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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

​Pay Hike? Pledge to Recall Honolulu Councilmembers

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

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

1. Shinnyo-en Should not be on Memorial Day
2. Aloha, Sam Slom, Hawaii will miss you
3. Owning a firearm in Hawaii is about to get more expensive
4. CDC: Hawaii drug overdoses doubled over the last decade
5. Iolani is one team: Football Coach Slices Woman Open, Found Not guilty
6. Civil Beat sues FBI over agency secrecy
7. Hawai’i Green Energy Initiative Dirtier Than Coal -- Tourism Industry Exempted
8. After long wait, feds to once again back loans for homestead land cleared of WWII-era munitions
9. Red Hill Depositions Reveal More Details About What The Navy Knew About Spill
10. US Sen. Brian Schatz’s Subtle Push For More Psychedelic ‘Research’
11. 14 Years Later DoT Pretends to ‘Revitalize’ Vacant Honolulu Harbor Museum Property Again 
12. Nimitz Experience; Homeless Camps Line Road to Waikiki

• Shinnyo-en Should not be on Memorial Day
• Open Letter to ‘Honolulu Resilience Office’
• Iroquois Point Elementary School Water Drive

1. Hawaii Property Tax Rates Creeping Up
2. Hawaii governor still has long list of bills to sign
3. How Tommy Waters Engineered Salary Hike via Honolulu Salary Commission
4. Ban on outside work for City Council proposed
5. Shooting complex still closed to some activities
6. More Homeless Mayhem: State sees surge in syphilis infections, including for unborn babies
7. Makaha crash trial for HPD officers is delayed

1. Kakaako Makai Construction News: Gay Nightclub Backing Transsexual Challenger to House Speaker
2. Another $100M to Back GEMS Scam Loans
3. Hawaii moves to lure mainland doctors
4. Hawaii Lawmakers Did Not Fund The Overpass To Kihei’s New High School
5. Will Honolulu City Council Vote On Salary Increases?
6. A struggle trying to vote for neighborhood board
7. Changed Visitor Habits Crush Hawaii Travel Outlook
8. Kuhio Beach Packed with Homeless Criminals

1. The Lone Ranger
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 27, 2023
3. GET on Health Care
4. Census: 11.5% fewer children as young families flee state
5. State needs to rein in wild spending
6. Green to name new HTA board members: Freeze Out De Fries?
7. Green: Regent Abercrombie
8. Governors have been Pretending to do Something About Homelessness for 32 years
9. USA Boxing defends disciplinary actions stemming from unsanctioned Hawaii event

1. Simpsons in Hawaii
2. The Number of Troops Hawaii Sent to Fight in WWII
3. Honolulu Among Least Affordable Cities for Home Buyers
4. Line Item Veto of Slush Fund ‘the responsible thing to do'
5. HDoT Reopens HNL Runway--sort of
6. Green Opens First Homeless 'Kauhale'
7. Riots are Profitable: Civil Beat Publisher gives nearly $2M to ‘defund police’ — while funding private security startup
8. Neighborhood plagued with homeless drug addicts’ crimes -- bums threaten to torch Mama Woo’s
9. Hawaii Tourism Authority is asked to explain U.S., Canada awards
10. The New ‘Sustainable’ Tourism: HNL Busier Than Ever
11. Amid pay raise debate, City Council considering a ban on second jobs for its members
12. Overseer of zoo, Blaisdell Center, Waikiki Shell secretly resigned May 19
13. Honolulu & State Climate Lawsuits Present Contrasting Positions
14. Hawaii Homeownership rate among lowest in USA
15. Bill has commercial boat operators worried for their businesses

1. DPP Supervisor Gets 60 Months in Prison for Bribery Scheme
2. Hawaii Settles Lawsuit Allowing for Carrying of Billies for Self-Defense
3. Sailor Wins Right to Register Guns
4. Nan News: Under Green’s New Plan, One Aloha Stadium Contractor will Win all the Marbles
5. Top State Officials Were Behind A Secretive Process That Steered Millions To A First Responders Center
6. Rumblings Of Recall Amid Honolulu Pay Raise Uproar
7. Another CWS Fail: Man who pleaded guilty in horrific child pornography case faces 30 years behind bars
8. First DLNR Carbon Offset Scheme Was Verified by Discredited Company
9. Ho’ahu: Omidyar Minions See Molokai Crony-Capitalist Project as Model
10. Honolulu Officers Who Arrested 10-Year-Old Want Protection From Lawsuit

1. Surgeon General Warning: Social Media a profound risk to mental health of children
2. Wailuku: DLNR, NOAA Raid 'Antique Freak' Shop
3. Revealed: KSBE, Campbell Estate benefit from Secret Spending Found in Budget Worksheets
4. When Already? Hawaii Policymakers Just Can't Get Aloha Stadium or HCCC Past The Planning Stage
5. Green Announces New Aloha Stadium ‘plan’ ‘with modification’ or something
6. $600M DHHL: 161-lot homestead project in Waikapu breaks ground
7. Former city building chief sentenced to 5 years for role in bribery scheme
8. Hawaii and California are the LEAST affordable places to live in the U.S. as incomes fail to keep up with soaring property prices
9. Oahu medical calls up 20% since pre-COVID
10. Federal judge awards $30M to former military family in Tripler Medical Center malpractice case
11. Narrow Walkway only Route in or out of Pearl City Rail Station
12. City parking meter upgrades aimed to fix nearly $5M loss
13. Next Year's Elections Are Already Taking Shape — Quickly
14. HPD Officers Fail to Kill Felon, Get Sued

1. Sovereignty Hitman Gets Piddling 37 Months for Beheading Threats
2. Hawaii Next? California sued over Law Allowing Lawsuits Against Gun Manufacturers
3. 'Out of State Permits' Drop 30%
4. Honolulu Youth Commission now accepting applications 
5. Governor urged to veto ‘crypto crackdown’ bills
6. ‘Blame Katherine’ -- Louis Kealoha finds Media Flack to Peddle his latest story
7. Miske defendant appeals continued confinement to 9th Circuit
8. Over-regulation leading to those priced out of Hawaii like Iam Tongi
9. UHERO indicates that delays in the permitting process in Hawaii have been roughly three times longer than the national average.
10. CLUE: More Vacant Houses Means LOWER Housing Costs
11. Where have all the workers gone? Hawaii’s chief economist explains
12. Spying on You: Tourist tracking app could be part of Hawaii visitor management plan
13. Legislators Want Mass Release of Criminals -- Design OCCC Funding to Fail
14. Handi-Van saddled with Soderholm Truck-Vans (again)
15. Oahu’s red light cameras could expand to speeding
16. Oahu's stolen vehicles used for other crimes
17. Maui: Former Anti-GMO Mayoral Candidate Arrested after man shot multiple times with pepper ball launcher
18. Bumbling DoE Bureaucrats Return ‘Buy Local’ Funding to Federal Government

1. Flags Lowered for Late Senator Sam Slom
2. Slush Fund News: HTA Gives $27M Contract to CNHA
3. Public invited to observe 72nd Mayor’s Memorial Day Ceremony
4. Green Touts 'Progress' in First Six Months
5. 'Renewable' Gravy Train End of Line: After Decades, HECO Dumps 'Avoided Cost' Contracts
6. Let’s Be Real: Hawaii Legislators Can Pretty Much Serve As Long As They Want
7. $27.1M Payout to CNHA ‘Uncomfortably Irregular’
8. Dos Santos-Tam Scores Swiss Junket amid criticism
9. $253M in affordable housing funding to lapse, Honolulu officials say
10. Honolulu reports 500% increase in suicide attempts, especially among youth
11. Tokai Professor Busted in Child Sex Sting
12. Sovereignty Hitman found guilty of threatening to kill Waianae harbor master to be sentenced
13. Guam braces for ‘extensive damage’ from Typhoon Mawar
14. COVID outbreak at Hilo nursing home includes 93 cases, 1 death

1. Hawaii Residents Furthest Behind on Retirement Savings
2. Illegal ‘Five-Point System’ Allows Hawaii Tourism Authority to Funnel money to CNHA
3. Unconstitutional Process Wastes first $50M on First Responders Park
4. HART will ultimately hurt the less-fortunate more than it will help them
5. Building Affordable in California, Hawaii: High Demand, High Hurdles
6. Maui’s Zoning Code Is More Than 60 Years Old. Where’s The Update?
7. Police chief talks trust during EHCC panel discussion        
8. Rape Bus remains on Dillingham Blvd in Kalihi--Lawyer Hired instead of Tow Truck Driver

1. Another Rainy Day Slush Fund
2. A short list for the governor
3. Hawaii Republicans Still Trying to Figure out what to do After Convention Fails to Elect Party Treasurer
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 20, 2023
5. Legislature criticized for 12th ‘wild spending binge’
6. ‘Committee Chair System’ Helps Legislators Fake Support for Bills
7. Neighborhood boards speak out on ‘absurd’ pay raise proposal for City Councilmembers
8. Timeline: When Were Feds Watching Crooked Deals with Choy or Cullen?
9. Hawaii’s AD hiring process raises many questions
10. Has rail’s ridership train already left the station?
11. HB1373: Squabbles Derail Effort to Put IATSE Mafia Thugs to Work on More Movie Sets
12. Alleged Child Molester Indicted 2017 -- Still No Trial
13. Handi-Van: Soderholm Manipulates Bidding process (again)
14. Enviros Haven’t Killed Hawaii Fisheries Yet
15. Remaining OB providers try to fill the gap in care
16. Water rate hikes possible; new rate for hotels
17. Waiahole Valley residents and farmers facing sky-high rent this summer
18. Oahu crime numbers drop in 2022, HPD says

1. VIDEO: Why Hawaii might soon have more doctors
2. Green Tokioka DBEDT Appointment part of Dela Cruz’ $200M Slush Fund Scam
3. Priced out of paradise, Native Hawaiians make Las Vegas home
4. Cost of Hawai’i Electricity Likely to Remain High
5. Hawaii Hamstrings What Remains Of Aloha Airlines
6. Boy Scouts admits prior shooting cases, attorneys say

1. What went well — and wrong — at the 2023 Hawaii Legislature
2. The Number of Weather Disasters that Hit Hawaii in the Last Decade
3. DoT Mess: Statewide Road Projects on Hold Until 2024 due to Massive Airport Problems
4. HPD Investigation Of Makaha Cops Is Wrapping Up, Commission Told
5. Judge denies Katherine Kealoha’s efforts to be released from custody
6. Few Respond to Red Hill Survey
7. The Other Gender Gap Starts in Kindergarten
8. ‘Thinly Veiled Scam’--Highgate publishes first Hotel ESG Report--touts Hawaii Carbon Credit Scheme
9. NPS, FAA propose crackdown on Hawaii air tours
10. State tax inspectors to hassle small businesses over cash-based businesses
11. Honolulu City Council to offer 50% property tax break to 200 businesses impacted by rail construction
12. New homeless facility that long sat idle will soon house medical respite beds
13. Residents alarmed over Kailua Bay’s ‘stench,’ high bacteria levels linked to sewage plant

1. Rectenwald Worked With Environmental Group Tied To Oil Plaintiffs’ Lawyers
2. 'Empty homes' tax unlikely to ease housing crisis, new report concludes
3. US Pacific Fishing Fleet Role in Countering China
4. Got Nepotism? Ethics Commission has a Form for That
5. Honolulu Council ‘Affordable Housing’ Plan--A $25,000 per day fine on ‘empty’ houses
6. Hawaii tax collections turned red in April
7. People Fleeing Hawaii are Primary Creators of new Housing Units
8. Last Honolulu Permitting Worker Pleads Guilty
9. State Fines Carpenters Union Operative $3,000 for violating campaign spending law
10. Politicians and Judges Should be Held to Same Standard as Union Bosses
11. Perreira: Nobody Wants my HGEA Jobs
12. DoE Feeds Propaganda to Star-Adv
13. Despite accelerated timeline, military’s Red Hill plan doesn’t account for up to 400,000 gallons of fuel
14. Hawaii County Council Tinkers with Property taxes to create Utopian Agricultural Dream
15. Naniloa again seeks permission to refinance
16. Soft on Crime: Honokaa shooter got ‘supervised release’ for selling drugs, stealing car 
17. Plea Bargain: Schizo Killer will be out in a Few Years

1. OHA Biennium Budget Available for Community Input
2. City sets public hearing on new rules for personalized license plates 
3. SB821: Illegal Fireworks Task Force
4. “Aloha Always WINS!” Children’s Program & Book Fights Bullying in over 300 Hawaii schools
5. Kidnapping: Will Political Connections Help Anderson Evade Felony Charge? -- Miske Lawyer Pressures Prosecutor, Victim
6. Defueling Red Hill planned for October under latest timeline
7. Hawaii coal power plant to be dismantled, transitioned to battery farm
8. Hu Honua News: Biomass is the opposite of sustainable
9. Why Won't Hawaii Lawmakers Let The Public Vote On Important Policy Questions?
10. State Says City Downplayed Public Health Risks From Kailua Sewage

1. ‘Defense wins championships’
2. HECO Admits De-carbonization Means Rate Hikes
3. Study Links Hawaii JROTC to positive education and career outcomes
4. Honolulu Lowest Starting Salaries in USA 
5. $2M Settlement for Female Inmates 
6. Hawaii burned thru $1.2 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
7. Ikaika Anderson, arrested for allegedly abusing girlfriend (is represented by Michael Miske’s lawyer)
8. Sentencing delayed in large public corruption case
9. Soft on Crime: Thousands could have their brass knuckle arrest records expunged after state Supreme Court ruling
10. Hawaii Legislature dials back aid grants
11. Honolulu Council P.I.G. discusses real property tax bills
12. Green Picked Tokioka to Save the Hawaii Tourism Authority
13. Kids Targeted Again: 'Pride week' at Hawai'i Island school
14. Federal bust nets ‘significant player’ in Hawaii fentanyl trade--after State Drops Ball 10 Times
15. Because we don’t have Mental Hospital Beds, HPD Answers 947 Mental Health Calls in 2022 

1. Best States to Be a Police Officer--Hawaii 40th
2. Hawaii Alzheimer's Patient Count Expected to Increase 20%
3. Got $1.5M? You Can Retire in Hawaii
4. Hawaii 2nd-Most Distracted Drivers
5. Is Hawai’i Legislature’s State Budget Bill Constitutional?
6. Donna Kim’s Ex-Husband Tangles with Gay Nightclub, Gets Media Attention
7. Former Navatek Executives Plead Guilty To Sending Illegal Donations To US Sen. Susan Collins
8. It’s time for OHA to change its messaging about Kakaako Makai
9. Proposed New UH Athletic Director Spearheaded Florida Stadium Project

1. Ding Dong, the Green Fee is Dead
2. ‘One step forward, one step back’ was Legislature’s MO
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 13, 2023
4. Hawaii State Ethics Commission Legislative Wrap-up
5. Neighborhood Board Elections: Voting Ends Friday May 19
6. Green’s $200M?  “I never got anything like that”
7. Critics of state budget show courage, insight
8. Discord among Hawaii GOP lawmakers lingers
9. HMA applauds legislative healthcare progress
10. Journalists To Get More Protection Under Shield Law Passed By Hawaii Legislature
11. Par Pacific: Investment In Hawaii Renewable Fuels Should Accelerate Growth 
12. City Dumping Sewage into Kailua Bay, Again 
13. Hawaii bankruptcies go up 29% on heels of rising rates

1. Biggest Budget Increase Ever: The good, bad and ‘mostly ugly’ at 2023 Legislature
2. Anti-Gun Gay Rights Lawyer to be Next Solicitor General
3. Hawaii DoE Legislative Wrap-up
4. Promise and peril for Hawaiʻi’s economy, UHERO forecasts
5. Governor calls freshman senator’s controversial comments an ‘abomination’
6. Above the Law: State Official indicted for multiple counts of sex assault of a minor, released
7. Above the Law: No Punishment for Alleged Rapist Football Players
8. Feds Handle Case: Gay Socialist Hawaii teacher expected to plead guilty to distributing child porn
9. In about-face, state agrees to pay women’s prison sex assault victims $2M in settlement

1. Counties should prioritize lowering property taxes
2. Oahu Homeless PIT Count--59% Unsheltered
3. Open Letter to ‘Honolulu Resilience Office’
4. Iroquois Point Elementary School Water Drive
5. EEOC Sues Honolulu Restaurant and HR Company for Sexual Harassment of Male Employees
6. Federal COVID Emergency Ends
7. Overtime Violation: Feds Bust Kauai Cleaning Company Again
8. Craig Angelos recommended for UH Mānoa athletics director
9. Gabbard vs Hirono for US Senate?
10. Coke Dealer Started Electrification of Ground Transportation in Hawaii
11. Preliminary hearing next week for Miske co-defendant after arrest for threatening witness
12. HPD arrests Convicted Pimp for allegedly kidnapping 3-month-old baby in Waipahu
13. Again with this? Capitol reflecting pools receive another $33.5M for ongoing repairs
14. HCR108: ‘Cultural Appropriation’ to become Money Spinner for OHA?  
15. Gov. Green considers permanent protections for journalists
16. Board Of Education To Consider Computer Science As A Graduation Requirement
17. ‘Dropping like flies before our very eyes’: Kaua‘i County Council supports mosquito biocontrol to protect honeycreepers
18. As fentanyl-tainted drugs proliferate, Hawaii sees record number of overdose deaths and a disturbing trend
19. For another year, these neighbor island fairs were canceled. This time, staffing is the problem