks, Congressional candidate arrested after Maui beach altercation, bail set at $1 million 
9. Alone: Kaua‘i Council Does Not Post Public Testimony Online

Are we ready to really address aging in Hawaii?

1. Lawsuit: UH Hides Public Records to Protect Climate Scheme
2. The Curious Career of Ford Fuchigami
3. OHA Launches National Search for Chief Executive Officer
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How they Voted July 31, 2026
5. Oswald Stender: A Model of Fiduciary Duty
6. County Lied Twice About Front Street building permit—none have been issued
7. Keohokalole Exposed -- Just Another Dark Money Clone Candidate
8. Dist IV Council Race: ‘Making it up as they go along’
9. How Hawaii was Freed of $68M of Bogus ‘Green’ Energy Projects
10. Protesters Upset that Military Hotel is not Anti-American
11. DoE Cellphone Ban Won’t last Long
12. Termites Eating DoE Schools

1. Mafia News: Will Court Ruling Give Miske Pal Council Seat? -- Waters files Appeal
2. The coast isn’t clear, it’s covered in red tape
3. Taxation of Envy
4. DPH boss Freitas on Bribery: “No one’s been convicted. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves….”
5. Luke bribery case could pit what’s legal vs. what’s right
6. How Legislative Insiders Kill Campaign Spending Reform Again and Again
7. LGBTQ Commission to be on November Ballot
8. Big Money In Hawaiʻi Politics — The Carpenters Union Is Crushing Everyone
9. More Bureaucracy Is Not The Answer To A Struggling Economy
10. Climate NGOs have forgotten mission
11. Hawaii Politician Arthur Brun Breaks Bad

1. Honolulu DPP Among 50 Best AI Systems in USA?
2. AG Announces Child Support Enforcement Tech Upgrade
3. Green Announces Appointments to HHC, CSC, Ethics
4. FIRE: College Free Speech Improving, but UH still stuck on Yellow
5. Canadian Submarine Sinks USS Mobile Bay off Hawaii
6. ‘New Tourism’ = ‘Costs too Much’—Therefore, Trend of shorter Hawaii vacations reaches into June
7. School resource officer program expands on O‘ahu
8. Bribery?  Indicted state employee allowed to continue working while co-defendants are on leave or have resigned
9. Who Gives Together? Mapping Hawaii’s Political Contributors
10. Gov Green Bought His Own Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card. Now He Wants HECO to Thank Him For It
11. Hawaiʻi education department turns to regional kitchen to boost DelaCruz
12. Hawaii healthcare system plans to fill 4,700 vacant jobs?
13. Maui Council horrified that fire station might be built near ag fields
14. Council committee recommends adding five years to pursue alleged ethics violations