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

1. HB1585: Emergency powers reform bill could be stronger
2. OHA Trustee Keola Lindsey Resigns
3. “11th Hour” changes could jeopardize property rights of Kahoma Village residents
4. Public Meetings set for Statewide Historic Preservation Plan
5. DoD on Red Hill: We Will Appeal DoH 'Final Order'  
6. Honolulu Council Copies OHA Playbook--Threatens Military Leases in Hawaii
7. Aloha Stadium: Two Gangs of Cronies Scramble for Simoleons
8. Hawaii Green Energy Dirtier than Coal
9. Josh Green Has An Early Money Lead In 2022 Hawaii Governor’s Race
10. Desperate Attorneys Want Charges Against Amemiya to go Bye Bye
11. Rep. Gene Ward: Legislature Should Back Off Les Kondo
12. New Police Misconduct Report Shows Record Number Of Officers Disciplined
13. Honolulu police officers justified in using deadly force against suspect with knife, prosecuting attorney says
14. State Says It Shouldn’t Be Held Liable For Pandemic Harm Including Inmate Deaths
15. Hawaii public school COVID-19 cases drop, but teacher absences high
16. Big gain reduces state pension fund’s shortfall
17. 40,000 open building permits set to expire as Hawaii County streamlines permit process

1. Unemployment Recovery? Hawaii Dead Last
2. Hawaii 2nd Worst Racial Wealth Gap
3. Doubled in One Month: Over 100K COVID infections reported in January in Hawaii
4. 42% of Vacation Rentals Wiped Out
5. Who’s Looking for Hawaii’s Missing Girls?
6. Legalized gambling gets renewed push
7. Lawmakers push for "Ariel's Bill"
8. Let's Hope For A Respectful Dialogue About Mauna Kea
9. 5 Charts Show Hawaii’s Housing Cost Squeeze
10. Among The Ideas For Screening Honolulu’s Police Chief Candidates: Sleep Deprivation

1. The Future of Blankety Blank
2. Bill Would End Foster Care Abuse Coverups
3. Hawaii Second Highest Homelessness Rate in USA
4. Hawaii Second Amendment Legislative Webinar
5. Astronomy Adds $221M to Hawaii Economy
6. Kahele to Follow Hanabusa Path to Oblivion
7. Investigative committee finds no criminal wrongdoing by state auditor
8. Attorneys for former Honolulu officials seek documents in Kealoha corruption case
9. Legislature kicks off by chop-blocking University of Hawaii
10. Navy releases results for Earhart Village water samples from Stage 2 flushing process
11. Hawaii To Tourists: Malama Our Land And Culture. Tourists: What’s ‘Malama’?
12. The Hawaii Ag Department Clipped Poultry’s Wings. But Why?
13. Shortage of Hawaii school bus drivers forces families to scramble

1. Auditor Rips 'Never-ending fishing expedition'
2. Minimum debate over minimum wage
3. Blangiardi Exempts Affordable rentals from GE Tax
4. Lawsuits Threatened as Hawaii Reapportionment Commission Approves Final Legislative Maps
5. House Panel Recommends Further Harassment Of Hawaii State Auditor  
6. Official: Biden aware of Hawaii fuel spill; WH commits to restore drinking water, trust
7. Hawaii Senate Votes To Raise Minimum Wage By October
8. Honolulu City Council to consider raising property tax rate
9. HART Claims ’Frog’ Problem to be Solved at End of Legislative Session, System Operational in time for Elections
10. Blangiardi: No plan to institute booster mandate on Oahu
11. Anti-Vaxxer Harasses Kids at Sunset Elementary
12. Police union says HPD staffing shortages are putting officers and the public at risk
13. Commission nears deadline to propose changes to Maui County government
14. Maui Garbage Isle thanks to Homeless Meth Addicts

1. Ige Lacks Authority on Red Hill
2. It’s not weird, it’s constitutional
3. HECO Donates $2M to Deadbeats
4. Which States are Seeing the Biggest Interest in Homeschooling Amongst Parents?
5. Calling OHA’s Bluff:  HB2024 Would Strip Mountain of Telescopes, Hand it over to Hawaiian Activists
6. Aloha Stadium: Sometimes you wonder where political leaders find numbers to fit the narrative
7. 2022 State Business Tax Climate Index--Hawaii Ranks 41st
8. December, 2021: Tourist Spending Down 5.5% from 2019
9. Hawaii Most Unionized State in USA
10. Old mafia trick: Leong Attorney Points Finger at Dying Man
11. State Agencies Push Back Against OHA’s $638M Money Grab
12. After a Month of Stalling, DoH finally gives Navy ‘approval’ to filter millions of gallons of water a day from fuel-tainted Red Hill shaft
13. Navy says it will release investigation into cause of Red Hill water contamination
14. As criticism mounts, police commission eyes ways to speed up selection process for Next Kealoha
15. Hawaii schools chief search -- Job Description Still Not Written, Position Still Not Advertised
16. Court clears the way for sale of Miske home in Hawaii Kai
17. Pelosi, PRP Team up to Train a New Generation of Hawaii Political Cronies
18. Homeless Drug Addicts Trash Ala Moana Park

1. Tasers were made legal in Hawaii on January 1st, and a new law has already been proposed to ban carrying them.
2. COVID Emergency: Ige Extends Partial Suspension of Sunshine Law
3. DoE, HPD Sued over Arrest of 10-year-old Girl
4. Meetings Being Cancelled Due to Improper Notice
5. How Much Drivers Pay in Taxes at the Pump in Hawaii
6. Hawaii businesses say proposed minimum wage hike would hurt
7. Hawaii: State of Tobacco Control
8. Attorney: Sword wants to Sing Like Canary
9. City Council advances short-term rental bill
10. SB2021: Lawmakers consider transferring to OHA an estimated $638M of withheld public land trust revenues
11. Lawmakers Consider Nine Bills Limiting Executive Emergency Power
12. Is Kai Kahele planning to run for governor? He won’t rule it out
13. Big Fat Developer Giveaway: 3,000 luxury homes around Aloha Stadium
14. High levels of petroleum found in drinking water sample at Pearl City Peninsula homes
15. Hawaii Does Not Need a Minimum Wage Increase

1. Honolulu 3rd Worst 'Sinkhole City'
2. Maui County to implement COVID-19 booster requirement
3. $100 Refund--How About $1,361?
4. DoH: No Evidence Board of Water Supply drinking water impacted by Red Hill Spill
5. Defense Appropriations Chairman Jon Tester Tours Red Hill, Does Not Commit to Shut Down
6. Bribery: Another Former Honolulu DPP official pleads guilty
7. Hawaii’s state auditor Les Kondo blasts House hearings as ‘hit job’
8. Calling OHA’s Bluff:  HB2024 Would Strip Mountain of Telescopes, Hand it over to Hawaiian Activists
9. Hawaii Governor Says He’s Not Ready To Permanently Close Red Hill
10. Ige: Booster shot added to Safe Travels Program ‘In next few days’--No Int’l Visitors Until End of Year
11. Boost-or-test mandate brings challenges to Maui businesses
12. Here’s How Affordable Housing Policies Have Impacted Hawai‘i’s Housing Supply
13. Hawaii’s High Costs Leave Many Struggling To Get By
14. Hand in Your Pocket: Hu Honua Knows PUC Will Rule Against it--Goes Back to Supreme Court
15. Five Hawaii County police officers fired in 2021
16. Big Isle homeless count ongoing

1. Minimum Wage Hike? You can be replaced by a Robot
2. Full Text: State of the State Address
3. Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 5.7% for December
4. DHHL?  Rainy Day?  Minimum Wage?  Most of the Big Splashy Legislative Proposals are just Negotiating Positions
5. Minimum Wage Hike -- Big Contract Boost for UPW?  
6. Proposed short-term rental ban is not the ‘solution’ we need
7. 8 Years Of Fighting The Police Union In Court And What Did We Get?
8. More Homeless Mayhem: Police shoot man, 48, who allegedly charged at them with knife in Ala Moana area
9. Navy to withhold full Red Hill fuel leak report
10. Maui Commission Wants Public’s Feedback On 40 Reforms To Local Government
11. UH Football Coaches And The Culture Of Hawaii

1. Where People from Hawaii Are Moving to the Most
2. UH Football Coach Selection Process Illegal?
3. DoH: 69% of Seniors are Boosted
4. Honolulu’s Culture Of Corruption: It Takes a Village
5. Federal grand jury probes Hawaii campaign donations
6. Let's Back Those Trying To Earn An Extra Buck Instead Of Blocking Them
7. Drinking water quality test results will be made public faster
8. SB2057: Rush Windfarms Past Community Opposition
9. Victorino, Bissen, Molina Dive In Early To Maui Mayor Race
10. How Many Murders does one Criminal Need to Commit Before Being Locked up?
11. Legislator’s Sports Betting Bill Proposes Staggering 55% Tax Rate

1. DBEDT: Hawaii Family of Four Must Earn $85,372 to Stay off Welfare
2. GOP: Reopen the State Capitol
3. Report: Hawaii Worst State to Drive in
4. Free Needles for Addicts: Hawaii Grade B for Hepatitis Elimination
5. Short-term rentals a convenient scapegoat?
6. Spotlight on Retirement Income
7. $600M Didn’t Solve Hawaiian Homelands Problem Last Time
8. DHHL: $600M Here, $600M There, and $200M for OHA
9. Pension Cash Still Flowing to Kealoha
10. Effort to Revitalize Hilo sinking into DLNR morass
11. Carbon Tax Would Drive More People out of Hawaii
12. DoE Program Designed to Prevent Kids from Ever Becoming Republicans

1. Ing Tells Russia US Military Not Wanted in Hawaii
2. Honolulu Rate Commission seeks input on TheBus, HandiVan fare changes
3. June Jones turns down Hawaii job: 'I wasn't offered a job that was conducive to winning'
4. Trapped Rat: Roy Amemiya Wants to Expose other ‘Severance Agreements’. The City Says No
5. Red Hill: Legislators see Dollar Signs
6. Term limits for Hawaii legislators would help shorten the long game
7. PUC Says No to Secret HEI Investments
8. Report: Gun Control Nuts Like Hawaii, California
9. Maui Police 25% short staffed
10. Hawaii public school teacher absences ease following omicron surge
11. Blood Bank of Hawaii: Critically low blood supply a matter of ‘life and death’
12. Rep. Val Okimoto To Seek Honolulu City Council Seat
13. FAKE FAKE FAKE--Resorts find Loopholes in Maui ‘Moratorium’
14. Kakaako: HHFDC Quietly Evaporates School Plan
15. Bum Magnet: River Of Life Mission Is Leaving Chinatown

1. UH Regents approve new Maunakea Master Plan
2. Rep Kai Kahele Doubles Down on COVID Lockdowns
3. Star-Adv: Down with Freedom--Hawaii is only for the Elite
4. Federal prosecutors not finished--interview Hanabusa
5. The Squatter House That Miske Bought
6. City lawyers’ ouster from Iremamber Sykap case sought
7. Storing jet fuel a complicated task
8. Hawaii public-school student absences up dramatically in latest COVID-19 surge, report says
9. Retention rate of Hawaii public school teachers after 5 years of employment just over 50%
10. Advisory panel formed to help find next DOE superintendent
11. Plan to ban rentals under 90 days moves through City Council despite some opposition
12. Mayor Taps Former Fire Chief To Join Honolulu Police Commission
13. Laughing at the Judiciary: Criminal Racks up 161 Convictions in 18 Yrs

1. VIDEO: Day One Speeches at Hawaii Legislature 
2. Hawaii Communities Bring Hope, Can-Do Spirit to School Choice Week Celebrations
3. Max Sword Points Finger at Amemiya, Leong--Caldwell Next?
4. ‘Round 3, I’m out’: Hawaii Restaurant Association worries new COVID rules could turn away business, customers
5. Hawaii House leaders vow to clear Hawaiian Home Lands backlog, raise minimum wage and decommission Red Hill
6. Sales Pitch for Next Boondoggle: Ala Wai Today 1pm
7. More families file claims against Navy as attorneys plan for class-action lawsuit
8. Lawsuit: UPW Elections Botched
9. Staffing shortages leave scores of Hawaii hospital patients ‘waitlisted’ for long-term care beds
10. Substitute Teachers Are In High Demand But Short Supply In Hawaii
11. $30K Mortgage help for Oahu residents
12. HTA Demands $60M to Find ‘Mindful’ Tourists

1. Bill 41 Could Squash Short-term Rentals
2. Best Cities for Remote Workers? Honolulu 2nd Worst
3. Marketing: Hawaii Resorts Score 'Green Business Awards'
4. Rep Bob McDermott Announces Campaign for US Senate
5. How Kealoha settlement was rushed past Honolulu Police Commission
6. Military-Industrial Complex, Congressional Delegation Pushing Unwanted Missile Radar for Kauai
7. Hawaii County Councilman criticized for Anti-Vax social media posts   
8. 50 Years After Title IX, Hawaii DoE Still Doesn’t Have Female Locker Rooms
9. ‘Broken Windows’ Enforcement?  Only if you smash the windows in Police Station

1. 1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
2. Punatics to get the House seat stolen from Oahu by Disenfranchising Military personnel?
3. Gov. David Ige seeks to create new law enforcement agency
4. Got $123.9 Billion? -- Abercrombie-Connected Group pushes Hawaii political candidates for more ‘investment’ in brainwashing young children
5. Bringing Down Costs Is More Important Than Raising Wages
6. Restrictions hurt Hawaii’s stake in cryptocurrency market
7. Navy Gives New Dates For Families Displaced By Water Crisis To Return Home
8. Sales Pitch for Next Boondoggle: Public can attend virtual meeting discussing Ala Wai Flood Risk study
9. Honolulu airport improvements become homeless camp--rash of car thefts
10. Shortage of volcanic black cinder in Hawaii

1. Unemployment insurance mess back to haunt us
2. Under the Big Top
3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 15, 2022
4. Before UH Hired Him -- Graham Got $12.8M Buyout from Arizona State U
5. Big Pile of Your Money: Legislature Prepares to Light Bonfire
6. What did Kealoha have on Caldwell?
7. How did handcuffs become Honolulu’s new jewelry craze?
8. Miske Lawyers Ask Hawaii Supreme Court to block sealing of old case and gag order issued by state judge
9. Water at Aliamanu Military Reservation was 3 times state’s safe limit
10. Living costs, lack of housing hurt medical recruiting locally
11. More Homeless Mayhem: State librarian asks for $1M security boost against COVID pandemic crime wave
12. Chinatown: 100 Homeless Drug Addicts Arrested
13. Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on track to be removed later this year

1. Commission Hears Complaints on Election Integrity
2. No Buyout:  Todd Graham resigns as University of Hawaii head football coach
3. UH regents to consider new Maunakea Master Plan
4. Hawaii public school teacher absences hit 2,159 amid omicron surge
5. State gets OK to once again streamline food stamp application, renewals process
6. How The Victim Of Mistaken Identity Was Finally Let Out Of The Hawaii State Hospital
7. HPD says 20 of the city’s security cameras in Chinatown don’t work

1. Put state budget on a diet, Akina says on ‘Perry & The Posse’ show
2. Al Hee's Hawaiian Homelands Monopoly Broken
3. Community invited to help shape spending of federal recovery funds
4. Which County has the Most Small Businesses?
5. VIDEO: TANF Hoarding
6. Former council members expect to be witnesses against indicted ex-city officials
7. Lawmakers: Red Hill Fuel Leaked Into Well Through A Pipeline Navy Didn’t Know Existed
8. DOE Officials Preview Budget Priorities To Hawaii Lawmakers
9. Honolulu Police Chief Search Expected To Take At Least 6 More Months    
10. Annual Statewide Count Of Hawaii’s Homeless Population Postponed
11. Will This Bureaucratic Tug Of War Over Hawaii’s Ag Lands Finally End?