1. Hawaii Steepest Housing Cost Increases in USA
2. Agribusiness Development Corporation--Auditor Finds 'Material Weakness'
3. Maui Musical Chairs: Rumor of Roz Baker Retirement 
4. Economic Freedom: Ige Ranks 43rd
5. The Navy Water Crisis Could Halt New Construction On Oahu
6. New rail route is just ‘first phase,’ Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi says
7. SB3334: HCDA to Control Aloha Stadium project
8. SB555: So-Called ‘Ban’ on Fundraisers during Session has Gigantic Loophole
9. Legislature advances bill giving counties more power to take private property
10. Hawaii Legislature Debates Creating a Department of Environmental Protection
11. HART Offered CEO a Bonus so She Could make a Show of rejecting it
12. Bound for heavy debate, bill seeks to strip UH as sole manager of Mauna Kea  
13. Mike Molina: Time for Jones Act to be suspended
14. 1,000 Criminals Walk Free-- Legislature Passes Bill To Clear Up ‘Chaotic Situation’ In State Courts
15. Business Owners Face Special Challenges Posed By The Homeless Crisis
16. To slow ‘monster home’ construction, city revokes permit for Pacific Heights property

1. HB2125: Criminalize Parental Involvement in Education
2. HSTA Seminar: How to Transsexualize K-12 Students 
3. Homicide Surge Caused by COVID Criminal Releases
4. Honolulu Human Trafficking Task Force: 40 Investigations But No Convictions And Few Arrests
5. Kaua‘i council, boards, commissions return to in-person meetings March 28
6. Kaua‘i Federal employee pleads not guilty to federal charges
7. UH Admits Ocean Acidification, Coral Die-off a Bunch of Hype
8. Hawaii case moves further than any other climate suit

1. The last time Congress created a new state
2. Earned Income Tax Credit: Great, but Where Is It?
3. OHA Completes only 28% of Audit Recommendations
4. Hawaii's leading newspaper supports Jones Act waiver
5. Five myths that pervade the minimum-wage debate
6. HB1837 HD1 a good vehicle for identifying Hawaii housing barriers
7. Ethics: State Employees Can't Self-License, but they can Self-Deal
8. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
9. Federal Investigation to Target HART?
10. Shorter Honolulu rail route could avert Kakaako dispute
11. Overtime Slush Fund: 5,000 Ghost Positions and Legislators Want to Add More
12. Alleged Tantalus Shooter is Son of Two HPD Officers
13. Bills Mandating Count of Every Person for Apportionment die in House
14. Hawaii unemployment fund needs more money after federal bailouts end
15. Grants-In-Aid Set for Monday
16. When You're Cracking Down On Corruption, Don't Forget Lobbyists
17. Accused crime boss Mike Miske's trial date could be pushed back
18. State To Pay $40,000 After UPW Members Facilitate USO Gang Attack At Oahu Jail

1. ALOHA homes proposal 'fundamentally flawed'
2. Your house probably made more than you did last year
3. DoH Declares Navy Water Safe in All Residential Areas
4. Chief Justice Appoints Two New Oahu Judges
5. HB124: Committee amends bill for Hawaii election guide
6. Hawaii Supreme Court Denies Redistricting Challenge--103 Candidates Pull Papers
7. New Federal Charges Filed--Ratting out Caldwell Leong’s Only Hope?
8. HB2414 Amended to Eliminate GE Tax on Diapers, Food And Medicine
9. HGEA’s Pet Speaker: Saiki Triple-Refers $94M HSTA Pay Hike
10. DPP Corruption Dooms Affordable Housing, Green Energy
11. Three Steps to Improve Ethics in Hawaii Government
12. Maui County Charter Amendments Could Create Even More New County Bureaucracies
13. Hu Honua News: Big Island Mayor Asks Governor to Declare Energy Emergency
14. Raising a new Generation of Potheads: Legislators Push More Candy Marijuana Edibles--Less Flavored Vape for Hawaii Children
15. Man killed in Waianae shooting was released from prison six months ago by order of HPA

1. House Committees Refuse to Hear SB2422 -- Bill Would Have Ended Foster Care Abuse Coverups
2. Election 2022: Big Drama in CD2 Dem Primary?
3. Feds Sentence Ohio Scamsters for Ripping off Hawaii Unemployment
4. Ten Senators Share in Lava Tube Dishonor
5. “Defend Hawaii” owner pleads guilty in Miske racketeering case
6. Zippy’s Again: Windward Oahu legislator Jarrett Keohokalole misused state money
7. Canceling Captain Cook? Resolution seeks to rename South Kona town
8. $25 billion Hawaii state budget passes House, moves to Senate
9. HB2278: ‘Carbon Cashback’ Bill Just Another Tax
10. Murder on steps of Kapolei Police Station Because Lunatic was not Put Back Inside Lunatic Asylum
11. Homicides Put Oahu on Edge
12. 46-Time Loser Got Another Chance, Guess What happened Next
13. Committee passes bill aimed at letting lots and lots of criminals back out onto the streets--but don’t worry, they’ll be female, sort of
14. Employees Say Waikiki Health Retaliated Over Transgender Bathroom Access
15. Mandatory Sex Change bill Set to be Rewritten in Conference Committee

1. Putin's Potted Tulsi -- Gabbard says US ‘not so different’ from Russia on free speech
2. McDermott: DoD Red Hill Closure Memo 'a vague non-binding promise'
3. Cocaine News: Councilwoman Heidi Tsuneyoshi Obtains Divorce -- After Trying to Keep Case Records Secret
4. Hawaii 6th-Worst Drivers in USA
5. Fat-City-Survey-Honolulu-Ranks-95th-in-Obesity
6. Hawaii 4th-Fewest One-Person Households
7. Hawaii highest household net worth in USA
8. Individual Income Taxes -- Hawaii 5th Worst
9. Shell Bill: $300M funding proposed for Hawaii low-income rental housing
10. Millions in proposed funding sparks new interest in Hawaiian Home Lands
11. HPD: Officers involved in near-fatal Makaha crash may face felony charges
12. State To Pay $250,000 To Cover Lawyers’ Fees for Lawsuit Designed to Force-Release Lots and Lots of Criminals
13. Homelessness is Expensive: DLNR says it needs over $13M to demolish abandoned Hilo hotel torched by squatters
14. Plan to stop rail construction at South Street puts several Kakaako properties in limbo
15. Glasgow City Council bid to save Falls of Clyde ship receives major boost

1. State of the City: Blangiardi Announces Latest Scheme to Get Rail Money Withheld by Feds
2. Hawaii Supreme Court Denies Redistricting Challenge--Filing Now Open for all Races 
3. Hawaii National Guard Completes Two-Year COVID Mission
4. Drugs In Hawaii’s UPW-Controlled Prisons: ‘We Are Swimming In Spice’, and staff are sometimes involved in the drug trade
5. HPD’s interim chief withdraws from list of candidates for permanent job
6. The New Political Reality: Illegal Virtual meetings in virtual backrooms
7. Navy orders ‘supplemental investigation’ of Red Hill
8. Public Utilities Commission Investigates Sandwich Isles Communications
9. Kauai Council News: ANOTHER Brun co-conspirator pleads guilty
10. Waianae Meth Gang Moved 120 lbs
11. Puana's terroristic threatening case delayed after prosecutor's office conflicts out
12. City Council measure urges city to restore public access to first responder radio
13. Conservation: City Parks Among Biggest Water users
14. Wood Pellets Coming: Oahu Solar Projects Wrestle With Delays
15. Woman jailed for stealing from Molokai nonprofit

1. VIDEO: Why Hawaii Needs a Jones Act Waiver
2. Public feedback needed for update to Maunakea management plan
3. Last Chance to Save Caldwell: Lawyers Argue Not a Crime to Transfer $250K to Kealoha
4. Star-Adv: Put a Jones Act waiver to the test
5. Hawaii Supreme Court to hear reapportionment dispute today
6. Maunakea bill still alive in Senate
7. Lawmakers weigh measures to tax rental car companies
8. State of the County: Boost the city’s ope­rating budget by 14%
9. Tourism returns nearly full force to Hawaii
10. Costs threaten Hawaii restaurants
11. Kauai Electric Bills Set to Rise Less than Others
12. In body cam video, witnesses to crash involving officers urge police to ‘investigate’ what happened  
13. Bills would extend Ohana Zones program
14. More Homeless Mayhem: Squatters Torch Makiki Hts Home
15. State Judiciary: Kill a dude in Chinatown, get back out on the streets in a year

1. Romney Slams Gabbard for 'Parroting Russian Propaganda,' 'Treasonous Lies'
2. Let’s Not Die on Red Hill
3. ‘Open Secret’ Malu Motta’s best friend took over Hawaii County Hiring for Four Years--Bypassed Civil Service Rules to Hire ‘POI’
4. Hawaiian Home Lands survey shows half of respondents would trade their waitlist spot for $100K
5. Big Island Bioenergy Plant Searches For More Trees — And Regulatory Approval
6. Delay expected for national park air tour plans in Hawaii
7. Next Boondoggle: Public workshops scheduled for Ala Wai flood risk abatement

1. Can we please try some housing policies that work, like the ‘Tokyo model’?
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 11, 2022
3. Non-Ad Valorem Property Tax Financing
4. Do You Trust Corrupt DPP to Seize Property by Assessing Fines?
5. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review  
6. 63 Candidates File for Election
7. A Billion here, $600M there -- More spending by legislators
8. Tourist Fees Still Alive, Tax Rebate Dead
9. Accountability for Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ funds?
10. After Arrests, Ethics Bills on the Move in Legislature
11. Housing Bills on the Move in Legislature
12. Onishi pushes back on retirement fund bill
13. War In Ukraine Helps Drive Up The Cost Of Living In The Pacific
14. Kauai Council News: Only Felicia Cowden was Craven Enough to Accept Putin Junket
15. Kauai Council News: Brun co-conspirator pleads guilty
16. No Bidders For Incredibly Cheap Russian Oil
17. U.S. tsunami warning system needs major overhaul, report says

1. Blangiardi meets with FTA to discuss Honolulu Rail Project
2. Halftime at the Legislature--What's Hot, and Not, in Tax
3. Jones Act waiver request for fuel imports goes national
4. VIDEO: Grassroot Institute Celebrates 20 Years
5. DoH Declares Navy Water Safe in More Areas
6. Applicants Sought to Fill Vacancies on the Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court
7. Hawaii Workforce Shrinks--Unemployment 4.4% for January
8. Stars Align for Hawaii Jones Act Waiver?
9. Let’s Not Die on Red Hill
10. Maui: New Police Chief Pushes out old guard
11. Ige Appoints Utilities Insider to Chair PUC
12. 15% pay raises granted for Maui County directors and deputies
13. 400 acres of major Lahaina project Villages of Leialiʻi offered to DHHL

1. Honolulu ‘Ethics’ Commission: Kealoha Investigations Closed, Lets go After Tupola
2. Legislators Have Extra $450M to waste -- But War In Ukraine Dampens Economic Future
3. Raising the ‘tip credit’ for servers
4. This New Hawaii Commission Is Aimed At Open Government. So Why Has It Been Meeting In Secret?
5. HGEA Endorses Josh Green for Governor
6. Testimony raises questions about what chief knew about murder outside HPD station
7. Before Murder, Miske had Fraser Beaten
8. Kahikina Poised To Get $25K Bonus For First Year As Rail Director
9. UH Engineering Professors Want Rail Guy Gone
10. Key player in Kauai councilman's drug trafficking ring reaches plea agreement
11. Former Kauai federal employee racked up $17K unauthorized charges
12. 15 Firearms, Ammunition Stolen from DLNR Armory
13. Hawaii House Proposes 48 New ‘Positions’ To Beef Up Child Welfare Services
14. 300 Volunteers Take to Street to Count Oahu Homeless

1. Ignoring the Science for Ideologies
2. 'Tokyo Model' Can Create More Housing for Hawaii
3. Ige appoints Luella Costales to House District 39 Seat
4. Hawaii Moves to Weekly COVID Reporting
5. Schatz: Earmarks Are Back
6. Senate Approves More Millions for Red Hill
7. ​UH Mānoa receives full 10-year accreditation
8. Blangiardi to meet with FTA to discuss Honolulu Rail Project
9. Lawmaker Calls For Investigations Of State Ag Park Program
10. Cowden Ethics Violation for Work with Russia Agent
11. Offshore Wind Energy Bill Sails Through Hawaii Senate with Key Element Blanked Out
12. Copying California: Kauai Council passes bill to outlaw single-family subdivisions
13. Copying California: Bill Diverts 75% of Property Tax to useless overpriced, failed homeless programs
14. Copying Vancouver: Honolulu's ‘Empty Homes’ Tax Proposal Is Mostly An Empty Promise
15. Hawaiian Electric Reports Net Income Increase For 2021--Gives Pretend Money to Deadbeats
16. Navy Says It Shouldn't Have To Share More Red Hill Documents
17. Board of Water Supply puts out urgent call for voluntary water conservation on Oahu
18. Sources: Police dropped 2 murder suspects off at Waikiki hotel but didn’t monitor them
19. Witness: Woman beaten to death on police station steps asked for help before attack
20. Surviving 107 degree fever and coma, Maui police recruit recounts close brush with death

1. Feds Indict Russian Agent -- Organized Kauai Council Junket to Russia
2. Ige: Hawaii Indoor Mask Mandate Ends March 26
3. Case Asks Biden to Waive Jones Act to Ship US Oil to Hawaii
4. Thanks to Sneaky Lawyers, Jones Act Waiver will Require Act of Congress
5. State Releases Agricultural Land Use Baseline Study
6. Maui’s Automated Planning and Permitting System to launch April 18
7. How Hawaii’s Spike in Gas Prices Compares to the Nation
8. OSHA Raids: Hawaii 4th Most Likely Target
9. Special Funds? In 2022 Legislature 100% Fail Analysis
10. DoH Declares Navy Water Safe in More Areas
11. Is Hawaii's Legislature Corrupt?
12. Two more Miske co-defendants expected to flip
13. Electric bills may bring jolt: Could see charge increase 20%
14. Isles need Jones Act waiver for oil imports
15. Half-Way Point: House Approves Stadium Boondoggle, Minimum Wage, Capital Gains Tax, DHHL, Mauna Kea Bills
16. Rail park-and-ride facility’s cost soar to half billion
17. Homeless from out-of-state increases in isles
18. Hawaii Proud Boys founder likely headed to trial for his role in U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6

1. DoD to Permanently Close Red Hill
2. What does it take to convince four chronic homeless to get off streets?
3. Outdoor masking to be optional at HIDOE schools and offices
4. Bill pays $100,000 to Take Name Off DHHL wait list
5. Honolulu Mayor’s Budget Proposal Includes No Tax Rate Or Fee Hikes
6. Capital Gains Tax Increase And A New Carbon Tax May Not Make The Cut
7. No More ‘Released Pending Investigation’? -- But Only for Assaults on Police
8. Will traveler information in Safe Travels be deleted?
9. Hawaii Senator Takes Aim at Tenure
10. Reapportionment Commission preps to defend against lawsuit

1. HB1697: DoE to Promote Sex Change for K-12 Students
2. Oahu Family Court Vacancy
3. $100 rebates to Hawaii taxpayers dead at Legislature
4. Dirtier Than Coal: Hawaii lawmakers stir debate over controversial wood-fueled energy project
5. Lobbyists should disclose specific bills they are working for or against
6. Why It Costs So Much To Own A Car In Hawaii
7. Homeless Psycho Slasher outwits HGEA Members, Escapes from State Lunatic Asylum
8. Father of missing 18-month-old Kytana Ancog appears in court
9. Plans Stalled For Kauai’s Vacant Residential Drug Facility
10. Food Safety Audits Could Hamper Hawaii’s Efforts Toward More Food Production

1. Launching an Annual Attack on the Wealthy
2. No More Russian Oil: Rep Ed Case Seeks Jones Act Waiver
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 5, 2022
4. UHERO: Economic Recovery Comes with End of COVID Restrictions
5. 50 Candidates File for Election
6. Hint to Caldwell: Cornered, Roy Amemiya Brought Jeremy Harris Down
7. Saiki: My Corruption Committee is Just Window Dressing
8. If Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation won’t accept needed oversight, freeze its funding
9. City Council Woman Heidi Tsuneyoshi Complains About Free Speech
10. Hawaii Co Council meetings to remain closed to public this month
11. Hawaii lawmakers in favor of ending mask mandate
12. Hawaii Lawmakers Should Identify The People Asking For Legislation
13. Bill could remove duty to retreat from Hawaii law
14. A history of dubious deals
15. More Homeless Mayhem: Elementary School Burglarized

1. It Took Two Arrests to Do It, but Finally State Capitol Will Reopen to Public
2. Tourists Evacuated: Drugged-out Homeless Zombies Torch Hotel After DLNR Cuts Security
3. Supreme Court Finds State Violated Water Leasing Law in East Maui
4. Bill 9: ‘Empty homes’ tax won’t fulfill intention
5. Inflation: 49% of Hawaii Households Have Difficulty with Monthly Bills
6. Caldwell’s planning commissioner beat rap on Illegal Fireworks--owns Palolo site of 3 gambling raids
7. Lt. Governor calling for Governor to end Hawaii's indoor mask mandate
8. House and Senate move closer on minimum wage timeline
9. Protect astronomy in isles: Stop HB2024
10. SB2535 could nix plans for an offshore wind farm developer
11. Maui County Council races may prove a crowded field
12. 6 city ambulances out of service awaiting repairs, putting stress on emergency fleet
13. More Homeless Mayhem: Suspect arrested in NYC anti-Asian crime spree had been in trouble in Honolulu

1. Hawaii Needs Jones Act Waiver for Fuel Imports
2. DoH Declares Navy Water Safe in More Areas
3. Save Astronomy, Stop HB2024
4. Hawaii Supreme Court ruling results in dismissal of 730 criminal cases
5. After being closed due to the pandemic, state Capitol to reopen to the public
6. Hawaii Senate Bills Would Earmark Nearly $1 Billion For Housing Projects
7. Construction Defects on DHHL Projects
8. Hawaii GOP chair believes local Republicans must challenge entrenched Democrats
9. Hawaii medical marijuana dispensaries soon can sell gummies, brownies
10. Tourists Evacuate After Drugged-out Homeless Zombies Torch Hotel

1. Hawaii's Only Refiner Suspends Purchases of Russian Oil
2. Gun Bills Set for House Floor Votes
3. Revised minimum wage bill takes legislators off the hot seat
4. CARES Money Housed 787 Homeless on Oahu
5. DoH Revises Admin Rules for Marijuana and Hemp
6. DHS Touts Effort to Keep Children With Families 
7. Hawaiian Electric seeking proposals for firm renewable energy on Oahu
8. How to Avoid indictment? Kirk Caldwell joins gubernatorial race
9. Judge In Conspiracy Case OKs Deposition Of Terminally Ill Ex-Budget Director
10. Old Boys: ‘Government Corruption is Just a Conspiracy Theory’
11. Will Mauna Kea Bill Die in Senate?
12. SHOPO Explains how Staffing Hype will Help Officers Rack up More Overtime
13. Hawaii Lawmakers Advance Measures To Fund The Police Standards Board
14. Mayor Rick Blangiardi considering contract allowing media access to first-responder radio
15. Mokapu Elem Parents Petition Against Outdoor Mask Rule
16. HSTA Member could get 20 years for child molestation
17. Dirtier than Coal: HECO Mandates Conversion to Wood Pellets

1. Ige: Safe Travels to End March 25
2. DBEDT: Tourists Back at Record Levels by 2025
3. Results: Honolulu survey on spending of federal recovery funds
4. Blangiardi Appoints Sheet Metal Union Boss to HART Board
5. Hawaii Republicans Kick Off Campaign Season
6. Maui County Plastic Ban Now in Effect
7. Hawai'i Supreme Court Ends Deceptive Legislative Practice
8. DoH Declares Navy Water Safe in More Areas
9. Government Corruption: If you see something, say something
10. WSJ: Jonesing to Give Up Russian Oil
11. ‘Serious Misgivings’ -- Bill to create new Maunakea governing body passes three House committees
12. Retaliation: CWS is Just Another Tool
13. Alleged Groper May Walk Free -- Hundreds of misdemeanor cases are dismissed due to Hawaii Supreme Court ruling
14. ‘Waste of taxpayer money’: Socialist lawmaker opposes protecting coastal properties

1. Blangiardi announces the end of the City’s COVID-19 emergency orders
2. Applicants Sought for State Ethics Commission
3. HGEA Members Finally Returning to Work at DHS Processing Centers
4. DoH: Navy Already in Violation of Emergency Order
5. English Using ‘Long Haul COVID’ Gambit to Reduce Federal Sentence
6. Statewide Candidates Can Pull Papers Now
7. Father of murder suspect calls for investigation into how his son was allowed to walk free
8. Oahu police staffed at dangerously low level, says SHOPO
9. EPA probe of Red Hill facility begins this week to look into Navy’s operation of fuel tanks
10. DLNR: Our Plan is to Keep Letting Houses Fall into the Ocean
11. ‘We’re dying by a thousand cuts’: Bill would remove redundant regulations for state’s hemp farmers

1. Lawmaker asks Ige to drop Hawaii's mask mandate
2. Hawaii 2nd-Lowest COVID Deaths Per Capita
3. Navy Secretary Visits Red Hill Again
4. Tourist Spending Down 19% from Pre-Pandemic Numbers
5. The Perpetual Covid ‘Emergency’--Will Legislators Trade Democracy for Food Stamps?
6. $128M Giveaway to HSTA
7. Insiders Say a Rule Change Would Persuade More Cronies to Volunteer
8. Releases From Hawaii Prisons Slowed During Pandemic Despite Supreme Court Orders
9. Two virtual currency bills pass final committee hearings
10. Rental car crunch hits Hawaii (again)
11. The Latest Failed Shenanigans by Hu Honua

1. Blockbusters Buried in “Tax Administration”
2. Jones Act a threat to Hawaii security?
3. Halfway Point Legislation Alive and Dead
4. HB1732: Legislators Vote to Ban Carrying Tasers
5. Hawaii: Second-Largest Families in USA
6. SB3209: $16M Pay Hike and Less Classroom Time for Teachers
7. Heroic HSTA Steward Keeps Teachers out of Classroom
8. Putin's Pet Tulsi Gabbard draws cheers as CPAC Keynote
9. “It’s uncommon when they get caught”
10. Money piling up behind candidates in Hawaii gubernatorial race
11. Police Commission Silent on Kapolei Murder
12. Let’s Remove Obstacles That Keep Citizens From Getting Government Records
13. Carbon tax expensive, does little good
14. Much of Hawaii is powered by Russian crude oil
15. Hawaii State Courts Only Ones Falling for ‘Sue Big Oil’ Scam
16. Like Prevails Over Iseri In Kauai Prosecutor Race
17. Sen. Stanley Chang Bill Would Legalize Monster Homes
18. Homeless Criminal from Mainland Arrested for Murder

1. HD39: Democrats Pick Three to Replace Ty Cullen
2. SB2967 SD1 frees cryptocurrency from having to hold actual money
3. Mayor Victorino repeals all Maui County Public Health Emergency Rules as of March 1
4. HB2303: Help State and County Agencies Keep Their Secrets
5. Alone in USA, Hawaii Gov. David Ige still firm on keeping indoor mask mandate
6. HART Insiders Hype Another Frog Problem in Effort to Stall Rail Opening
7. Aloha Stadium Boondoggle can Still be Stopped as project leaders lobby for $180M from state legislature 
8. Principal must be reinstated at Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind, arbitrator says
9. Amid ongoing flushing efforts, Navy finds high levels of petroleum, other compounds in tap water
10. Next Kealoha to be selected by June, commissioners say
11. SB2670 to create Hawaii LGBTQ+ Commission advances

1. Mililani Trask Selected as OHA Trustee
2. HB2278: Fuel tax damage will far outweigh measly tax credit
3. Candidate filing period put on hold due to lawsuit over redrawn voter maps
4. SB2801:  Creates System to Charge More Police Officers for ‘Brutality’
5. 18-time Convicted Felon Writes SB3344 to Make prison More Fun -- Hawaii lawmakers fly to Arizona to Meet Him
6. Sale of Miske property in Hawaii Kai completed
7. Two Days Left: Kauai Prosecuting Attorney Special General Election
8. State-Run retirement bill passes committees
9. Red Hill: Activists Attack EPA
10. Farmers Sue Ag Dep’t over Mis-Management of Ag Parks
11. Hawaii Circuit Court judge rules against throwing out suit against oil corporations

1. HB2164 Self-Defense: House Judiciary Committee Hearing
2. DoH Declares Navy Water Safe on Pearl City Peninsula
3. SB3254: Hawaii Election Apportionment Should not Exclude Military, Students
4. $1B Surplus?  Lets Give it all to OHA and DHHL
5. Honolulu City Council Approves New Pretend Regulations On Red Hill Fuel Facility
6. Development details of Aloha Stadium district remain murky
7. SB2054: Mopeds, Buses, Taxis, Uber to be Taxed--Amount Kept Secret
8. Many Maui businesses now thriving after mayor eliminates vaccine-or-test rule
9. Maui Council: Vacation rental caps, other anti-tourism measures on the table
10. Council considers giving police commission more power to hold chief accountable
11. Honolulu Settles Four Law Enforcement Lawsuits
12. Lawmakers want the state to take over Lake Wilson, but it would come at a steep price
13. HECO Wants Firm Renewable Energy Projects on O’ahu
14. Former Bishop Estate Trustee Oz Stender Dies

1. Cocaine News: Heidi Tsuneyoshi declares candidacy for Governor as Republican 
2. Conspiracy to Defraud Honolulu Homeless Program Nets Federal Prison Sentences
3. COVID Fraud: Stacy Higa Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison
4. Dead Bats: Supreme Court Upholds BLNR Approval of Na Pua Makani Windfarm
5. Exempt Hawaii from Jones Act to ensure continued oil imports
6. Mauna Kea: UH Seeks Cultural Practitioners for 'Cultural Impact Assessment'
7. Ban Fundraisers During Session? SB555 Goes to Senate Floor
8. Navatek Execs Arrested by FBI
9. Hirono Defends Decision Not To Back Bill That Would Shut Down Red Hill
10. Want To Run For Office? Filings Postponed
11. An Anguished Father Calls For Mental Health Reform After Murder
12. $164M Property Tax Exemptions on the Line in ‘Vague’ Bill 42
13. ACLU Pushes to Abolish Samoan Way of Life
14. Driving up the Cost of Housing: Hawaii Co Council bill would require parking lots be 16% EV charging stations
15. There Are Widespread Reports of Sex Trafficking, So Why No Convictions?
16. Amid Navy water crisis, civilian families living on military housing face rent hike

1. OHA Does not Back HB2024: Wants to Make Money from Telescopes
2. Hawaii 3rd Highest Jobs Opening Rate
3. Record graduation rates at UH campuses across the state
4. What Census Data Reveals About Hawaii AntiVaxxers
5. Fundraising events during session net $1.5M for English and other top Legislators
6. Push to drain Red Hill fuel creates target for enemy attack
7. Idea: Lets Give OHA and DHHL $1.2B (again) and Bulldoze all the Telescopes
8. PRP Works to Keep Housing Costs High (again)
9. Sluggish NASED project looms as Hawaii bids Aloha to Aloha Stadium
10. Some Hawaii Agencies Are Pushing A Bill That Would Limit Public Access To Government Records
11. Millions unspent as HPD patrol staffing lags and police actions decline     
12. Community leaders seek to ban chronic criminals from returning to Waikiki, other resort areas--LoPresti Says Locals are Criminals
13. Father of murder suspect calls for changes to help the mentally ill
14. 2,500 Deinstitutionalized IDD Patients About to Run out of Options
15. Community Rallies Against Tsuneyoshi Push to Seize Land
16. How Paradise Beverages got caught polluting Waiawa Stream
17. CNHA Buys Apartment Complex, Plans to Kick out Tenants, Jack up Rents

1. Samuel Wilder King II, Kalanikupua, Enters OHA At-Large-Trustee Race
2. Hawaii is the #2 state with the most pothole complaints
3. Hawaii Cost of Living 93% Above US Average  
4. CD2 Open Seat?  U.S. Rep. Kai Kahele wants to Leave Congress
5. Djou: Reform Hawaii Elections To Stop Local Corruption
6. The issue of big money in politics
7. SB2819: HSTA Grabs for $94M Pay and Benefit Hike
8. Kamalani Academy parents sue charter school commission
9. Choking off Supply to Jack up Prices: 18 Years of Planning and not a Shovel Turned
10. Media No Longer able to monitor calls for Honolulu police, fire and Emergency Medical Services

1. Election year or not, higher taxes are on the Legislature’s agenda
2. Auditor: OHA Created $15M Special Fund, Did not Report to Legislature
3. SB2819: $26K Pay Hike for Teachers Outside Collective Bargaining
4. Physician Shortage: The further from Honolulu the worse it gets
5. ​SB555: Ban Fundraisers During Session
6. Honolulu COVID Restrictions to End March 5
7. Red Hill:  Its the Pipes, not the Tanks
8. Mauna Kea: Will House Advance HB2024 to Abolish Telescopes?
9. To fix Hawaii’s corruption, start with legislative term limits
10. How Honolulu’s Ex-City Attorney Went From Obscurity To A Federal Indictment
11. SB2092: Make Corporal Punishment of Child a Felony
12. Owners scramble to find funds, meet deadlines as city requires high-rises to install sprinklers
13. Gerard Puana, Katherine Kealoha's uncle, charged with terroristic threatening after incident in Salt Lak
14. A Brutal Killing Says So Much About What Honolulu Is Doing Wrong
15. Another run at the campaign finance data

Physician Shortage: The further from Honolulu the worse it gets

1. Former HSTA Pres and five others on short list to become Next Ty Cullen
2. Maui County ​Vaccine and testing requirements for restaurants, bars and gyms to be eliminated beginning Feb. 21
3. Chief Justice Seeks Public Comment on Judicial Nominees
4. Jones Act lobby sails with dubious job estimates to bolster defense
5. On the Move in the Legislature: the good, the bad and the ugly
6. SB3250, SB3182 ‘wealth asset tax’ dangerous
7. Small businesses would be paying for wage hike in more ways than one
8. Hawaii Preparing Abortion for the End of Roe
9. HART Confidentiality Agreement Designed to keep CEO Evaluation Secret?
10. Hawaii’s indoor mask mandate stays in place for now
11. Honolulu City Council aims to revamp police commission, provide more authority
12. ‘Sue Big Oil’ --  9th Circuit Count of Appeals Hearing re Maui & Honolulu Climate Lawsuits
13. Honolulu Council considering urging city to acquire problem properties
14. Hawaii’s high cost of living hurts locals most: ‘They can’t afford the rent’
15. Jail News: Former Mayor Kirk Caldwell wants to prioritize affordable housing in run for governor
16. HPD’s cellblock switch is leaving some homeless people stranded in the suburbs
17. $7M to Keep Homeless from Disrupting Haiku Elementary School

1. Chief Investigator: State Attorney General Refusing to Indict Government Corruption Cases
2. On the Move in the Senate: SB2422 Would End Foster Care Abuse Coverups
3. Red Hill: Senate Approves $350M
4. Ige Nominates Five to BLNR
5. Student Press Freedom: Hawaii considers ‘New Voices’ legislation as Senate version clears first legislative hurdles
6. UPW Scores 14% Raise in Contract
7. Hawaii businessman at center of bribery probe to enter guilty plea in separate case     
8. AG: HART ‘Confidentiality Agreement’ is Illegal 
9. Deputy sheriff who was fired after nearly 40 years of service files wrongful termination suit
10. Murder of Woman Outside Police Station Made Possible by Doubly-Failed Mental Health System
11. Kona teacher charged with sex assault of minor
12. Hawaii businesses face challenging economic climate

1. Bribery: Saiki Reopens Capitol, Creates 'Commission' to Stall Reform Until Next Session
2. Change in Long-Term Care Costs in Hawaii Mixed
3. Waipahu HS Team Wins Hawaii Lifesmarts Competition 
4. SB2282: Allow Nurses to Abort Babies Up to Viability
5. SB2916: Prohibit Governor from Suspending UIPA During 'Emergency'
6. Schizophrenic with 18 Priors ‘Released Pending Investigation’ -- Allegedly Murders Woman While Leaving Police Lockup       
7. HART Seeks ‘Criminal Penalties’ for Whistle-Blowers--Board Members Excluded from Executive Session
8. After Feds Arrest Two Legislators, House Chickens Out on Auditor Attack
9. Choy’s Small-Time Bribery Interferes with Big Time Influence Peddling
10. Pay Hike? Maui Chief’s Morale Improves, SHOPO not so much
11. Hawaii has highest monthly household bills in the nation
12. SB2282: Trannies Can Have Abortions, Too

1. Former Hawaii State Legislators Plead Guilty to Honest Services Wire Fraud
2. DoH Declares Navy Water Safe in Zone Nearest Red Hill
3. Hawaii Towns Ranked for Money Management
4. Legislature Could Curb Corruption Today with Three Easy Steps
5. Senate to reopen meetings to the press--Still Keeping Public Out
6. Former Cocaine Dealer, Hawaii Sen. J. Kalani English, Says Bribery Was Beneficial to Public
7. Big Joke: Technicalities in Pension Forfeit Law Ensure that We Will be Paying English and Cullen for as Long as They Live 
8. Criminal started work at DPP in 2012, and almost immediately began taking bribes from a solar contractor
9. Wage measures still alive: Senate, House bills would increase minimum hourly rate to $18
10. Bills limiting Hawaii governor’s emergency powers advancing
11. Secrecy: Unlike Other Cities, HPD Refuses to Give Decrypted Scanners to Media
12. HB1519 Would Strike at Snake Oil Salesmen Taking Advantage of Sunscreen Ban

1. Tax Hikes at the 2022 Legislature; Why the Push to Increase Hawaii Taxes
2. Maunakea telescope to be decommissioned this summer
3. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
4. Green: Safe Travels program could end in March
5. Another Department of Planning and Permitting employee pleads guilty to accepting bribes
6. 2 former state lawmakers accused of taking bribes expected to plead guilty in court
7. Buying A Corrupt Legislator In Hawaii Is A Surprising Bargain
8. Bribery News: Bill Would Ban Hawaii Film Officials From Appearing In Films
9. Make lawmaking more transparent
10. HSTA Boss to fill Hawaii House seat vacated by Ty Cullen?
11. Hilo’s ‘welfare doctor’ vindicated after winning legal battle over Medicaid payments
12. Shrooms to be legal next: Senators Approve Task Force to Outline Sales Pitch and Game Plan
13. Profiteering from Chemophobia: New Raw Elements dispensers installed on Maui ahead of non-mineral sunscreen ban
14. Lease extension granted for some KIA properties

1. More sunshine would help combat corruption in Hawaii Legislature
2. HB2278 Carbon Tax Fails to Change Environment 
3. Laughing at You: After committing Felony, Sen English voted to Amend Bill So He Could Keep Full Pension
4. Nothing Surprising About Legislative Corruption: A Walk Down Memory Lane
5. Hawaii’s no stranger to corruption
6. SB3347: $2000/mo Retirement Pension for Prostitutes
7. Red Hill’s Firefighting System Was Damaged Long Before Contamination Crisis
8. Copying California: Another Way to Make Housing Unaffordable--Require Sprinklers in Single-Family residences
9. Copying California: Kauai Council to Abolish Single Family Zoning
10. HB2512: More housing for the homeless
11. Isle transition to electric vehicles slow

1. DHHL, Spend Your Money!
2. The Legislature is still in session, and your property still is not safe
3. America’s Rising Housing Prices
4. SB2441: $58M Liquor Tax Hike
5. HB2026: Ease Interstate EMT hiring
6. HB1919: No GE Tax on Food, Medical Care and Feminine Hygiene Products
7. Audio: Grassroot Debates Living Wage Hawaii
8. Widespread corruption -- Estimated 100 Crooks Active in Hawaii Politics Right Now
9. Corruption: Where was Connors as Attorney General?
10. Corruption?  Saiki hasn’t even taken the first step
11. Borreca: Comfortable with Loveable Rascals
12. Proposal for Hawaii to build and sell leasehold condos judged unfeasible
13. Inflation’s effects on Kaua‘i’s cost of living
14. Police’s plan to change radio system raises concerns about transparency for the public

1. Kahele, Case Introduce Legislation To Permanently Shut Down Red Hill
2. Feds Doing the Job the State Won't Do: Waianae Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Prison for Robbery and Attempted Carjacking
3. Legislative committee pursuing investigation against state Rep. Sharon Har
4. Nobody Likes a Rat: Legislators Claim they are Redirecting Choy Donations
5. Navy completes flushing of zones taking one step closer to allowing military families to return home

1. Three Navatek Execs Indicted for Unlawful Campaign Contributions
2. HB2278 Carbon Tax $42.24 a Barrel
3. HB1507: ‘Tax fairness’ really means tax increase
4. Bum Feeding Operation to Vacate Chinatown
5. HDOT reports 94 traffic-related deaths on Hawaii roads in 2021
6. SHOPO: Honolulu Police Leadership Leaves Neighborhoods Unprotected
7. SB2239 Senate Committee Passes Bill to Limit State Participation in Federal Programs to Militarize Police
8. SB3089 Lacks legislative check on governor’s emergency powers
9. SB2697 Provides best pathway for cryptocurrency in Hawaii
10. HB2028 Would Legalize Limited Raw Milk Sales
11. Honolulu Businessman Milton Choy was Turned by Feds ‘A Couple of Years’ Ago
12. Hawaii political donor received almost $6 million in contracts
13. How Hawaii Legislative System Invites Corruption
14. Hawai’i Carbon Tax Promotes Imports Over Local Production
15. Record Inflation Hits Consumers & Business Owners in Hawaii
16. Some drivers remain wary over Oahu’s red light cameras ticketing vehicle’s owner
17. Pacific may be most likely to see Chinese 'strategic surprise'

1. Naming Names: Who Will Cullen and English Rat Out?
2. Bills would force landlords to accept Section 8 Tenants
3. Who's Overpaying for Cars--16 Hawaii Towns Compared
4. Hawaiian Electric hits 38% renewable energy in 2021
5. Former Hawaii lawmakers will keep at least half of their lifetime pensions--maybe all--after guilty plea
6. HB1871:  House considers bill to relax gift rule as Latest Corruption Arrests Rock Legislature
7. 90% Say ‘Tip of Iceberg’ as English and Cullen plan to plead guilty, fully cooperate with Feds
8. Records: Company at center of legislative bribery scandal a big political donor
9. Lt. Gov. Josh Green is running for governor of Hawaii
10. Mafia News: Kahele Hints Strongly At 2022 Run For Hawaii Governor
11. Upset About The Corruption Charges? What Are You Going To Do About It?
12. Teams prepare to move first wave of displaced military families back home
13. Experts Say HPD Report Fails To Review Tactics Used In Deadly 2020 Standoff
14. Officials: Hilo’s sewage plant in danger of failure that could trigger environmental disaster
15. From 2020 to 2021 Hawaii residents increased their alcohol consumption by 23 percent: Study
16. Hawaii Justice: How a Child Molester gets Away with it
17. New Trick to Gut Seed Industry: Environmentalists threaten to sue state, county over claims of polluting harbor on Kauai

1. Feds Bust Two Legislators in Cesspool Bribery Scheme
2. Bribery Arrests: "Proof the system is rigged"
3. Safe Travels: Ige Drops Planned Booster Shot Requirement
4. Poll: 70% Reject $18 minimum wage
5. Poll: Opinion Split on Destroying Tourism Industry
6. Red Hill Security Cameras Were Disconnected Before Fuel Leaks, Kahele Says
7. MPD recruit who suffered heat stroke is in Oahu hospital
8. COVID Only Killed Nine Criminals in Jails, Prisons
9. Teacher absences improve in Hawaii as omicron wanes
10. Hawaii is not among the top 20 U.S. States in its use of renewable electricity

1. $500M Red Hill Funding on the Move in Congress
2. Maui Fentanyl Dealer Gets 15 Years 
3. Grand Wailea Lucrative Target of Next Birdlights Suit
4. Here’s How Many People Quit Their Jobs in Hawaii
5. Indicted Max Sword Still on Water Board
6. Class-action lawsuit accuses HMSA of denying needed medical treatments
7. Kondo: Facts and truth matter — not political theater
8. Coalition formed to sue over legislative maps    
9. Poll: Majority not Fooled by Aloha Stadium Hype
10. Only 9% of Hawaii public school parents want to go back to exclusively online learning
11. Affordable Walk-up Apartments Are Coming Back, Thanks to Honolulu’s Bill 7
12. As COVID deaths rise, new research sheds light on the link between fatality rates and race in Hawaii
13. Bill extends press rights to Hawaii’s student journalists
14. Campaign poster is hit with antisemitic vandalism

1. Hawaii Carbon Tax Would be Major Burden for Families, Small Business
2. SB3250 would give Hawaii highest income tax rate in U.S.
3. SB3182: Establish 1% Asset Tax on All Worldwide Holdings
4. ALOHA Homes: Unintended Consequences
5. Hawaii Bill Would End Civil Asset Forfeiture, Opt State Out of Federal Program
6. Hawaii Civil Rights Commission--Where Cases Go To Die
7. Rolling Blackouts Coming: HECO Seeks Extremely Expedited Approval of Pearl Harbor Battery
8. Dirtier Than Coal--Wood Pellets to be Authorized by Stealth Bills
9. Hawaii bill banning more sunscreen chemicals advances
10. How The Legislature Kills Bills In Silence Without Even A Vote
11. Shut down Red Hill fuel facility, most Hawaii voters say

1. Tax Hikes Still on the Table
2. Republican Legislative Session Update
3. Mafia Logic: How Kai Kahele Could become our next Governor
4. Poll Results: Green 65% Approval
5. Stadium Authority Chair is Big Lobbyist for Capitol Consultants and GA Morris
6. With state’s stadium plan, biggest games aren’t on the field
7. Hayashi is a Shoo-In for Next DoE Superintendent
8. Not hearing from the public in person is a big loss for lawmakers, good lawmaking
9. Will Senate Vote to End Financial Disclosure Requirement For State Boards?
10. Scowling Obama inspects the construction of his new multimillion-dollar Hawaii mansion and controversial sea wall
11. Lawmakers consider banning peer-to-peer car rentals to Boost Monopoly Rental Agencies
12. Mrs Sam Kapoi pleads guilty for role in drug ring

1. 2022 Legislature: The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly
2. VIDEO: Economic freedom key to reviving Hawaii small businesses
3. Omerta: Kirk Caldwell Pledges to Maintain Silence, Stands By Ex-City Officials Accused Of Criminal Conspiracy
4. SB2808: HTDC to Giveaway $50M to fake Hawaii High-Tech companies
5. Stadium: So much land, so little certainty of public benefits.
6. Top individual donors to Hawaii candidates during 2021
7. EPA to inspect Navy fuel tanks at Red Hill later this month
8. Honolulu community invited to participate in survey to help select next police chief
9. Oahu Jail Shakedown Launched After Two Guards Are Attacked
10. ‘Steady exodus’ of officers strains MPD
11. Study shows Maui's polystyrene ban had a limited impact on beaches
12. Hu Honua Appeal Laughed out of Court

1. Office of Hawaiian Affairs is now accepting nominations to fill the Hawaiʻi Island Trustee vacancy
2. Boosting Long-Term Engagement In the Pacific (BLUE Pacific) Act Passes U.S. House
3. Legislative Session Opens and My oh My!
4. $600M? Hawaiian homestead bills will be decided in Conference Committee
5. Relatives incensed by ‘watered down’ version of bill drafted in wake of child murder case
6. Here’s How County Leaders Think Maui Can Get Tourism Under Control
7. Hawaii Health Officials Review Drinking Water Standards After Red Hill Fuel Crisis
8. Moving ‘away from eradication’: Bills urge DLNR to recognize importance of game animals
9. Middle school principal who got series of disturbing death threats says DOE isn’t taking her safety seriously
10. Report: More Weed Stores needed to sustain marijuana industry

1. SB2242 Hikes both income and capital gains taxes
2. Tunnel Vision
3. Evening Tour of ʻIolani Palace: A Walk Through the Past
4. OHA Bumps Up $1M Emergency Financial Assistance Program
5. SB3043: Senate Committee Hearing Pistol Permitting & Registration Bill
6. Caldwell Should Quit Race Before He Gets Arrested
7. Feds Object To Leong Trick to Point Finger at Dying Man
8. HB1706 Would ban single-use plastic bottles in 2025
9. In federal court appeal, Navy calls state order to empty Red Hill fuel tanks ‘capricious’  
10. Project Reset: Lawmakers push for program that gives criminals lots of free stuff
11. HPD releases summary report from deadly 2020 shooting near Diamond Head
12. Honolulu’s Plan To Raise Bus Fares Will Hurt Riders
13. Hawaii County Campaign fundraising off to a slow start
14. Kauai Prosecutor candidates Like and Iseri discuss policy ahead of election
15. Bill aims to cut BLNR out of lease extension approvals in Kanoelehua Industrial Area

1. FACT: Our Congressional Leaders Are Unable or Unwilling to Close Red Hill
2. Red Light Cameras to be Activated by May
3. Different Version of Minimum Wage Hike On the Move in the House
4. HGEA Lunacy: Year after its completion, Union plans to keep state’s $160M psychiatric facility empty for two more years    
5. Hawaii House committee had plenty of time to harass Auditor but unlikely to pursue penalty tied to Rep. Sharon Har’s DUI arrest
6. Gay Club Wants Immunity from COVID Rules
7. Prosecutors offer another round of DUI plea deals after state Supreme Court ruling forces dismissals
8. Longtime Corrections Officer Elected To Lead United Public Workers
9. Bill aims to expand lethal force for self-defense; Hawaii lawmaker says ‘it will resonate with the people’
10. Many Hawai‘i Defense Jobs Are Not Going to Locals. Advocates Want to Change That.
11. Navy Water Contamination Crisis Highlights Flaws In Early Warning System