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| Thursday, May 29, 2025 |
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May 29, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 2615 Views
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- Can the Trump Administration save Honolulu from wasting $2.5B on Sand Island Sewage Plant?
- DBEDT Lowers Hawaii Economic Growth Projections
- Joe Gedeon Appointed to Fill Gene Ward's House Seat
- New Republican Chair Pledges to Focus on Winning Elections
- Hawaii Democrats Tout Marijuana Crackdown Legislation
- Hawaii Firearms Bills Passed in 2025
- Failed ‘Assault Rifle’ Ban a Sign of Things to Come?
- PUC to Require MLP to Register as Water Utility so they can be forced to choke off water supplies to drive up the cost of housing and make more people leave Maui
- Legislators to Abolish HTA?
- Maui fire survivors could see first paychecks from $4B settlement this year
- Hawaiʻi solar industry to be gutted as State, Federal Subsidies are Killed Off
- Panda Express And A Bathroom? Honolulu Airport’s $14M "Upgrades" Spark Debate
- Assault video exposes use of untrained guards at Oahu jail
- Guards Selling Drugs to Inmates: Another Multiple drug overdose in Halawa
- Forced out by SHOPO, Kauaʻi Police Chief finally announces retirement date
- City grant program for rail-affected businesses doesn’t amount to much
- Lawmakers demand answers from Navy on dummy bombing plan of remote Hawaiian island
- AI Hallucination? Hawaiʻi Attorney Cited For Submitting A Fake Case
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| Wednesday, May 28, 2025 |
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May 28, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:09 PM :: 1904 Views
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- Neighborhood Board Election results now available online
- SB1396 Green Fee: Green Signs TAT Increase, Promises to Waste it all on Global Warming
- Lawyer Outlines Cruise Industry Case Against Green Fee
- Honolulu City Council rushing 60% sewer fee hike – Afraid Trump Administration Would Eliminate Need for Sand Island Project, thus eliminating excuse for rate hikes
- Will Hawaii’s New $100M Climate Fee From Tourists Actually Fix Anything?
- Developer applies for permit to demolish Aloha Stadium
- Want To Diversify The Local Economy? Make Hawaiʻi Pro-Business
- Hawaiʻi Has A New Ghost Gun Law. Will It Make A Difference?
- Lunch Debt And Book Fines Are The Last Barriers To Graduation
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| Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
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May 27, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 1864 Views
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- Delegates Elect New Hawaii Republican Party Chairman
- Bill 47: Hawaii County Developers to Build TVR Subdivisions
- Feds bust Chinese-Canadian fraud ring operating in Hawaii targeting seniors
- As Big as Rail: $10.1B Sewer Rate Hike Heading for Third Reading
- PRP: Grab Property tax Revenues to Pork Up Aloha Stadium Project Even More
- ‘Experts’ Coming to Hawaii to Impose Federal Consent Decree on Prisons—Mass Release for Hardened Criminals is Next
- State’s Top Economist Retires
- Hawaii’s New Cruise Tax Is Entering Some Uncharted Legal Waters
- Rep Kila: Do not scrutinize DHHL. Let them waste money as they see fit.
- Honolulu Sees Doubling Of Vacation Rental Registrations Under New Rules
- B.J. Penn arrested in Hawaii charged with abuse of family or household member
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| Monday, May 26, 2025 |
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May 26, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 1785 Views
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- VIDEO: $4000 Dela Cruz Campaign Contribution buys Shouting Match in Hilo
- Will Hawaiʻi's Supreme Court Curb Governor's Power To Suspend Laws?
- In 2026 Kauai Council will Lose Four Incumbents
- Zombie News: Meth Camp Returns to Amala Place Four Years after Fentanyl
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| Sunday, May 25, 2025 |
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May 25, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 2032 Views
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| Saturday, May 24, 2025 |
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May 24, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 5035 Views
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- Hawaii: Where Clean Energy Projects Go to Die
- Audit: How to Speed up Building Permits
- Grassroot Council Testimony: Cutting Red Tape to Build Housing
- Bill 2591 Changes Kauai Zoning to Allow Farmers' Markets
- VIDEO: Grassroot legislative wrap-up tour
- HI-EMA Fuel Tank in Violation Since 1997
- 'Evil' teen bullies get taste of vigilante 'justice' after they were filmed beating disabled woman
- In yearlong wait for vote on short-term rental ban, Maui condo sales, prices have dropped significantly
- Rail line a ‘curse’
- 93% Reduction: Army proposes giving up leased Oahu land
- Hawai‘i County Council passes first reading of FY 2025-2026 budget
- 'Tesla road rage guy' alleged Hawaii attack is a 'failure of the system,' attorney says
- Trump to the Rescue: After pathetic State Judiciary Sets Hime Free, Man who terrorized UH Manoa student now facing deportation to Micronesia
- Keanu Sai News: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
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| Friday, May 23, 2025 |
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May 23, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:44 PM :: 3269 Views
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- Hawaii: A far-left state trying to hijack U.S. energy policy
- Trump Squeeze Leads to Suspension of 'Faculty Special Salary Adjustments' at UH
- UHERO Survey Documents Declining Physical and Mental Health
- Hawaii Mortgage Delinquency Jumps
- Medical Malpractice? Hawaii 5th Worst
- Miske Drug Overdose Death Shapes Legal Strategy to keep Money in Family
- Mokulele Methamphetamines News: 33-Time Loser Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case
- After HPD Raid, CBD Dealer Shocked, SHOCKED to Discover His Products Contained THC
- Total Fail: HECO ‘Time-of-Use Rates’ Abandoned
- Bill 47: Hawaiʻi County Council revisits more oversight on the short-term rental industry
- $70M to rebuild Lahaina homeless shelter?
- How The Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor Has Gone From Cash Cow To Eyesore
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| Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
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May 22, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 3213 Views
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- VIDEO: Senators Grill Green over COVID Shutdowns
- Feds Launch Process for Potential Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Near American Samoa
- Anti-Development Activism Poisons the ‘Aina
- Lawsuit Challenges Reopening of Pacific Monument
- Zero homes sold within typical Maui residents’ financial reach in 2024
- Tax Hikes Coming: COR ‘adjusts’ projection, creating $550M Gap
- DHHL sitting on federal grants since 2008--$75.9M unspent
- Hawaii Convention Center $64M repair project in limbo
- ACLU Hawaii prepares to sue HPD over ‘concerning trend’ of sober drivers arrested for DUI
- HB126: Prosecutor Alm Pushes Back on Forfeiture
- Illegal gambling arrests on Oahu increased in 2024
- Shakedown: Surfrider’s Bogus Bacteria Report Targets Turtle Bay and Whalers Cove
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| Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
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Letters to the Editor May, 2025
By Letters to the Editor @ 1:09 AM :: 3542 Views
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- Anti-Development Activism Poisons the ‘Aina
- Conspiracy Theorists Hijack Hawaii County General Plan
- Maui County Responsible for Lahaina Fire
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| Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
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May 21, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 3856 Views
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- Honolulu Ranks #3 in U.S. for Micro-Housing — New Study Finds
- Study: More Housing Units Built-But Fewer Available for Residents
- Hawaii 'Clean' Hydrogen to Come from Oil Refinery
- Brenton Awa vs Tokuda for Congress?
- Alien Enemies: Gabbard Staff Pushed to Rewrite Intelligence So It Could Not Be ‘Used Against’ Trump
- BWS Votes to Give State Water Commission control of Oahu – First Step, dumping water into dry Waianae streambeds
- Lahaina: Infrastructure in Just 100 Days
- Congresswoman asks UNOS to change kidney allocation policy following HNN investigation
- Geothermal energy solutions need study
- Opportunity to pay less for electricity during sunlight hours yields mixed results
- Manager Alleges Potential Fraud In Homeless Village Construction
- Criminals Mailing Illegal Fireworks To Hawaiʻi Mostly Get Away With It
- City moves to take over property where family has been squatting for decades
- HGEA finalizes $41 million COVID hazard pay settlement
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| Tuesday, May 20, 2025 |
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May 20, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 2335 Views
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- Cleaning up Hawaii’s permitting mess
- Gov. Green on military land leases: ‘I think that we will be able to settle pretty straightforwardly’
- Activists surprised by Army’s willingness to let go of Makua Valley land lease
- Claim by Miske’s mother to represent his granddaughter’s interests denied by judge, at least for now
- Soft on Crime: After 10 State Felony Convictions, Meth Dealer Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case
- Local fireworks industry contends with possible sky-high tariffs on China
- Bill To Guard Against Imitation Hawaiian Tea Could End Up Hurting Industry
- Hu Honua Bioenergy Files (another) State Antitrust Lawsuit Against HECO
- Nuisance money: City Council approves $40K Liquor Commission settlement
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| Monday, May 19, 2025 |
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May 19, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 4090 Views
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- Hawaii has third-lowest percentage of single-mother households, study reveals
- Big Beautiful Blue Collar Tax Cuts Coming—but Hawaii Legislators Want EBT Cards
- Legislators Will Try to Use EBT Card as Excuse for Special Session
- Hawaii: New housing units are coming online at the lowest rate since the 1940s
- Retirement: Social Security to be Garnished to pay Student Loans?
- Retirement: Meth-Head Finally Agrees to Accept Shelter After 40 years on Streets
- Usual Suspects: Today they are Whining About Rocket Launches from Johnston Island
- Kahuku Coach Removed Over One Complaint
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| Sunday, May 18, 2025 |
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May 18, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 2386 Views
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- 2025 Legislative Also-Rans
- Rules Vote a Self-Serving Scam to Take Over Hawaii Republican Party
- Six Weeks to Deadline -- Sketchy, Blurry Plans to Pay for Aloha Stadium
- Green Campaigning in Washington DC
- Cruise Lines Claim Inclusion in Hawaii's New Hotel Tax Bill is Unconstitutional
- Kona coffee farmers devastated by loss of deported workers
- Blundering Gabbard Fiasco: Aide pressed analyst to redo intel on Venezuela gang
- Hawaii Just Won't Give Up Its Harsh Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
- Recktenwald to Retire in October
- Republicans to Elect Party Chair
- Loser Complains About GOP Selection Process
- State agency’s preschool production pipeline bulges while other projects hit roadblocks
- Soft on Crime: Steroid-induced Road Rage Guy has 20 Year Record
- We Moved From Hawaii to Italy. Our Mortgage Is Less Than Our Rent Was
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| Saturday, May 17, 2025 |
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May 17, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 2981 Views
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- UHERO: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Maui’s Immigrant Community
- Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Trump's DEI Ban
- Mindless Hysteria: Trump Cuts Almost Nothing on Maui, Becomes Excuse for Council Budget Bloat
- City Council OKs foreclosure of illegal vacation rental
- Mexican national to be sentenced for selling meth in Hawaii
- (Again) Feds to Cut DHHL Funding because it is not being spent
- DOBOR Hassles Canoe Club
- UH AD Search Firm Refuses to Interview Craig Angelos
- Hu Honua Bioenergy -- Federal Round No. 3
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| Friday, May 16, 2025 |
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May 16, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 3219 Views
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- Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court
- Hype? Hawaii Trump Cuts only $95M – Mostly at UH
- Cruise lines are signaling a fight against Hawaii's tourism tax
- Three More Army EIS Will Be Rejected Next Month
- Before Croaking, Miske names two Trustees and directs funds to granddaughter
- Carvalho, Rapozo, Kouchi for Kauai Mayor?
- University of Hawaii tuition to rise for first time since 2018
- Kona property housing 22 illegals under investigation for code violations
- University of Hawaii continues search for $500k/yr Athletics Director
- Hawaiʻi Electricity Shut-Offs Are Nearly Triple Pre-Pandemic Levels
- Five Delayed Hawaiian Electric Projects
- Hawaii Restaurant Closed for Roaches—But Who Would Know?
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| Thursday, May 15, 2025 |
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May 15, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 PM :: 2650 Views
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- Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee?
- House Passes South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act
- 14 Years Later--City Settles Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $2.1M
- After 100 days, Trump already done with Tulsi?
- Decrease in visitor tax rate sought as fear of recession looms
- Bill 43: Honolulu city council looks to use hotel tax to help lower projected sewer fee increase
- Honolulu Council Approves $41M for HGEA COVID Hazard Pay
- DOE Plan: More Top-Level Bureaucrats
- Hawaii to Update Decades-Old Financial MisManagement System
- Robots to issue 47 Million Speeding tickets per year from 177 Hawaii Speed Cams
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| Wednesday, May 14, 2025 |
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May 14, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 3138 Views
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- UHERO: 75% of Hawaii Households Cannot Afford Mortgage
- Hawaii 4th Highest State and Local Taxes Per Capita
- Pacific Partnership Act to Counter China
- Disasters? Hawaii Still not Ready
- Disgraced Police Chief Louis Kealoha Still Owes Honolulu $250,000
- CNHA-Connected Governor calls Hawaii Tourism Authority ‘hot mess,’ promises reform--What Could Go Wrong?
- Uncertain financial future continues to impact East-West Center operations
- Honolulu a good place for murder—nearly 50% go unsolved
- Sabotaged signal: New images reveal homeless camp around severed cables that cut communication for thousands
- ‘Wasted opportunity?’ Maui Council questions post-wildfire pivot on homeless plan
- Alm Calls for Veto of HB126: Illegal game room assets in Kalihi turned over to state
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| Tuesday, May 13, 2025 |
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May 13, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 3219 Views
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- Residential electric bills in Hawaii and Connecticut are twice those in New Mexico, Utah
- Legislature Delivers Progress for Housing
- BWS Approves Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
- 20 Year Sentence? Federal trial begins in Affordable Housing Scam
- Governor says feds could seize military training grounds in Hawaii
- Crunch Time: Bills Die as Clock Ticks (again)
- Miske Family Schemes to Grab Illicit Fortune
- Will You be Fooled? Fake ‘Water Shortage’ Latest Trick to Keep Lahaina Fire Victims from Rebuilding
- Honolulu Can Fine Airbnb, Vrbo for Illegal Vacation Rentals. It Never Has
- ACLU: Keep Mentally Ill Homeless on the Streets
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| Monday, May 12, 2025 |
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May 12, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 3273 Views
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- 2025 Legislative Wrap-Up
- Teaching Personal Finance? Hawaii Ranks 42nd
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 9, 2025
- Another ‘Friends and Family’ Development Deal with Kali Watson, DHHL
- Bill 43 would offset Honolulu sewer fee hike with money intended for rail
- After Hurricane CNHA, HTA Needs an Exorcism
- Lahaina burn zone slowly transforming from ‘ghost town’ to big construction zone
- Who Really Owns Hawaii In 2025
- Anti-GMO Hysteria Gutted State’s Top Agricultural Commodity
- State pushing speed cam expansion despite failed bill
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| Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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May 11, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 4566 Views
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- Trump Admin: Greenland to Become a COFA Country?
- Another chance to make things right
- Neighborhood Board Elections--Voting Ends May 16
- Judicial Nominees Sought for ICA and First Circuit
- Peeling away regulations that hinder homebuilding
- Grassroot: Akina gives Legislature a 'B-'
- Yamashita Gone: Nakamura Next?
- Green Preps Future Run for Hirono’s Seat--Creates National PAC To Support 'Pro-Science Candidates'
- Lahaina Rep Elle Cochran Missed 85% of Session -- and she’s a convicted felon
- Incumbency machine protects sitting lawmakers from exposure
- Another Black Eye for Bissen--Druski Debunks Bogus Rape Complaint
- Land Board rejection of Pohakuloa EIS just another maneuver in lease negotiations
- Rate Hikes: Saltchuk Milking Young Bros
- The Miske case is winding down but not yet over
- Hawai‘i lawmakers approve $6M to support Planned Parenthood
- Lopez Outlines Strategy to Defeat Trump Climate Change Lawsuit
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