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Monday, June 2, 2025 June 2, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:24 PM :: 130 Views Auditor: HTA has been promising 'Destination Management' since 2005 Twenty Years of Hawaii Recycling: 10th Audit Also Exposes Fraud Hawaii Driver Education: 59 Years Without a Plan Honolulu Sewer Rates Are Likely To Go Up — A Lot Maui Council Budget: Musk has left the building, and so goes our excuse for tax hikes and bloated spending Honolulu Police Can’t Spend Entire Budget Because It Can’t Fill Positions Following the evolution of Miske’s living trust Read More..

Sunday, June 1, 2025 June 1, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 480 Views Red tape strangling Hawaii's energy future Tax Liens: Light at the End? Pearl Harbor to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII Some Hawaii Republicans try to Rationalize their Support for BJ Penn for Governor Senate WAM Chair Dela Cruz gets Defensive Green Fee Tip of a Half-Billion Dollar Pyramid Cataluna: Green Fee Doesn’t do enough to make Hawaii Like it was During COVID Shutdowns Legislators Push Gigantic Land Swap to Grift Luxe Alii Place Offices for Themselves Fully funded Olowalu fire station on hold over ‘iwi kupuna discovered 2 years ago in subdivision Media to Regain Access to Police Scanners? Read More..

Saturday, May 31, 2025 May 31, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 2829 Views Next Tulsi?  Mrs Kaniela Ing Finally makes the Big Time--with the Trump Administration! Visitor Industry Grows Again in April 2025 Trump’s Plan to Land SpaceX Rockets on Johnston Atoll Naturally Spurs Eco-Lawsuit Hawaii Loses TMT: Trump Budget Redirects Telescope Funding to Chile, Where Science is Appreciated Hawaii Extends Green Energy Fees Lunacy to Ocean Car dealers frustrated by city’s 8,000 title, registration backlog Big island covered playcourt cost $1,545 per square foot Only FBI has what it takes to Clear Homeless Meth Addicts from Mapunapuna Pearl City Graves Being Robbed by Homeless Meth Addicts AGAIN Read More..

Friday, May 30, 2025 May 30, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 2575 Views Hawaii cops sued over DUI arrests of sober drivers Kauai Police Commission seeks public's input for new KPD Police Chief Following Biden's Lead, Trump Shuts Down Hawaii Job Corps for Second Year in a Row Lahaina Rep Elle Cochran Tangled in Lies After Missing 85% of Legislative Session KSBE Operatives Urge Governor To Veto Bills That Streamline Permitting Process Meet Miske’s “inner circle” Appeals court rules Buntenbah must forfeit $250,000 mortgage Developer Accused Of Campaign Fraud Allowed to Travel out of Country While Out On Bail Uncertain Outcomes Raised In Phasing Out Maui Short-Term Rentals Aloha Stadium $20M to demolish Parents, students call for firing of Kahuku principal after turbulent year Maui police officer arrested for sex assault Moody’s upgrades Hawaiian Electric Industries’ credit ratings, positive outlook B.J. Penn wanted by Hawaii island police after missing court date Read More..

Thursday, May 29, 2025 May 29, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 893 Views Can the Trump Administration save Honolulu from wasting $2.5B on Sand Island Sewage Plant? DBEDT Lowers Hawaii Economic Growth Projections Joe Gedeon Appointed to Fill Gene Ward's House Seat New Republican Chair Pledges to Focus on Winning Elections Hawaii Democrats Tout Marijuana Crackdown Legislation Hawaii Firearms Bills Passed in 2025 Failed ‘Assault Rifle’ Ban a Sign of Things to Come? PUC to Require MLP to Register as Water Utility so they can be forced to choke off water supplies to drive up the cost of housing and make more people leave Maui Legislators to Abolish HTA? Maui fire survivors could see first paychecks from $4B settlement this year Hawaiʻi solar industry to be gutted as State, Federal Subsidies are Killed Off Panda Express And A Bathroom? Honolulu Airport’s $14M "Upgrades" Spark Debate Assault video exposes use of untrained guards at Oahu jail Guards Selling Drugs to Inmates:  Another Multiple drug overdose in Halawa Forced out by SHOPO, Kauaʻi Police Chief finally announces retirement date City grant program for rail-affected businesses doesn’t amount to much Lawmakers demand answers from Navy on dummy bombing plan of remote Hawaiian island AI Hallucination? Hawaiʻi Attorney Cited For Submitting A Fake Case Read More..

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 May 28, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:09 PM :: 433 Views Neighborhood Board Election results now available online SB1396 Green Fee: Green Signs TAT Increase, Promises to Waste it all on Global Warming Lawyer Outlines Cruise Industry Case Against Green Fee Honolulu City Council rushing 60% sewer fee hike – Afraid Trump Administration Would Eliminate Need for Sand Island Project, thus eliminating excuse for rate hikes Will Hawaii’s New $100M Climate Fee From Tourists Actually Fix Anything? Developer applies for permit to demolish Aloha Stadium Want To Diversify The Local Economy? Make Hawaiʻi Pro-Business Hawaiʻi Has A New Ghost Gun Law. Will It Make A Difference? Lunch Debt And Book Fines Are The Last Barriers To Graduation Read More..

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 May 27, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 406 Views Delegates Elect New Hawaii Republican Party Chairman Bill 47: Hawaii County Developers to Build TVR Subdivisions   Feds bust Chinese-Canadian fraud ring operating in Hawaii targeting seniors As Big as Rail: $10.1B Sewer Rate Hike Heading for Third Reading PRP: Grab Property tax Revenues to Pork Up Aloha Stadium Project Even More ‘Experts’ Coming to Hawaii to Impose Federal Consent Decree on Prisons—Mass Release for Hardened Criminals is Next State’s Top Economist Retires Hawaii’s New Cruise Tax Is Entering Some Uncharted Legal Waters Rep Kila: Do not scrutinize DHHL.  Let them waste money as they see fit. Honolulu Sees Doubling Of Vacation Rental Registrations Under New Rules B.J. Penn arrested in Hawaii charged with abuse of family or household member Read More..

Monday, May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 435 Views VIDEO: $4000 Dela Cruz Campaign Contribution buys Shouting Match in Hilo Will Hawaiʻi's Supreme Court Curb Governor's Power To Suspend Laws? In 2026 Kauai Council will Lose Four Incumbents Zombie News: Meth Camp Returns to Amala Place Four Years after Fentanyl Read More..

Sunday, May 25, 2025 May 25, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 726 Views Keanu Sai News: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud 2025 Legislative Special Funds -- 0 for 86 No, we don't have low property taxes VIDEO: Honolulu Rail--We're not going to do THAT Again Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 23, 2025 Time to fight back against antivax gaslighting Laid-off federal workers fill 62 of state’s 4,000 vacant positions Gutted Democrat Bench Thin so … Brian Schatz? 771 Medical Professionals get student loan repayment Read More..

Saturday, May 24, 2025 May 24, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 2662 Views Hawaii: Where Clean Energy Projects Go to Die Audit: How to Speed up Building Permits Grassroot Council Testimony: Cutting Red Tape to Build Housing Bill 2591 Changes Kauai Zoning to Allow Farmers' Markets VIDEO: Grassroot legislative wrap-up tour HI-EMA Fuel Tank in Violation Since 1997 'Evil' teen bullies get taste of vigilante 'justice' after they were filmed beating disabled woman In yearlong wait for vote on short-term rental ban, Maui condo sales, prices have dropped significantly Rail line a ‘curse’ 93% Reduction: Army proposes giving up leased Oahu land Hawai‘i County Council passes first reading of FY 2025-2026 budget 'Tesla road rage guy' alleged Hawaii attack is a 'failure of the system,' attorney says Trump to the Rescue: After pathetic State Judiciary Sets Hime Free,  Man who terrorized UH Manoa student now facing deportation to Micronesia Keanu Sai News: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Read More..

Friday, May 23, 2025 May 23, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:44 PM :: 1775 Views Hawaii: A far-left state trying to hijack U.S. energy policy Trump Squeeze Leads to Suspension of 'Faculty Special Salary Adjustments' at UH UHERO Survey Documents Declining Physical and Mental Health Hawaii Mortgage Delinquency Jumps Medical Malpractice? Hawaii 5th Worst Miske Drug Overdose Death Shapes Legal Strategy to keep Money in Family Mokulele Methamphetamines News: 33-Time Loser Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case After HPD Raid, CBD Dealer Shocked, SHOCKED to Discover His Products Contained THC Total Fail: HECO ‘Time-of-Use Rates’ Abandoned Bill 47: Hawaiʻi County Council revisits more oversight on the short-term rental industry $70M to rebuild Lahaina homeless shelter? How The Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor Has Gone From Cash Cow To Eyesore Read More..

Thursday, May 22, 2025 May 22, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 1472 Views VIDEO: Senators Grill Green over COVID Shutdowns Feds Launch Process for Potential Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Near American Samoa Anti-Development Activism Poisons the ‘Aina Lawsuit Challenges Reopening of Pacific Monument Zero homes sold within typical Maui residents’ financial reach in 2024 Tax Hikes Coming: COR ‘adjusts’ projection, creating $550M Gap DHHL sitting on federal grants since 2008--$75.9M unspent Hawaii Convention Center $64M repair project in limbo ACLU Hawaii prepares to sue HPD over ‘concerning trend’ of sober drivers arrested for DUI HB126: Prosecutor Alm Pushes Back on Forfeiture Illegal gambling arrests on Oahu increased in 2024 Shakedown: Surfrider’s Bogus Bacteria Report Targets Turtle Bay and Whalers Cove Read More..

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 1967 Views Honolulu Ranks #3 in U.S. for Micro-Housing — New Study Finds Study: More Housing Units Built-But Fewer Available for Residents Hawaii 'Clean' Hydrogen to Come from Oil Refinery Brenton Awa vs Tokuda for Congress? Alien Enemies: Gabbard Staff Pushed to Rewrite Intelligence So It Could Not Be ‘Used Against’ Trump BWS Votes to Give State Water Commission control of Oahu – First Step, dumping water into dry Waianae streambeds Lahaina: Infrastructure in Just 100 Days Congresswoman asks UNOS to change kidney allocation policy following HNN investigation Geothermal energy solutions need study Opportunity to pay less for electricity during sunlight hours yields mixed results Manager Alleges Potential Fraud In Homeless Village Construction Criminals Mailing Illegal Fireworks To Hawaiʻi Mostly Get Away With It  City moves to take over property where family has been squatting for decades HGEA finalizes $41 million COVID hazard pay settlement Read More..

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 May 20, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 624 Views Cleaning up Hawaii’s permitting mess Gov. Green on military land leases: ‘I think that we will be able to settle pretty straightforwardly’ Activists surprised by Army’s willingness to let go of Makua Valley land lease Claim by Miske’s mother to represent his granddaughter’s interests denied by judge, at least for now Soft on Crime: After 10 State Felony Convictions, Meth Dealer Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case Local fireworks industry contends with possible sky-high tariffs on China Bill To Guard Against Imitation Hawaiian Tea Could End Up Hurting Industry Hu Honua Bioenergy Files (another) State Antitrust Lawsuit Against HECO Nuisance money: City Council approves $40K Liquor Commission settlement Read More..

Monday, May 19, 2025 May 19, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 2557 Views Hawaii has third-lowest percentage of single-mother households, study reveals Big Beautiful Blue Collar Tax Cuts Coming—but Hawaii Legislators Want EBT Cards Legislators Will Try to Use EBT Card as Excuse for Special Session Hawaii: New housing units are coming online at the lowest rate since the 1940s Retirement: Social Security to be Garnished to pay Student Loans? Retirement: Meth-Head Finally Agrees to Accept Shelter After 40 years on Streets Usual Suspects: Today they are Whining About Rocket Launches from Johnston Island Kahuku Coach Removed Over One Complaint Read More..

Sunday, May 18, 2025 May 18, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 860 Views 2025 Legislative Also-Rans   Rules Vote a Self-Serving Scam to Take Over Hawaii Republican Party Six Weeks to Deadline -- Sketchy, Blurry Plans to Pay for Aloha Stadium Green Campaigning in Washington DC Cruise Lines Claim Inclusion in Hawaii's New Hotel Tax Bill is Unconstitutional Kona coffee farmers devastated by loss of deported workers Blundering Gabbard Fiasco: Aide pressed analyst to redo intel on Venezuela gang Hawaii Just Won't Give Up Its Harsh Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws Recktenwald to Retire in October Republicans to Elect Party Chair Loser Complains About GOP Selection Process State agency’s preschool production pipeline bulges while other projects hit roadblocks Soft on Crime: Steroid-induced Road Rage Guy has 20 Year Record We Moved From Hawaii to Italy. Our Mortgage Is Less Than Our Rent Was Read More..

Saturday, May 17, 2025 May 17, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 1704 Views UHERO: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Maui’s Immigrant Community Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Trump's DEI Ban Mindless Hysteria: Trump Cuts Almost Nothing on Maui, Becomes Excuse for Council Budget Bloat City Council OKs foreclosure of illegal vacation rental Mexican national to be sentenced for selling meth in Hawaii (Again) Feds to Cut DHHL Funding because it is not being spent DOBOR Hassles Canoe Club UH AD Search Firm Refuses to Interview Craig Angelos Hu Honua Bioenergy -- Federal Round No. 3 Read More..

Friday, May 16, 2025 May 16, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 1381 Views Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court Hype?  Hawaii Trump Cuts only $95M – Mostly at UH Cruise lines are signaling a fight against Hawaii's tourism tax Three More Army EIS Will Be Rejected Next Month Before Croaking, Miske names two Trustees and directs funds to granddaughter Carvalho, Rapozo, Kouchi for Kauai Mayor? University of Hawaii tuition to rise for first time since 2018 Kona property housing 22 illegals under investigation for code violations University of Hawaii continues search for $500k/yr Athletics Director Hawaiʻi Electricity Shut-Offs Are Nearly Triple Pre-Pandemic Levels Five Delayed Hawaiian Electric Projects Hawaii Restaurant Closed for Roaches—But Who Would Know? Read More..

Thursday, May 15, 2025 May 15, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 PM :: 1698 Views Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee? House Passes South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act 14 Years Later--City Settles Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $2.1M After 100 days, Trump already done with Tulsi? Decrease in visitor tax rate sought as fear of recession looms Bill 43: Honolulu city council looks to use hotel tax to help lower projected sewer fee increase Honolulu Council Approves $41M for HGEA COVID Hazard Pay DOE Plan: More Top-Level Bureaucrats Hawaii to Update Decades-Old Financial MisManagement System Robots to issue 47 Million Speeding tickets per year from 177 Hawaii Speed Cams Read More..

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 May 14, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 1109 Views UHERO: 75% of Hawaii Households Cannot Afford Mortgage Hawaii 4th Highest State and Local Taxes Per Capita Pacific Partnership Act to Counter China Disasters? Hawaii Still not Ready Disgraced Police Chief Louis Kealoha Still Owes Honolulu $250,000 CNHA-Connected Governor calls Hawaii Tourism Authority ‘hot mess,’ promises reform--What Could Go Wrong? Uncertain financial future continues to impact East-West Center operations Honolulu a good place for murder—nearly 50% go unsolved Sabotaged signal: New images reveal homeless camp around severed cables that cut communication for thousands ‘Wasted opportunity?’ Maui Council questions post-wildfire pivot on homeless plan Alm Calls for Veto of HB126: Illegal game room assets in Kalihi turned over to state Read More..

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 May 13, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 2125 Views Residential electric bills in Hawaii and Connecticut are twice those in New Mexico, Utah Legislature Delivers Progress for Housing BWS Approves Kalaeloa Desalination Plant 20 Year Sentence? Federal trial begins in Affordable Housing Scam Governor says feds could seize military training grounds in Hawaii Crunch Time: Bills Die as Clock Ticks (again) Miske Family Schemes to Grab Illicit Fortune Will You be Fooled? Fake ‘Water Shortage’ Latest Trick to Keep Lahaina Fire Victims from Rebuilding Honolulu Can Fine Airbnb, Vrbo for Illegal Vacation Rentals. It Never Has ACLU: Keep Mentally Ill Homeless on the Streets Read More..

Monday, May 12, 2025 May 12, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 1626 Views 2025 Legislative Wrap-Up Teaching Personal Finance? Hawaii Ranks 42nd Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 9, 2025 Another ‘Friends and Family’ Development Deal with Kali Watson, DHHL Bill 43 would offset Honolulu sewer fee hike with money intended for rail After Hurricane CNHA, HTA Needs an Exorcism Lahaina burn zone slowly transforming from ‘ghost town’ to big construction zone Who Really Owns Hawaii In 2025 Anti-GMO Hysteria Gutted State’s Top Agricultural Commodity State pushing speed cam expansion despite failed bill Read More..

Sunday, May 11, 2025 May 11, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 3422 Views Trump Admin: Greenland to Become a COFA Country? Another chance to make things right Neighborhood Board Elections--Voting Ends May 16 Judicial Nominees Sought for ICA and First Circuit Peeling away regulations that hinder homebuilding Grassroot: Akina gives Legislature a 'B-' Yamashita Gone: Nakamura Next? Green Preps Future Run for Hirono’s Seat--Creates National PAC To Support 'Pro-Science Candidates' Lahaina Rep Elle Cochran Missed 85% of Session -- and she’s a convicted felon Incumbency machine protects sitting lawmakers from exposure Another Black Eye for Bissen--Druski Debunks Bogus Rape Complaint Land Board rejection of Pohakuloa EIS just another maneuver in lease negotiations Rate Hikes: Saltchuk Milking Young Bros The Miske case is winding down but not yet over Hawai‘i lawmakers approve $6M to support Planned Parenthood Lopez Outlines Strategy to Defeat Trump Climate Change Lawsuit Read More..

Saturday, May 10, 2025 May 10, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 1565 Views Another 8a Disaster: NIH Halts Operations at US Biolab After Sabotage Incident BLNR Rejects Army Pohakuloa EIS State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next CWS Disasters Bring No Reform: How many Dead Babies Before Legislature Acts? HB103: Young Murderers Deserve a Chance to Do it Again Power Play: After Looting HTA, CNHA reaches back in and ousts Choy Former police chief Kealoha released from federal prison Realtors Association of Maui opposes Bill 9, urges a ‘balanced approach’ to housing crisis In effort to force Fire Victims Out, Urban Design Review Board hears opposition to ‘modern’ homes in Lahaina Hawaiian Electric: SB897 key to future financial strength Read More..

Friday, May 9, 2025 May 9, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 1529 Views Campaign Contributions: Hawaii Climate Change Lawsuit Skips State's Only Refinery UHERO: Federal policies push Hawaii toward mild recession DLE Upgrades License Plate Readers Soft on Crime: Kidnapping, Rape, Attempted Murder?  Time Served Soft on Crime: Steroid-Induced Tesla driver Nathaniel Radimak arrested again in Hawaii, less than a year after prison release for SoCal charges Behind the scenes of immigration enforcement in Hawaii Housing: Deed-Restriction Bills Fail Read More..

Thursday, May 8, 2025 May 8, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 2192 Views Reflections of Gene Ward US Navy liable for fuel leak that sickened military families in Hawaii Todd Eddins’ Favorite Murderer – Third Time’s the Charm? Honolulu city inspector with 35 convictions accused in sex-for-freedom plot 37% of businesspeople say Hawai‘i is stagnant, and 33% says we’re in real trouble Military talks options for Pōhakuloa Training Area lease Council Announces Plan to Trick Public into Accepting Sewer Rate Hikes Legislative buzz: Phrases that conceal or obfuscate Will Reforms Stabilize Hawaiʻi Condo Insurance Costs? Maui Fire Survivors Uprooted Again As FEMA Starts Charging Rent Seven Lahaina families back home after tragic fires SB104: Prison reform proposal to set limits on solitary confinement What happens to the poop? Booking.com Unable to Revive Suit Challenging Hawaii Use Tax Law Read More..

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 May 7, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:00 PM :: 2623 Views ‘By Request’ Gambling Bill got John Mizuno Ousted as Homeless Czar? Miske News: Union Boss sentenced to 14 years in federal racketeering case Tax Hike Coming? Yamashita Ousted As Chair Of State House Finance Committee Legislators reward selves handsomely Closed House Committee Meetings Violate Constitution? Inside Brian Schatz’s inner circle Big Island journalist on uncovering the housing corruption case set for trial ‘Where’s the money?’ Applicants wait for funds from Maui County program to help build ‘ohana housing Hawaii’s first psychiatric crisis center helps take burden off ERs, police Read More..

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 May 6, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 1849 Views Maui County Responsible for Lahaina Fire SB1396: Parts of Green Fee are Already Doomed in Court Hawaii County Tells Homeowner His 38-Year-Old House Is Actually Illegal Guam: Ex-Cop Gets 5 years for Jury Rigging Mayor establishes new Department of Housing and Land Management with City Council’s blessing Multi-State Coalition Against Hawaii’s ‘Sensitive’ Places Concealed Carry Ban Bissen names Meth Dealer’s Son to Maui County Board of Water Supply New Way to Attack Lahaina Fire Victims:  Moratorium on Rebuilding Swimming Pools The kids need more ... indoctrination? US Supreme Court Ruling On Charter Schools ‘Could’ Impact Hawaiʻi Hawaii DoE Looking Better Only Because Mainland School Districts Are Doing Worse Adults Can Still Marry Teens At 15 After Death Of Proposed Ban In Hawaiʻi Rapist Whines About Long Wait for DHHL Read More..

Monday, May 5, 2025 May 5, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:32 PM :: 1444 Views Legislature on a housing-reform streak Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 2, 2025 Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review How Solid Is Hawaiʻi GOP Support For Trump Policies? Hawaiʻi Residents Could Face Electric Rate Hike In 2026 Hawaii’s LNG redux: State now has opportunity for action 800 Vacancies at HPD Hawaii traffic deaths up 51% from same time last year SB1433: Legislators Promise More Free Needles for Addicts Read More..

Sunday, May 4, 2025 May 4, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 12:31 PM :: 2593 Views The Major Raid that Wasn’t Tar Pit of corruption shapes Hawaiʻi politics New Data Shows What Bills Were Lobbied The Most SB1202: Legislators turn political campaign accounts into personal slush funds After Looting HTA, CNHA Cries ‘Racism’ ‘Let no Crisis go to Waste’ – Lahaina Fire Became Handy Excuse for Green Fee SB897: Cap Disaster Liability Math error would have hit HART hard Board seeks comment on proposed island name change Read More..

Saturday, May 3, 2025 May 3, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:43 AM :: 1549 Views Defeated SB401 Would Have Been Most Extreme Gun Law in USA HB1422: Nonprofits Exempt from Motor Carrier Law Feds Bust Honolulu Massage School Owner in $9.1M VA Scam Founder of a Kaneohe biker gang and former stagehand union official to be sentenced next week Hawaiʻi Legislature Adjourns - For Now Hawaii Legislature ends with Souza Squabbling With Republicans (again) Ex-UH athletic director Craig Angelos applies for AD again Hawaii legislature passes bill to limit police ability to chase criminals Hawaii Department of Education seeks input on cell phone use in classrooms Read More..

Friday, May 2, 2025 May 2, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 PM :: 1058 Views Complete Debunk: Hawaii AG Files Climate Change Lawsuit in State Court DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Hear Hawaii ‘Gun-Free Zone’ Case ​State Launches Operation Hire Hawai‘i to Fill Vacant Positions Visitor Industry Expanded in March 2025 Grassroot hails passage of bills aimed at boosting housing supply, helping Lahaina Hawaiʻi Consumer Advocate: Saltchuk Milks Young Brothers to Justify Fraudulent Rate Hike The End: East-West Center offers buyouts to 80% of employees Lawsuit seeks damages from Miske estate for kidnapping and murder of Jonathan Fraser Maui Council reverses budget course, adds $55.4 million for fiscal year 2026 Nearly 20% of fire survivor families in FEMA rental housing have missed a payment Military couple demands child abuse probe at Navy daycare Hawaiian Electric Fuel Supply Proposal Designed to bypass Pacific Biofuel Motor Carrier Law Exemption for community-based transportation programs passes ICE Takes Aim At Illegals In Big Island's Coffee Belt Read More..

Thursday, May 1, 2025 May 1, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 PM :: 1068 Views Trump Admin Sues to Block Hawaii from Taking Fossil Fuel Companies To Court Over Climate Change Trump Admin: Native Hawaiian History NOT Considered 'DEI' Hawaii legislature approves $20 billion state budget Health Measures up for Final Passage Senate Confirms Eight Judges SB401: Hawaii senators kill firearms bill 13-12 City’s planned 115% sewer fee hike under Council scrutiny Bill to quicken rebuilding in Lahaina heads to governor's office PUC to Set HECO Disaster Liability Limits Schatz moves quickly to lock up whip race UH says a majority of its international students are safe amid visa policy changes Hawaiʻi is poised to set a new 2045 energy usage reduction goal Can’t Afford A Lawyer? Good Luck Getting Help On Neighbor Islands Read More..

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 April 30, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:07 PM :: 1109 Views SCR198: Screwed out of Subrogation, Insurers Urged to Serve Legislature's Agenda by Suing Big Oil Honolulu loses 2nd-Most 20-somethings of any US City Blangiardi Admin: Vancouver Tax a ‘huge administrative burden’ HB477:  Modernize Hawaii unemployment insurance system SB1296: State Lawmakers Echo Bissen -- Removing A Hurdle To Rebuild Lahaina. Lahaina: Historic design rules may block ‘modern’ buildings from being rebuilt after wildfire devastation Maui Council to consider response to Young Brothers’ proposed shipping rate hike Kamaʻāina housing bill dies in Senate amid statewide affordable housing crisis Pet Projects And Low Budgets: How Lawmakers Undermine School Repairs Westside Faces More Delays As New Law Threatens Landfill Relocation Read More..

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 April 29, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 PM :: 3041 Views Honolulu 3rd-Worst City to Start a Business Best States for Nurses? Hawaii Ranks 47th Hawaii Child Support Hearings Now Virtual Alaska Air reports softening demand, cuts hundreds of flights from Honolulu’s airport, HNL A quick look at the top lobbyists during Hawaii’s current legislative session June 30 Deadline Looms After Legislature Cuts Aloha Stadium Funding What The State Refuses To Say About Fatal Child Abuse Cases Here's How Many Kids Are Unvaccinated At Your School Honolulu EMS Chief Says Medics Aren't Safe In Oʻahu Prisons Supreme Court Allows Pearl City tenant back in to public housing after son attacks neighbor with baseball bat HB212: Homeless ‘Return-to-Home Program’ dies in conference committee at Legislature Knife-Wielding Homeless Psychos Terrorize Residents Pharma to Slaughter: Federal Judge Sends Hawaii Case Against PBMs Back to State Court Read More..

Monday, April 28, 2025 April 28, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 2177 Views ‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37% You Got Tricked into Voting for ANOTHER Pay Raise to Honolulu City Council, Executives New Contracts Give More Than $1 Billion In Union Pay Raises (and that doesn’t include the counties) Stuck on Stupid: Failed Vancouver Tax Back for 7th Year at Honolulu Council State Legislature Advances HECO Securitization and Wildfire Liability Cap Legislation Maui Asks Feds To Flex Rules Governing $1.6 Billion Wildfire Recovery Grant Legislature Guts Kauhales, Homeless Emergency Decree Rules Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill Changes in Conference Committee Read More..

Sunday, April 27, 2025 April 27, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:20 PM :: 2010 Views Resolutions a sign that legislators are listening HB1175: Small Victory Over Procedural Trap Judicial Vacancy Kauai Fifth Circuit--Deadline Extended Pay to Play Bill?  Yamashita and Dela Cruz refused to “release” the measure SB1571 Approved by Conference Committee--changes oversight of Hawai’i Tourism Authority Legislators Refuse to Do Anything About Long Lines at Polling Places ‘Duke’s Law’ one step closer to reality in win against agricultural land crime Just for Show: Hawaii lawmakers to vote on over 200 bills this week Government gridlock on evacuation plan frustrates Leeward residents Read More..

Saturday, April 26, 2025 April 26 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:09 PM :: 889 Views Schatz to Replace Durbin as Whip? Hawaii lawmakers reject bill to legalize sports gambling Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Kill Pay-to-Play Bill — Again Green Fee: Conference Committee Boosts TAT by 0.75%—all receipts to be wasted on ‘climate change’ Bill aimed at inflation could make shoreline development easier with no public say Chamber supports tax relief for Maui homeowners Hawaii lawmakers scurry to advance flurry of bills past key deadline Settlement in $324M Hitachi suit is coming, HART says Lawmakers hammer out changes to Hawaii’s medical marijuana program Bill to give tax credits to film industry for local productions deferred Lawmakers aim to explore nuclear power options in Hawaii Bill to expand speed enforcement program in final stages at Capitol Hawai‘i Lawmakers To Require Audit Of Green's Kauhale Homeless Initiative DHHL on track to award 2,600+ leases in 2025 Read More..

Friday, April 25, 2025 April 25, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:37 PM :: 1357 Views Matson Moves to Intervene in Jones Act Lawsuit Focus should be on job growth and progress, not more and more taxes Lahaina sewer system 100% restored City spending up 83% despite fewer residents SB401: Gut-n-Replace Assault weapon ban in Hawaii heads to senate floor HB1308: Photo Finish for Online sports betting HECO Energy Bills Battle Legislative Deadline Aloha Stadium Spending Bill Dead? Budget Bill Includes $30M for New Jail After Killing Girl, Driver with 164 Violations Finally gets some Jail Time SB1571: HTA to Lose Autonomy after CNHA Cleaned it Out? Bills aimed to help sex trafficking victims Legislature Imposing Higher Electric Bills-Will Trump Executive Order Save Hawaii from Green Energy Initiative? HART eyes Iwilei, Kakaako properties to condemn for rail Read More..

Thursday, April 24, 2025 April 24, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:49 PM :: 784 Views Republicans Give Josh Green Opportunity to Appoint his Former Office Manager as State Rep Hawaii Housing Costs 53.47% of Median Income Former death row inmate convicted of sex trafficking in Hawaii HB371: Kouchi and Nakamura Gut Pay-To-Play Bill HB1001: Bill sets aside $807.5 million for Maui wildfire claims SB1373: Sex Offenders Lose Massage License Immediately – Instead of years later FEMA cracks down on Lahaina residents not paying rent 'I thought she was safe,' Aunt of dead Laie girl speaks out U.S. Army releases final environmental impact statement for Pōhakuloa Training Area City Council Should Reconsider Its Plan To Increase Sewer Fees Read More..

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 April 23, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:18 PM :: 2643 Views SB295: Tougher Penalties for TRO Violations Operator Syndrome: Hidden toll on first responder life SMA Commissioners Exploiting Lahaina Fire to Kick Rich Guy off Island Japan Trade Deal Negotiations Fail 9 projects with over 800 housing units could get funding from Maui County for construction, rising costs Hawaiʻi May Cut Grass On More State Land To Prevent Spread Of Wildfires Hawaii set to pay $750,000 in wrongful death settlement Plaintiff Attempts to Interfere with Police Chase, then Sues Officers Read More..

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 April 22, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 927 Views Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret SB1296: Apply rebuilding waivers to all Lahaina fire victims Conference Commitee Approves State Budget Bill -- Text Still Not Available Secret Conference Committee: After Budget What’s Next? “When you need a casino to make your stadium pencil out, that’s not planning. That’s panic.” Upcountry residents say vacant, state-owned apartment complex in Kula should be used to help fire victims Maui Activists Openly Campaign Against Fire Victims Rebuilding Homes Federal Cuts at UH now total $36M HB613:  OYS to run shelters for minors without parental consent FBI investigating allegation that HPD officer switched meth pipe from one meth-head to another Read More..

Monday, April 21, 2025 April 21, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 1166 Views Town Hall: What to do about Illegal Fireworks? SB281: Will Conference Committee produce torture bill? HB900 Dead: No Lawyers for Abused Foster Kids Young Brothers Rates Push up Hawaiʻi grocery bills Maui County labor force shrinks as people leave state HB126: Watered Down Property Seizure Bill Moves Forward Act 17: Police records will answer questions for victims’ families Hawaiʻi County Council hires Mom—Then Moves To Adopt Nepotism Rules For Government Employees Read More..

Sunday, April 20, 2025 April 20, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 1277 Views Will Trump Reform Jones Act Shipbuild Requirement? HB1369: Category Killer Grassroot Wrap-up: How Legislature handled housing, taxes, rebuilding Lahaina and more Progressives Whine Because Ed Case Thinks for Himself Ige, Lingle: Gambling’s costs far outweigh benefits UH Cancer Funding Cut by Dela Cruz and Trump Working in Tandem Look Who's Taking Big City Council Pay Raises After All Final EIS—Will Army Buy Pohakuloa Training Area? Lanai to be first island in state to have Hawaiian Homes waitlist eliminated? Read More..

Saturday, April 19, 2025 April 19, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:49 PM :: 2339 Views Debating Jones Act defenders is like playing whack-a-mole Hawaii Egg Prices Increase Even More Republican Party announces nominees to fill Gene Ward’s East Oahu House seat Shamed at the Shoreline: When Did Visiting Hawaii Start Feeling Like a Crime? Hawai‘i County Council fills Leeward Planning Commission seat with mother of a council member Maui County water rates to Jump 50%? Hawaiʻi isn't doing well with employment: 3 findings from a new study Could Hawaiʻi go nuclear? Some lawmakers want the option investigated Read More..

Friday, April 18, 2025 April 18, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 2621 Views Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That? Trump Re-Opens Fisheries within Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Mayor Calls for Lawyers to Step Up--Needed to Commit Mentally Ill Homeless Hawaii Coral Reef Insurance Policy Renewed Second Measles Case Found on Oahu SB1166: Hawaii Democrats Cooking Up Another Climate Lawfare Scheme SB934: Dela Cruz Pork Gambit Puts Rail Project In Jeopardy ‘Precedent Setting’ -- Activists Get Another Crack at Stopping Lahaina Fire Victims from Rebuilding Homes New University of Hawaii Athletics Director's base salary could top $500,000 UH loses only $30M in federal funds; only 36 research programs to be cut HPD officer arrested again in violation of restraining order Warning extended: Speed cameras catch 30k speeders weekly Radiology workforce shortage hits Hawaii hospitals with thousands of patient scans in the queue Read More..

Thursday, April 17, 2025 April 17, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 2100 Views Representative Gene Ward's Celebration of Life American Samoa 125th Anniversary Flag Day Daughter-in-law in Hawaii crime syndicate sentenced to 7 years HVCB CEO: 'I am here to end Tourism as we have known it' Pay Hike Mania: Maui mayor’s salary to outpace Hawaiʻi governor’s until mid-2028 Online sports betting’s illusory value not worth human toll UH: Senate Robs Cancer Center to Line Contractors Pockets with Unnecessary CIP City to lose only $11 million in federal funding The State Spent Millions On Housing For The Homeless. Show Us The Receipts Read More..

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 April 16, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 1798 Views 139,000 small businesses in Hawaii could face significantly higher taxes DLNR Attempts to Clarify Ocean Commercial Use Permitting Status Court backs mosquito suppression plan to save Hawaii’s rare birds How many people are receiving substance use treatment in Hawaii? ‘We don’t have a slush fund’ – HTA probed for $11M of purposeful late payments to HVCB Anti-Technology Protesters Cause Hawaii Economic Decline SB1202: Campaign Funds can be used to line pockets of friends and family Rail fiasco is one of the biggest deceptions in Hawaii history After Clearing the Trannies out of Female Sports, Maybe Trump will make Hawaii DoE Build Female Lockerrooms Wisdom: Measles vaccinations increase after Oahu child infected 100s of Volunteer Lawyers Needed to Commit Mentally Ill Homeless Police shut down cockfighting derby in Waianae Hawaiian Ocean View Has Abandoned Cars As Far As The Eye Can See Read More..

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 April 15, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:04 PM :: 2329 Views Former death row inmate on trial for sex trafficking charges in Hawaii  367 Guns Turned in at 'Buyback' Event Hensel: How Trump is Affecting UH Sister’s testimony offers clues to what happened to Ariel Sellers’ body Hawaii’s ‘Renewable’ Fossil Fuel Get Rich Scheme Commission manipulates aquifer data to jack up cost of housing in West Maui Voting Blind: Why Lawmakers Don't Know The Cost Of Bills Before They Vote More than 400 bills still alive as end of Legislative Session nears Green Signs Two Gun Bills into law—two more pending Keeping Christians Out of Schools Could Cost Hawaiʻi $100k How China's Military is Quietly Gaining Control of the Pacific Honolulu DCS Director Scores Free Trip To Poland ‘to approve colors’ of new licenses Councilwoman denies public safety conflict over relationship with fire battalion chief Several international students at UH have visas revoked Appeals court rules Maui mosquito release can proceed to help control avian malaria Transair to resurrect Hawaii cargo business after defeating FAA shutdown Read More..

Monday, April 14, 2025 April 14, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 1644 Views Waianae Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Methamphetamine Distribution and Operating Illegal Chicken Fights Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 11, 2025 Community input is sought to guide state wildlife action plan Federal Judge Won't Make Bribery Investigations Public State Water Commission Announces plan to Block Lahaina rental housing construction ‘for years’   Case Family Conspires with State to Ensure Housing not Built on Kauai Land Speedier Reviews, Quicker Honolulu Building Permits? Not So Fast City fails to collect $100M in TVR fines Cruise Lines Threaten Lawsuit Over Hawaii’s 11% 'Cabin Tax' Proposal Pay Raises: Honolulu Opened Floodgates, More to Follow Neighbor island businesses worry of shipping rate hike, tariffs Sports betting: All or Nothing in Conference Committee? Hawaii Governor calls for increased NZ leadership amid US funding freeze Lahaina Burning to the Ground Fooled 6% More into Believing Global Warming Hype Navy seeks to reactivate wells closed during Red Hill crisis Read More..

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