1. The Upcoming 2025 Session
2. Why Hawaii's housing costs are among the highest in the nation
3. Hawaii 3rd-Highest Pension Debt
4. Dream home in paradise leads to 'total dismay'
5. Insiders Scripting Next Legislative Session Right Now
6. Keiki Climate Change Settlement Behind Construction Projects
7. Public needs legislative transparency
8. Green Allocates $20M to Sue Trump
9. HPD looks to pull back West Oahu manpower
10. Legal Weed?  Tarnas Copying now-unpopular Maryland Law
11. Water Issues Strangle Troubled Residential Development in Rainy Hilo
12. General Plan meeting wanders into climate change discussion
13. Huge backlog for key business tax credit

1. Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy
2. City announces next five town hall meetings on proposed sewer fee increases
3. Affordable Housing: City Touts 'Year of Progress'
4. Light tunnel and brand-new displays to commemorate 40th anniversary of Honolulu City Lights
5. Dec 15 Deadline for Maui Interim Housing Program
6. DOH Approve State's 25th Medicated Marijuana Dispensary
7. How 1898 Annexation of Hawaii upset Japan’s plans of occupation
8. Lahaina residents hopeful as momentum builds in burn zone
9. FEMA seeks vacant lots for temporary housing for Maui fire survivors
10. Miske’s death also ends an assault case against him in state court that was ready for trial
11. Aunt of missing Maui woman says she’s parting ways with rest of family
12. Input wanted on proposed Skyline, TheBus and Handi-Van fare changes
13. Blangiardi administration skeptical of bill to ban single-use plastic bottles

1. New report challenges common claim that 'Jones Act jobs' have been increasing
2. Missing Maui Woman Secretly Married in Green Card Scam?
3. Senate passes legislation for Maui fire survivors tax relief
4. UH Contract Specifically Hides President Search Details From The Public
5. Everybody is Screwed: Honolulu DPP Yanks ‘Renovation Aloha’ Permit After Civil Beat Exposes Illegal Work
6. State Worker Charged In Monk Seal Pup Death Repeatedly Let Dogs Off Leash
7. Controversy looms over potential sites for Oahu landfill
8. McCoy Pavilion Renovation—5 years and counting

1. DBEDT: Tax Reform Improves Economic Outlook
2. Insurance Emergency: Green Extends Proclamation Again
3. Court: DoE Must Allow Christian Good News Clubs in Schools
4. DOOMED: Senators Set to Reject Gabbard nomination – but first they want to expose her foreign contacts
5. Unconstitutional:  Empty Homes Tax bill up for final reading Dec. 11
6. Bogus UCLA Study Behind Empty-Homes Tax
7. OHA Leadership Shakeup Puts Kai Kahele In Charge, With An Eye on Kakaako Makai Development
8. House approves push to designate Lahaina a heritage area
9. COVID Cheating Over: Long Lines as SNAP Now Requires In-Person Recertification
10. Why Did Hawaii Democrats Link Electoral Votes To The Popular Vote?
11. Mike Miske autopsy produced no immediate answers about his cause of death
12. Honolulu police ‘justified’ in fatal shooting on New Year’s Day, prosecutor says
13. Judge dismisses sexual assault case against Maui firefighter
14. Damages to Kula fire survivors' driveways after debris removal have some feeling 'betrayed'
15. Biden Admin Seeks to End Hawaii Doctors' Challenge to Abortion Pill Regs
16. Hawaii Farmers Face Risk of Crime Daily. Is A Murder Enough To Spur Reform?
17. Data Dive: Hawaii Spends More On Takeout Than Any Other State

1. Miske’s death may terminate some criminal proceedings
2. Years Later, Kilauea lava flow disaster recovery efforts still haven’t started
3. 20% Kickback Legalized? Nan Scores $150M DHHL project by teaming up with Kali Watson Crony
4. My Battle with Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Followers in Hawaii
5. For 'Renovation Aloha,' Permit Violations Are The Cost Of Doing Business
6. HPD corporal charged with making false reports to law enforcement goes before judge
7. Miske cause of death still a mystery
8. Will Miske Family Sue over Jail ‘Suicide’?
9. PUC: Justice = Free Electricity?
10. Kauai Council Sworn in Despite Election Challenge
11. How City Landfill Process is Designed to Continue Waimanalo Gulch

Years Later, Kilauea lava flow disaster recovery efforts still haven’t started

1. Legislators Announce 2025 Session Calendar
2. Tax and Trade issues top Taiwan Agenda during Hawaii Visit
3. How Family Got Justice Decades After Outgoing 19-Year-Old Was Killed in Her Hawaii Apartment
4. How to make Hawaii more livable
5. Hunting for a New Place in Renter’s Purgatory
6. $250M Later, Hawaii Kindergarten Readiness Remains Low
7. Green to Testify Before Congress on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s health secretary nomination
8. Roth announces $10.7 million savings for county from arbitration with Hawaiʻi Government Employees Association
9. 2.3% hike in SNAP benefits proposed by U.S. Ag Department to reflect Hawai‘i food costs 

1. ‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37%
2. SF Judge Rules 'Empty Homes Tax’ Unconstitutional
3. Maui County Officials Plot to Eliminate Front Street
4. Tulsi Gabbard Through The Years: What A Long Strange Trip It's Been
5. Kennedy nomination could place our keiki’s access to vaccines in jeopardy
6. Newly Elected? Here's How Not To Be Corrupted

1. Taiwan President Lai visits Bishop Museum in Hawaii
2. ALERT: Stop the misguided "empty homes" tax proposal
3. Deferred Maintenance
4. ​Breaking: Mike Miske found dead at Honolulu’s Federal Detention Center
5. DNI? Gabbard set to lose 48-52, RFK will lose 45-55
6. Slush Fund News: OHA Fears Trump Will not Give Cash for Military Leases
7. After Losing to Pierick Again, Rosenlee asks Court for a Mulligan
8. Hopeful restaurant owners have to begin as ‘snack shop’ due to county’s permitting process
9. No Excuse for Rolling Back Historic Income Tax Cuts
10. Empty homes tax raises many issues
11. DHS Plan: Make foster kids wait four more years for help
12. Tarnas: Legalize Drugged Driving
13. News Rules for Legislative Committee Referrals?
14. Green Fee Still Unconstitutional, Legislators will waste time on it anyway
15. Honolulu rail’s failures overburden residents
16. Hawaii looks to ban sale of single-use plastics at city facilities
17. ‘Details a Little Fuzzy’ as Plastiphobes Mandate Stainless Steel Bento Boxes for Downtown Hilo
18. Dude Admits he was trying to Sneak into Womens Restroom at US Congress

1. Eight Names: Who will be the next ICA Chief Judge?
2. Hawaii’s Firearm Laws Challenged in Federal Court  
3. Lahaina Benefits Expire: Another wave of Locals Leaving Hawaii
4. Vote-by-Mail Produces More Election Challenges
5. Jury awards more than $2M to family of homeless man killed by deputy sheriff at Capitol
6. Cannabis caregivers and large grow sites will soon be illegal in Hawaii, impacting thousands

1. Green Approves THC Oils, Gummies and Drinks, calls it 'Hemp'
2. Nikki Haley: Russian Symp Gabbard Dangerous at DNI
3. When are the town halls on higher sewer fees?
4. Hawaii's Last Sugar Lobbyist
5. Bill 123 Is Good Housing And Climate Policy For Hawaii County
6. City postpones pretending to identify next landfill site
7. Report reveals disturbing details in monk seal death involving state employee’s dogs
8. Four Inmate Suicides this year

1. Senate Announces Leadership and Committee Assignments
2. House Committee Assignments and Leadership Announced
3. Green Appoints Kusch to HD1 Seat (again)
4. October Tourist Count up 5.4%
5. HECO Proposes Controlling Phony Biofuel Industry
6. Arbitrator rules 550 UH UPW workers to get 15% hazard pay for pandemic work
7. State, deputy sheriff disallowed from claiming self defense in Capitol shooting trial
8. County employees accused of stealing gasoline from police station pump

1. Hawaii Claims the Highest Median Rent in the U.S.
2. What Happens when Hirono Retires from US Senate?
3. Child Welfare Services is doing almost everything wrong
4. Maui Rents Jump 44%
5. Homeowner, 83, is first to rebuild in Kula after Maui wildfires
6. Who needs Collective Bargaining?  More Free Stuff for Teachers
7. Importing Clean, Cheap Liquefied Natural Gas Faces Enviros Opposition
8. Latest UH AD situation just long list of clown shows
9. Former State Archaeologist Faces Ethics Probe Into Revolving Door Allegation
10. Bird flu spreading in Hawaii for the first time
11. At least $100K in transit fare revenue lost from cyber attack

1. UHERO Grudgingly Admits ‘Uncertainties’ in Empty Homes Tax
2. Answers to Questions for Tulsi Gabbard about the National Socialists who directed her Syria Trip
3. DHHL Awards 68 Ag Lots on Big Island
4. Green: RFK responsible for 83 deaths in Samoa
5. After losing race, former Maui County council chair calls for new election
6. Instead of empty homes tax, release more land
7. Hawaii Nursing Home Deficiencies Among Highest In The Nation
8. Matson’s New Vessels Illustrate Jones Act’s Grip On Hawaii Shipping
9. Trask Geothermal Scheme back with Backing from UH
10. Life in Academia: New UH President Was Only Accused Of Discrimination Twice Before Hiring
11. The Unnamed Dead Of Honolulu May Be Revealed Through DNA Testing

1. Do Marine Protected Areas Really Help Fisheries?
2. Gay Marriage Amendment won by only 1.3%
3. First Families Move Into Temporary FEMA Housing For Maui Fire Survivors
4. Campaign Spending Reforms Back for 2025 Legislative Session
5. DHHL makes largest agricultural lot offering since the late 1980s – 68 lots
6. Dole's Wahiawa Dam Is A Hazard. Now The State Is A Step Closer To Buying It

1. VIDEO: NYC Flying Unwanted Migrants to Hawaii
2. Put "empty homes" tax proposal on pause
3. Legislative History
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 22, 2024
5. Permit delays blamed for pervasive ‘pain and regulatory heartache’
6. Lahaina: Zero Permits for Commercial Rebuilding—Front Street to be Eliminated?
7. Surprise: DHHL Bowl-o-Drome rentals to go to non-Hawaiians
8. Military Lease Negotiations: Did the Election Cost Hawaii political insiders a Huge Grift off the Military Budget?
9. Pro-Tourism Activists at Surfrider attempting to shut down Kauaʻi Shrimp Farm
10. Advocacy groups seek to change how bills move through the House

1. JSC Seeking Nominees for Chief Justice of State Supreme Court
2. FEMA adjusting Lahaina rental assistance to wind down inflated rental prices
3. Light tunnel and brand-new displays to commemorate 40th anniversary of Honolulu City Lights
4. Blangiardi Makes Honolulu Perfect for LGBTQ
5. Schatz Joins Tiny Anti-Israel Faction in Senate
6. Hawaii Legislators and Judges Ask For Raises
7. Maui PD Complains to FCC about HNN Coverage of Lahaina Human Remains Recovery
8. Mission Accomplished: No need investigation of ‘retiring’ Kauai police chief
9. Honolulu city building permit backlog drops below 10,000
10. Proposal regarding hospitals advances
11. Lahaina DoE Employees Win $2500 each
12. Rising credit card debt may be connected to length of Maui wildfire recovery
13. 'Unreal': family grateful to move into first Lahaina home rebuilt after last year's fire

1. "Turmoil and Dirty Laundry" -- UH Athletic Director Craig Angelos Suddenly Ousted
2. Historic Preservation Division Streamlining Lahaina Approvals  
3. Fishing and Seafood Leaders Urge President Biden to Avoid Marine National Monument Designations in Final Days
4. Coast Guard establishes first Hawaii-based JROTC program
5. Lawsuit Challenges Hawaii Age Limits on Gun Purchase
6. Angelos Firing:  ‘Outright lies’ ‘coup’ ‘conspiracy theories’
7. Decision to fire AD Angelos reaffirmed during regents meeting
8. Bill aimed at taxing vacant homes moves along
9. Hawaii agency details plan to improve ‘failing’ foster care
10. Teacher housing project in limbo after proposed site stirs community concerns
11. HPD pushes for tougher ‘ghost gun’ laws amid spike
12. Hawaii Sheriff Division Faces New Scrutiny In 2019 Capitol Shooting Trial
13. No fentanyl related arrests made in October on Big Island
14. Par Hawaii debuts new Kapolei refinery

1. HIDOE holds community meeting to gather feedback on possible new site to rebuild King Kamehameha III Elementary School
2. Bridging Academia and Defense Innovation at USARPAC
3. Lahaina: “You are not bringing justice to the people of Lahaina. You have a problem with Chief Pelletier? Take it out with him.”
4. DHHL Haseko Deal Requires Another $70M for Infrastructure
5. Buntenbah to be sentenced today
6. West Side crackdown is reducing crime
7. Hawaii Ban on Teen Gun Purchases Draws Constitutional Challenge
8. Top UH booster cuts university funding over firing of athletics director Craig Angelos
9. Kawakami for Governor?
10. New Building Codes May Impact Hawaiʻi
11. Public Utilities Commission Lacks Deadlines
12. Conservationists sue the County of Maui to protect native seabirds from streetlights
13. More than $1.2M in PONC funds awarded to nonprofits
14. Secret Map Reveals 900 Feral Cat Colonies—each managed by ‘protectors’

1. 2025 Neighborhood Board Elections--Candidate Registration Coming Soon!
2. HR6062 Passes Senate--creates process to Amend American Samoa Territorial Constitution
3. UH Athletic Director Craig Angelos Suddenly Ousted
4. Will Trump Kill Rail?
5. Future of Aloha Stadium: Leaders discuss progress being made and challenges still ahead
6. Kauai: Waste, fraud, and abuse, is present in every large organization
7. West Oahu leaders urge immediate action on gang violence
8. National watchdog calls for federal probe into Maui police's handling of remains following Lahaina fire
9. Maui Relief TANF Program offers new benefits, including appliances
10. Move to Vegas: Civil Beat Finds Four Ways to make Housing More Expensive