1. How Mexican cartels target Hawaii with meth, fentanyl
2. Homeless people can be fined for sleeping outside, Supreme Court rules
3. Did Hawaii just pave the way for court enforcement of California's climate promises?
4. Hawaii Water Wars: If you don't claim a 'taking' you lose
5. Senate Special Session Rubber Stamps Four Oahu Circuit Court Nominees
6. 4th Hawaii sheriff’s deputy arrested -- ‘Reckless Endangering’ of Black Deputy
7. Bankruptcy Looms: Will State Finally Allow Hawaiian Electric to Use Cheap Clean Natural Gas?
8. PUC allows Hawaiian Electric to sell accounts receivable
9. A Long-Awaited Federal Report On The Cause Of The Lahaina Fire Is Just Waiting For Maui County To Release It
10. CYA News: Maui County awards contract to write secret review Aug. 8 fire response
11. Morioka Stadium: Biding Process Improved by having only one bidder  
12. Miske defense expected to rest its case on Monday
13. Join Us to Hear About the Loopholes of Hawaii’s Pay-to-Play Law
14. Family alleges HPD failed to act on child abuse claims against daycare despite evidence
15. Management Learns Nothing After Four Homeless Killed at Maui ‘Harm Reduction’ Shelter
16. He was arrested for DUI — with no alcohol in his system
17. Steve Alm: Marijuana Legalization Carries Risks For Hawaii
18. HYCF Can’t Find Anybody to Work as a Cook -- Buys Meals from Zippys
19. Hawaii records 6 COVID-related fatalities

1. May 2024: Tourism Declines Again
2. Hawaii officials argue for second chance to reinstate butterfly knife ban
3. Fate of Hawaii’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ hike hangs in balance at appellate court
4. Government says Red Hill plaintiffs are asking for too much in damages
5. State Supreme Court: Is Gov't Imposed "Church Purposes" Deed Restriction Void?
6. Lahaina – Only 23 Building Permits Issued out of 2,200 Buildings Burned
7. Hawaii Attorney General seeks Court Order Forcing MEMA Official to discuss 2018 ‘Hurricane Lane’ wildfire
8. Two Minatoya List Condo Towers About to Fall into Sea Because State, County Will Not Allow Shoreline Protection
9. Sen Brenton Awa Buys Lawnmower with Senate Allowance
10. DelaCruz Pushing Offshore Wind Farms In Kaiwi Channel
11. Couple says they survived being 'hunted' on Maui
12. Downtown Honolulu electric grid upgrade will be long, disruptive

1. Maui TVR phase-out plan unconstitutional
2. Maui TVR phase-out wrong means for good goal
3. Maui Short-Term Rentals, the Minatoya List, and Housing Supply
4. Building Benchmarking Report -- deadline extended
5. Kauai Island of Retaliation: Six Months of County Council Drama and a Year in Jail After Putin Dupe Passes Along ‘Threat’ from Schizophrenic
6. More than 100 tackle heated debate over phony pretend phase-out of Maui vacation rentals
7. Shakedown Begins: Pay the ‘Hawaiian Intellectual Property Group’ if you want to use a Hawaiian Name
8. Sovereignty Activist and Disbarred Lawyer Gary Dubin hit with major malpractice judgment
9. Judge finds ex-OCCC officer guilty of murdering his mother
10. 8 Hawaii Sheriff’s Deputies Are Now On Leave—three arrested--As A Racial Harassment Investigation Unfolds
11. Honolulu Poised To Pay Former HPD Officer Who Faced Retaliation For Affairs With 2 Female Cops
12. Hawaii Governor Would Keep Power to Halt Radio In Emergencies
13. Electricity market may open to competition in upcoming PUC docket
14. HECO denies 9 out of 10 damage claims in 2023, sparking controversies
15. The Rise of Poverty Inc.
16. 40% of fatal accidents involve cannabis-impaired driving

1. New Coffee Labeling Rules Take Effect July 1 
2. Hawaiian 'Intellectual Property' Group Convenes
3. Red Hill Whistleblower Details How Her Warnings Were Ignored Even As Disaster Loomed
4. Milton Choy Dies in Prison
5. Maui County identifies 102nd victim of deadly Lahaina wildfires
6. Supreme Court sides with advocates to restore stream flows in Maui rivers
7. Congressional Hearing to study Hawaii heritage site at Lahaina
8. DoE Hawaiian Immersion Programs Short on Teachers
9. Hu Honua Bioenergy -- Year 17 Status Update -- Federal Court Status Conference
10. Hawaii Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Pilot Program Bill Into Law
11. Soft on Crime: Eight Years Later, Still no Conviction in Triple Murder
12. Culture Police: Task Force Forms

1. 500 Lahaina Victims Still in Hotels--Deadline June 30
2. Governor reignites debate over liquefied natural gas power—but ‘Clean’ energy corporations want more Dirty Expensive Diesel
3. Honolulu Medical Examiner Flooded with Drug Overdoses
4. Fire Every Three Days:  Fire Department Says Homeless Arsonists Threaten to Torch Paia

1. Aloha Stadium Bidding Limited to One Gang of Insiders
2. Sandwich Isles Communications: Twenty Years of Criminality
3. What You Ask
4. Your Input Inspires Us 
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 22, 2024
6. Hawaii County moves toward greater freedom for beekeepers
7. Back in Court: Kaneshiro and Mitsunaga not in the clear
8. Lies Exposed: Maui short-term rentals targeted for ban were never ‘workforce housing’
9. Survey: Special Interests Have Too Much Influence In Government
10. Massive military construction dollars may flow into Hawaii
11. Blangiardi encouraging Waianae Vigilantes?
12. Mental Health Counselors Push Lahaina Survivors to Leave Island
13. Hawaii County auditor addresses unfair hiring claims
14. Hawaii County Police Commission discusses DUI complaint
15. PBS Show spotlights Communist Party member Ah Quon McElrath

1. Green: 'Intent to Veto' 17 Bills
2. VIDEO: Condo Insurance Town Hall Meeting
3. Biden Approves Kauai Disaster Declaration
4. Blangiardi signs City’s FY25 budget bills into law
5. Personal fortunes of HECO board members at risk in some wildfire lawsuits
6. HART board meeting delayed – Kahikina pushes back against Hanabusa as Bid Deadline Looms
7. Some Hawaii businesses struggle to keep up with minimum wage raises
8. Law Enforcement Standards Board Selects Its First Administrator
9. Hawaii County police response times: 40 minutes and longer
10. Nine Months at Maui Homeless ‘Safe Zone’: Four Dead out of 120 Addicts allowed to use fentanyl, stage bumfights

1. More Taxes and Fewer Lanes: Green, DoT, Eco-Lawyers 'Sue and Settle' Scheme
2. Senate Special Session to Rubber Stamp Four Oahu Circuit Court Nominees
3. Thielen: Homelessness is a Money-Spinner, Creates Thousands of ‘Positions’ in Hawaii
4. SD23: Four (Three) Governors of the Apocalypse Endorse Clayton Hee—but Unions back Ben Shafer
5. Future Of HART Line Extending Into City Center Hinges On Critical Contract Bid
6. House speaker revokes procurement authority of state auditor
7. Insurance Crisis Worsens in Hawai‘i’s “Condoland”
8. Bank of Hawaii hit by unrealized bond losses
9. HECO Files $250M Grid Resilience Application with the Public Utilities Commission
10. Chinatown businesses face uncertain claims process after lengthy outage
11. City Ordered To Temporarily Halt Dismantling Of Haiku Stairs
12. LOL!  Maui Golf Course Odor Prompts Council To Consider Repealing County Pesticide Ban
13. Committee denies extension for Kona Vistas
14. Millions of sterile male mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare bird from extinction
15. Meth Addicted Jail Guard went to Game Room Before Killing Mother

1. These Hawaii Cities Have the Highest and Lowest Cost of Living in 2024
2. Will US Supreme Court Hear 'Spirit of Aloha' Gun Rights Case?
3. Hawaii seeing a summer COVID-19 surge
4. Public funds are paying for Millionaire Miske’s expert witnesses
5. SB3202: The Honolulu City Council Fought A Bill Requiring Greater Neighborhood Density. Now It Must Carry It Out
6. Bill 23: Honolulu ethics panel lauds bill clarifying gift-giving rules
7. Community Foundation Takes Stock With Millions In Maui Strong Funds Still To Spend
8. Maui crackdown on overgrown vegetation poised to include big fines and even criminal prosecution
9. Maui Will Likely Need To Keep Lahaina Fire Debris In Temporary Landfill Much Longer Than Expected
10. Report: New medical facility needed in Kailua-Kona
11. Hawaii Co Drugged-Driving arrests questioned; county auditor forwards complaint to Police Commission
12. Soft on Crime: 17-Time loser Out on Streets—Does it Again

1. The Political Machine has decreed that there will be no Mayoral Forum in Oahu.
2. Finances of accused Hawaii crime boss examined during racketeering trial
3. Top Lobbyists Steer ‘Initiatives’ inside Green Administration
4. Kahikina Sets up Hanabusa to take Fall when Bids Come in High for Next Section of Rail
5. CRI is not voice of the people in Red Hill fiasco
6. Hawaii hotel occupancy fell in May as softness continued
7. Deputy sheriff arrested on harassment charges
8. Do Hackers Have Your Holo Card Data?
9. Hawaii Lowest Paid Nurses in USA
10. Unlicensed Care Homes Dodge Increased Enforcement In 'Cat And Mouse Game'
11. Four Candidate Residency Challenges Dismissed

The Political Machine has decreed that there will be no Mayoral Forum in Oahu.

1. Jones Act reform increasingly popular as law's effects become better known
2. Maui Council updates county’s ‘circuit breaker’ home tax credit
3. OHA has a New COO
4. ‘Land Trust’ Schemes to Grab Control of 100% of Lahaina Properties
5. Lahaina Fire Victims Could Build Temporary Homes In The Burn Zone If This Bill Passes
6. As outages continue Gov. Green wants HECO to stay strong
7. Green: Aloha Stadium Developer to be Announced Soon
8. Recidivism News: Sandwich Isles Communications Broke The Law When It Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands
9. Lee Loy candidacy confirmed
10. FBI, police investigating following extended ‘network outage’ at organization that runs TheBus
11. Trial to begin for ex-OCCC officer in 2016 murder, kidnapping case

1. Hawaii 2nd-Most Over-touristed State
2. Hawaii Beer Taxes 4th-Highest in USA
3. 7 Reasons $1 Million Will Only Last You 9 Years in Retirement in Hawaii
4. How Miske Allegedly Bribed DPP Employees
5. Censorship: House Republicans Forbidden to Quote Democrats
6. Tokuda, Case Demand DoD pay for Sex-Change Surgery for the Troops
7. Lahaina: 215 households still living in the emergency hotel program
8. Hawaii Spends More on Pre-K, Just Cannibalizing Private Preschools
9. Hawaii 2^nd-Worst State for fast Food Operators
10. Independent Monitor Warns $11 Million State IT Project Is In Jeopardy And Could Fail
11. Transfer of former Navy land in Kalaeloa falls through

1. How Urban Planning Made Honolulu 'Impossibly Unaffordable'
2. Can Hawaii afford its new income tax cuts?
3. Budgeting Backwards
4. Honolulu Inflation Picking Up Again
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 15, 2024
6. Honolulu Rail: It’s looking like a game of blame avoidance if the civic center bids come in over budget
7. Maui County trying to block AG interview related to 2018 Hurricane Lane wildfires
8. Sandwich Isles Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands Despite Orders Not To
9. Maui Is Mapping Its Wetlands To Block Lahaina Reconstruction
10. Crooks and Cromies: “time to set a place for all of them at the dinner table”
11. 2024 Hawaiʻi County ‘primaries should be a raucous affair’
12. 2024 Kauai Primary Election: ‘The real suspense is in this year’s Kaua‘i County Council race’
13. Will Paid Protesters Stop Second Surf Park?
14. Plans to demolish former PBS building provoke tempers at UH Board of Regents

1. Insular Cases: "Reject efforts to change the political status of American Samoa"
2. School Choice: Hawaii ranks no. 31 in 2024 Parent Power index
3. Lahaina Burn Zone Water Service Partially Restored
4. Will US Supreme Court Hear 'Spirit of Aloha' Gun Rights Case?
5. Poor reliability could mean penalties for HECO
6. HART ‘third rail’ to be energized to Middle Street
7. With more than 100 patrol cars on backorder, HPD officers report delays getting on the road
8. Injunction: Haiku Stairs group files appellate case

1. $11.3B Loss: Elimination of TVRs Would Drive Hawaii into Economic Depression
2. Geanna Bradley Coverup: Witness Handed Over to Alleged Killer's Family
3. ‘If you are paying into the income tax, you are going to feel this cut’
4. Hawaii Congressional Leaders Deny Supporting Shutdown Of Red Hill Oversight Panel
5. Survey: Maui Fire Survivors Cite Urgent Financial Needs And Housing Instability As Major Concerns
6. MECO Meetings & Events: Lahaina Fire - Bill Suspensions - Future Plans
7.  ‘This is a broken system’: Effort to reform Child Welfare Services gains momentum
8. 500 HSTA Members Set to Get $8,000 each—it won’t work so we need to give them more money
9. The History And Challenge Of Searching For A UH President
10. Billionaire’s Minions Miffed: The Little People Just Won’t Give up Their Cars

1. Lawsuit Challenges Honolulu Concealed-Carry Rules
2. 22% of Hawaii 8^th graders proficient in math
3. HD43 Rep Souza Rejected by Court in Bid to Silence Opponent
4. Law enforcement witnesses called to testify as Miske defense team seeks to sow doubt
5. EPA To Disband Sierra Club Controlled Red Hill Oversight Group
6. Lee Loy candidacy challenged: Petitioners claim her main residence is in a different district
7. Family of Hilo teen fatally struck by police officer claims investigators lied in official report
8. Black Sand, Kobayashi First to be Subsidized by ‘Affordable’ Housing Program
9. City expands homeless services with new Le'ahi Behavioral & Medical Respite facility

1. Civil Beat Publisher Monopolizes Federal Trade Commission
2. Green: Civil Beat Publisher will Steer Hawaii's Applications for Federal Funds
3. Six Feet Under: UH Doubles Sea Level Rise Projection (again)
4. Hawaii's Medicaid coverage for palliative care expected to save the state money
5. Court stays six Red Hill lawsuits until verdict is reached in recent trial
6. SB2516: HGEA Power Grab forced State CIO to Resign
7. 'Inappropriate behavior' alleged in lawsuit against top officials at Department of Law Enforcement
8. Honolulu Finally Fires Electrical Inspector Who Approved His Own Jobs
9. CNHA Next Scheme: Buy a Hotel
10. ‘Complete Streets’ -- Omidyar Activists Push to Control Agenda-Driven State Council
11. Activists decry Hawaii’s ‘timid’ stance on cockfighting as they push for tougher laws nationwide
12. State moves forward with plan to acquire HPU’s former Windward Oahu home
13. DHHL Is Finding It's Not So Easy To Just Buy An Apartment Building For Families On The Homelands Waitlist
14. Insanity: 27 new units for homeless crazies sit vacant for 2½ years

1. Crooks and Cronies on the Move in Primary Races
2. Judge pares down charges against accused Hawaii crime boss
3. Green: Civil Beat Publisher will Steer Hawaii's Applications for Federal Funds
4. Crime Pays:  Total Hits $24M--Honolulu to pay another $7M for ‘injuries’ in 2021 Makaha police chase
5. Rep. Micah Aiu Wrongly Claims Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Property Tax Exemptions
6. A Return To Lahaina? Camping Out On His Vacant Lot Sounds Perfect To This Fire Victim
7. FEMA extends hotel shelters through end of June—600 still in hotels
8. Land Use Commission Members and Developer Blame CWRM For Stalled Housing Project Near Lahaina
9. 'It's everywhere' labor shortage plaguing every industry
10. Why does power keep going out in Waipio?
11. BWS: COVID related water stagnation behind legionella bacteria detected at federal building
12. DHHL Plan: Use 1,300 acres to create 73 lots
13. Porn Producer Blackmails Hawaii Viewers

1. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 8, 2024
2. 2025 HART operating budget -- $123 per rider per day
3. First-term state lawmaker Sen. Brenton Awa stands out as unconventional
4. Supreme Court asks Biden administration for feedback on Hawaii Big Oil lawsuit
5. Kawananakoa Estate: “Many have been watching where the money ends up”
6. Japanese seek to unload unused timeshare units in Hawaii
7. Six ‘Core 24’ Hawaii County Council Candidates Coordinate
8. 1 in 5 Hawaii residents experience domestic violence, new study finds
9. Soft on Crime: Alleged sex offender gets out, allegedly does it again

1. Lahaina: Hundreds Remaining in Hotels to be Kicked Out Monday, June 10
2. Hawaii has a lot of room for new ideas
3. Some History Behind the Newly Enacted Healthcare GET Exemption
4. Kaneshiro Says He Needs a Pay Off – do you owe him?
5. Kahele Running to Make OHA Corruption Autonomous
6. Waters seals the getaway in City Council pay heist
7. Maui Can't Seem To Keep A County Finance Director On The Job
8. Four Maui County incumbents uncontested for re-election—‘Progressives’ target Cook in push to regain majority, block Lahaina from rebuilding
9. Pandering: Maui mayor pushes back against proposed new telescopes atop Haleakala
10. Hawaii student FAFSA applications down 20%
11. Unaffordable: Low-income rental tower mostly vacant after October
12. Bums Cause Many Fires Above Paia
13. Lawsuit over lack of Mental health care in Jails
14. North Shore Homeowners Face Fines Of Nearly $1 Million For Fighting Erosion

1. Hawaii Voters Can Track Their Mail-in Ballot
2. Oahu Flood Risk Survey results
3. Charter Amendment another obstacle to Maui mayor's TVR phase-out plan
4. Hawaii County Council follows through on proposal to cut homeowner taxes
5. Rail CEO’s future still in limbo after Hanabusa lines up secret ‘critics’ to whine behind closed doors
6. Army asks for comments on proposed Oahu land leases
7. Navy and NASA looking to renew Kauai land use deals
8. In a rush to waste money, Honolulu City Council votes to add additional $8M to pandemic hazard pay
9. Honolulu Council adopts gift ban bill for city officials
10. Hawaii Energy Conference Keynote Speaker Addresses Wildfires
11. First responders report spike in 911 calls linked to hallucinogenic mushrooms
12. Retail stores in Hawaii could soon outfit employees with body worn cameras

1. Blue Hawaii takes the plunge on tax cuts
2. DBEDT Projects 'Sluggish' Economic Growth in Aftermath of Lahaina Fire
3. Hospitalizations, ER visits quickly rising in Hawaii due to COVID
4. Scam: After 64% pay Hike, Council Wants you to vote to give them an automatic 5% per year forever
5. Waianae Democrats Name Three for Senate Vacancy
6. Village designed to house hundreds of Maui fire survivors hits roadblock accessing water
7. Plan Eliminating Maui Vacation Rentals Was Years In Making
8. FEMA Wants Maui Homeowner To Repay $58,000 After Booting Her From Lease Program For Fire Survivors
9. Hawaiian Electric disables some safety features to prevent outages
10. State says vacancies to blame for delay in food stamp, EBT benefits
11. Kamaka Air Shut Down by FAA – cargo link for Molokai, Lanai

1. PIT Count Claims 14% Drop in Sister Isle Homeless
2. KIUC Continues to Lead State in 'Renewable' Generation
3. ‘Embarrassing’ -- Hee, Kahele reemerge in Hawaii politics
4. Former meth addict Milton Holt fired--$500,000 allegedly stolen from Sand Island Business Association
5. Doctors to get tax relief on patients' government health plans under new law
6. The Backlog Of Honolulu Building Permits Is Taking A Toll On City Revenue 
7. Honolulu's New Budget Includes 225% Higher Property Taxes For Short-Term Rentals
8. Maui Hits Pause Button On Managed Retreat Fund
9. HPD officer Mariah Ah Tou will likely be recharged for DUI
10. State works to waste $80M from opioid settlements
11. Fireworks bill moves forward at Honolulu City Council

1. 279 Candidates File Papers for 2024 Elections
2. Court Upholds Governor's Emergency Proclamation on Affordable Housing
3. Hawaii First State to Provide Palliative Care Coverage
4. Hawaii Per-Capita GDP Grows as Young Families Flee Hawaii
5. Hawaii Cost of Living 80% Above US Average
6. Honolulu Unchallenged: Most County Incumbents are Already Re-elected
7. Report: American Red Cross being phased out of Maui recovery efforts
8. Blangiardi calls for multi-year contract for rail CEO
9. Government rests its case against Miske
10. A 'Hard Market' Is Battering Condo Owners
11. Axe HECO’s unfair ‘Shift and Save’ plan
12. Oil industry asks Supreme Court to block climate change lawsuits from Hawaii, other states
13. Honolulu Council is poised to adopt $4 billion-plus budget
14. Man awarded $12.5M from city ordered held without bail in federal gun, drug case
15. Cashless bail revoked, Armed Standoff Suspect finally in Jail

1. 369 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide, 237 File with One Day Left
2. UPDATE: Clayton Hee Trying to Sneak Back into the State Senate
3. "Historic tax relief that will lower Hawaii’s high cost of living"
4. Hawaii 2nd-Worst Economy in USA
5. 7 weeks to Bid Deadline: Feds Warn Rail funding in jeopardy (again)
6. DHHL Cancels Development Plans, Burns Money to buy properties, Wants another $600M
7. List of Miske property the government will seek to have forfeited if he is convicted
8. Lahaina Victims Buy Trailer from Mainland Because Josh Green didn’t request any free FEMA Trailers
9. Why are home, condo insurance premiums skyrocketing?
10. HECO Hides Some Outage Data
11. Did State Supreme Court Give Anti-Telescope Protesters Control of a Toll Road?
12. Grifting for Master Lease Money: Haleakala Telescopes Again Draw Opposition
13. Hawaiian Home Lands Broadband Customers Say Criminal Hee’s Service Has Been Bad For Years
14. New injunction is sought to stop Haiku Stairs’ removal

1. Hawaii Ranks #1 for Hidden Home Buyer Fees
2. Miske lost a key supporter with passing of Buzzy Hong
3. Criminal Al Hee says PUC does not have authority to choose DHHL service carrier
4. Stalled? Plan To Cut 7,000 Maui Vacation Rentals Hits Pause
5. 939 Still in Hotels , but FEMA Is Canceling Some Of Its Direct Leases To House Maui Fire Survivors
6. Lahaina: McKelvey Talks About Who Won’t Be Allowed to Rebuild
7. Bill 23: Council advances gift ban bill for Honolulu city and county employees
8. Profiteers Plan to Enlarge Kahuku's Controversial Wind Farms—but Council Bill Could Block Them
9. Honolulu Building Code Bill ignores tsunami safety and emergency procedures
10. SB3139: Get mentally ill aid they need, deserve

1. Keeping more of your own money is a good thing
2. Dealing with the Insurance Crisis
3. Jones Act reform increasingly popular as law's effects become better known
4. Kauai: Grassroot Legislative Wrapup
5. Machine politics at work on Waianae Senate seat?
6. PUC orders criminal Al Hee to halt phone, internet service disconnections for 1,500 Hawaiian Home Lands households
7. Tensions at HART: Next ‘near-death experience’ set for July
8. Blangiardi or Nothing for Mayor
9. Red Cross Hawaii CEO's firing—‘retaliation’
10. Hawaii Poised to Get $20,000 Tax Cut
11. Help for Maui’s fire-impacted businesses trickles down slowly
12. Perfectly Good Telescopes Scraped off Mauna Kea: 1 down 5 to go
13. Honolulu Has Been Fighting Over Illegal Vacation Rentals Since The 1970s

1. Clayton Hee Trying to Sneak Back into the State Senate-UNOPPOSED
2. 341 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
3. Senate Committee Changes Announced
4. Al Hee to Cut Hawaiian Homelands Phone Lines?
5. Hawaii Family Forum: What's up with legislation on the Governor's Desk?
6. Green Picks Nominees for Four Oahu Circuit Court Vacancies
7. Green Makes Several Appointments
8. Only 38 Hurricane ‘Shelters’ on Oahu -- officials ‘solve’ problem by using different word
9. ER psychiatrist sees more youth coming in with marijuana psychosis
10. Law Enforcement Department halts evictions in wake of violent standoff
11. Water at Honolulu federal building, courthouse deemed unsafe for drinking, hygiene

1. April 2024 Tourist Spending and Arrivals Down Sharply
2. Red Hill Tanks to be Vented and Cleaned
3. State CIO Quits
4. Green Signs Condo Bills
5. Hawaii County Property Tax Cuts for Homeowners and 'Affordable Rentals'
6. Tourism-related property tax hike a threat to Kauai economy
7. Control of Water Ensures No Affordable Housing Will EVER be Built in Lahaina
8. Priced out of paradise, they’ve built new connections and community in Las Vegas
9. Maui Council Budgets $300,000 To Study Impacts Of Eliminating 7,000 Vacation Rentals
10. Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Issues Ruling On Mauna Kea Access designed to help activists block road, extort money from telescopes 
11. Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Buildings Removed From Maunakea—Telescope Transported to Chile where Science is Appreciated
12. Plaintiffs, Boy Scouts settle wrongful death case
13. 400 HPD Vacancies -- Waianae residents still waiting for the city to make good on its commitment
14. Scam Alert: Carbon Credits

1. 65 Lahaina Fire Victims Opt in to Settlement Fund
2. Mayor signs resolution to create standalone Ocean Safety Department
3. 'Sun Bucks' -- $177 per kid Boost on EBT Cards
4. HECO to Begin Preemptive Blackouts for Fire Risk Areas
5. DLNR: No Evidence Cruise Ships too Close to Na Pali Coast
6. Hawaii Highest Fast Food Prices in USA
7. Governor's Office 'Listening Sessions' on Child Welfare System
8. Hawaii Red Cross CEO Fired for speaking out against the practice of encouraging wildfire survivors to move off-island
9. Crime Pays: City ‘cannot’ recoup $12.5M from man facing gun, drug charges
10. Rep. Gene Ward: We Need A Special Session To Solve Our Mortgage Insurance Crisis
11. Hawaii Council On Revenues Trims Its State Tax Collection Estimate
12. City salaries resolution? – automatic annual raises based on unions’ contracts
13. Police called to Leeward Schools 500 times in 5 Months
14. Maui Fire battalion chief charged with sexually assaulting minor
15. Land Board rejects plea for contested case hearing from Nakoa luxury yacht owners
16. Hawaii judge orders a new environmental review of a wave pool at behest of competitor

1. UHERO: Hawai‘i gender pay gap largely driven by motherhood
2. Green Signs Six Housing Bills Into Law
3. In Hawaii, Permission To Use Medical Marijuana Precludes Permission To Own a Gun
4. Secrecy: Hawaii Department of Human Services Nominated for 'Golden Padlock Award'
5. Lifelong Criminal awarded $12.5M Busted AGAIN
6. What Would Criminal Lawyer Need to do to Fake $12.5M Injury?
7. In climate change/fossil fuels lawsuit, federal law should apply
8. Honolulu Council considers changes to Salary Commission
9. Why are so many local Hawaii businesses closing?
10. Stormwater CIP Projects Dictated by Staffing Shortage
11. Homeowner cited for illegal fireworks after brutal beating incident in Ewa Beach
12. Bulldoze Borneo for Hawaii’s Fake Biofuels

1. Hawaii 2nd Worst State for Renters
2. Rape and Death: State Pays $1.8M to Settle Foster Care Suit
3. Working Group to Reform Child Welfare Services?
4. Police Cover up Assault at Illegal Fireworks Party
5. Accused Hawaii island drug trafficker was deported 4 times
6. Banks agree to lend Hawaiian Electric $250M

1. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 24, 2024
2. Conflict Of Interest? Some Hawaii Lawmakers Work For Or Even Own Companies That Get State Contracts
3. SB3139: Hawaii homeless with mental issues could be assessed involuntarily
4. Lahaina Property Owners Urged To Apply For Building Permits As Soon As Possible
5. Logan Dynasty in Hawaii
6. Disaster Excuse for Maui Leaders Japan Junket
7. Maui Boards May Soon Be Able To Get Back To Business With Settlement Agreement

1. ‘Deadly Cocktail’: Hawaii Still Reeling From Job Losses Four Years After The Pandemic
2. Targeting scapegoats affects us all
3. SB2475 on Governor’s Desk: Creates Database of School Child Molesters
4. Secret Administrative Directives, Part 2
5. Saiki: Broken Trust is Still the Model for business and politics in Hawaii
6. How much of your paycheck goes to your mortgage in Honolulu? A lot.
7. Senate Bill 1035: A win for access to health care
8. SB1170: Black Sand, Kobayashi scoop up more ‘affordable’ housing credits
9. HECO Lines Will be De-energized during Red Flag Warnings
10. Wahiawa Hospital Reopens with New Name
11. Hawaii DoH  Spreads Surfrider’s Fake Bacteria Counts to Oahu Beaches
12. BOE updates policy on press freedom for student journalists

1. HB2404 Tax Cut 'the biggest news of the season'
2. Bills that will ‘truly help the people of Hawaii’
3. 313 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
4. UHPA: Legislators' Retaliation Games Endanger UH Outside Funding
5. DoH Awards Ambulance Contract for Maui, Kauai
6. Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Espionage
7. Two Chinese Spies Operating Inside Honolulu CIA, FBI for Years
8. Hawaiian Electric Counter-Sues Maui County Over Fire
9. Hawaii Island psychologist who sexually assaulted young patient handed hefty prison sentence
10. Ethics Commission Resolves Charge Against Former State Board Member

1. DHHL: After Hawaiian Tel Auction Buy, Criminal Al Hee's Sandwich Isles Scam Causing 'phone and internet disruptions'
2. Podcast: The Second Amendment Implications of Hawaii Legalizing Butterfly Knives
3. Miske “Sources inside local law enforcement, ATF, and FBI”
4. Public corruption trial centered on Kealoha payout delayed
5. Maui County's Move Against Vacation Rentals Likely To Bog Down In Court
6. OHA News: Profitable Nonprofits ‘clamoring for money’ -- HCA Gets $3.1M, where’s ours???
7. SB2475 on Governor’s Desk: Creates Database of School Child Molesters
8. Contract? What Contract? Teachers Union Demands Another $3,000 Cash Money
9. Governor Green Wants to Import Liquefied Natural Gas

1. Green Announces Plan: Fly 3,000 Lahaina Survivors to Mainland
2. DoH: No Jet Fuel Found in Navy Water System
3. DoE Begins Process of Convincing Lahaina Community to Accept School Relocation Plan
4. Jones Act beneficiaries schizophrenic about China
5. Mitsunaga Secretary Acquitted For Bribery Could Still Face State Campaign Violations
6. Legal analysts: Board of Water Supply’s $1.2B claim with Navy likely headed to lawsuit
7. Disaster: No Confidence in MEMA
8. More details emerge after cockfight raid: 25 dead roosters, $20K in cash seized

1. Oahu unsheltered veterans reported in PIT 2024 likely underestimated by more than 100%
2. Latest Cockfighting Arrests ‘No Surprise’ after Hawaii Senate Fails on HB 1980
3. Green Cuts off Food to Lahaina Survivors
4. Sue Big Pharma: State Scores $900M Jackpot
5. At UH Manoa, ASUH Sponsors Anti-Semites
6. Embattled rail CEO says she’s been bullied, harassed by HART board
7. Property insurance rates up 1000% for condo owners
8. BoE Trying to Move King Kamehameha III School
9. Hawaii Is A Lousy Place To Charge An Electric Vehicle
10. More homeless housing planned for Oahu

1. GET exemption could be turning point in Hawaii healthcare crisis
2. UHERO Factbook: 80% of Hawaii Families Cannot Afford Mortgage
3. Derek Turbin Elected Chair of Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi
4. DHHL: Criminal Al Hee's Sandwich Isles Scam Causing 'phone and internet disruptions'
5. Recession? Hawaii hotels’ soft spring is carrying over to summer
6. How Are Jurors Holding Up 4 Months Into The Miske Trial? Better Than You Might Think, Experts Say
7. An overlooked group of Lahaina fire victims
8. Hawaiian Electric Reports Nine Blackouts in April
9. ‘I thought it was a joke!’: Rising grocery prices spur formal complaint from Hawaii lawmaker
10. Hawaii faces shortage of 800 physicians, with neighbor islands hit hardest
11. Big Island rejected more gun permits than other counties in 2023
12. EPA Gives Activists $2.1M for ‘Reusable foodware plan’—it still doesn’t work
13. How The System Keeps the Homeless, Homeless
14. State Installing New Cameras At Women's Prison After $2 Million Settlement Over Sex Assaults

1. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 18, 2024
2. End GE Tax on Medical Services
3. COVID Fraud?  Why Was The Maui County Finance Director Fired?
4. Column: Proposed income tax cuts a net positive for Hawaii’s economy
5. Hawaii counties differ in approach to regulating vacation rentals
6. DoE Enrollment Keeps Shrinking—Down 12,000 Since 2020
7. Watchdogging Wildfire Prevention Policies and Practices
8. Kauai apartment residents challenge DHHL as eviction looms
9. Will new legislation increase affordable housing?
10. Trial delayed again in Makaha crash case, now set for October

• End GE Tax on Medical Services
• Open Letter: Republican Delegates Should Reject Rule Changes

1. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is a slush fund—Where is the money going?
2. Plan to ban thousands of TVRs on Maui has rocky road ahead
3. Honolulu cuts budget by $40M; Grassroot says ‘keep going’
4. Secret Administrative Directives, Part 1
5. Interview with Kaneshiro jury foreman Shane Keli’i Kai Paleka
6. Crime spree: The testimony of key witness Jacob ‘Jake’ Smith
7. Master lease news: Another telescope controversy is being Manufactured, this time on Maui
8. Part of The Plan: Public to discuss ‘new site’ for destroyed Lahaina school
9. Tourists Turned Off by Rising Costs of Hawaii’s Vacation Rentals
10. Hawaii Democratic Party holds State Convention
11. No Treatment Available for Drug Addicts in Hawaii

1. Defend Hawaii: Miske Lawyer Celebrates Kaneshiro Corruption Victory, Tells Feds to Pack Up and Leave
2. National recruitment for next UH president to begin in late May
3. Guam Congressional candidates united for Jones Act reform
4. The Dire Cost of Disinformation
5. 296 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
6. County of Maui issues first building permit for Lahaina wildfire rebuild
7. Rail Operating Budget Soars 27%, Employees Flee, Trainwreck Bids Due in July
8. Ethics Commission to reintroduce 2 bills to improve transparency

1. Census: Hawaii cities shrinking as state population decreases
2. Influential high school administrator in Hawaii shrugs as boy competes in girls' track and field state championships
3. Akina lauds Legislature’s Lahaina-response spending
4. Tax cut great. Now let’s cut regulations.
5. Oahu Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Fraudulent Check Scheme
6. Tupola Proposal Lowest TVR Property Taxes for 2025
7. Even After Debris Removal, Lahaina Homeowners Still Not Allowed to Return
8. Maui Wildfire Insurance Losses Estimated At $3 Billion So Far
9. Lies and bogus documents got Miske’s companies past licensing hurdles
10. Evacuations Coming?  City officials keep close eye on rising Wahiawa Reservoir
11. Storms cause solar reduction, HECO says the diesel backup generators can meet demand
12. Hawaii Just Won't Give Up Its Harsh Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
13. Honolulu City Council OKs plan for stand-alone Ocean Safety Department
14. US Tourism Soars, Hawaii Declines

1. 40% of Lahaina Burn Zone Survivors Face Difficulty Accessing Medical Care
2. How DHS Policy Change Drives Homeless Count UP, UP, UP
3. Honolulu Highest Inflation in USA
4. Curt Otaguro Named new Boss of Airports Division
5. Feds Designate 2,000,000 Acres of Hawaii as 'Sentinel Landscapes'
6. Lahaina Burn Zone Sewer Service Partially Restored
7. Pay-To-Play:  ‘Heads of state agencies and divisions often get their positions because of their political activities and connections’
8. Guess Who Just Got Out Of Federal Prison Already?
9. Redwood City man's arrest reveals secret Hawaii/California meth ring and alleged motive for social worker's targeted killing
10. Soft on Crime: Standoff suspect granted mental exam, freed on cashless bail by judge
11. Unreliable Flights Causing Medical Access ‘Crisis’
12. Backlash on announcement of 18th Mauna ‘Ala curator prompts meeting with Hawaii organization leaders
13. California Junk Fee Transparency Law May Affect Hawaii Tourism

1. Closing arguments begin in high-profile Hawaii bribery trial
2. Green Signs HB2342: Legalizes 'open carry' of everything except guns
3. Environmentalists hit snag in Navy fuel contamination case
4. Hawaii Supreme Court says goodbye to federalism
5. Next Step in The Plan to get rid of You: Maui Council Approves Massive Tax Increase on Small Businesses, Rentals
6. Hawaii Governor May Veto Plan To Put More Money Into The State Rainy Day Fund
7. Honolulu Rail Authority To Seek Damages For Delays In Completing Airport Segment
8. What is left if a newspaper has no reporters?
9. Waianae Hell: One Intersection Draws 762 Emergency calls in a Year
10. Kahului Hell: Driven by her daughter’s bullying experience, a Maui mom advocates for change
11. Son of Honolulu police sergeant found guilty in fatal Round Top Drive shooting
12. HPD officer accused of DUI seeks to have her case dismissed
13. On Molokai, health care providers struggle with low payments, high costs — and little support
14. Mobile home parks answer to affordability?
15. Lahaina: Stop this bottomless flow of our tax dollars
16. Vacant Land Sales Around Lahaina Have Jumped Since The Wildfires
17. Nursery Develops High-Tech Rhinoceros Beetle Solution
18. How Proud Boys helped Gay Socialist Win in Hawaii

1. Landmark Victory for Second Amendment Rights in Honolulu
2. Black Sand, Kobayashi First to benefit from DEP 'Affordable Housing' Scheme
3. Feds Sentence Another Hawaii Fraudster
4. Final witness testifies as former prosecutor’s corruption trial draws to a close in Hawaii
5. Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Eddins: “Horrors and Treachery” Coming From SCOTUS
6. Miske used powerful connections to avoid legal trouble for years
7. What is “a pattern of racketeering activity”?
8. CWS Hid Child Molestation Report from Big Island Judge Kim
9. HB470: Allow Gay ‘Shelters’ to Hold ‘Homeless LGBTQ’ Kids over parents’ objection
10. Happy News: A Missouri River Court Decision Could Sink Hawaii's Ala Wai Flood Control Plan
11. Red Hill trial concludes, families now await judge's ruling
12. HART director receives support from rail skeptics at Council
13. On Molokai, there are no surgeries or MRIs. The dearth of care has some asking, ‘Why bother?’
14. What will it take? Entire Town Burning Down not enough to Motivate Homeless to Accept Housing
15. Drug overdose deaths up in Maui County, Kauai as fentanyl use grows
16. DoE Plan: Taking aim at Hawaii's 30% chronic absenteeism with video games
17. Newest DoE Assistant Superintendent is already planning his retirement

1. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 11, 2024
2. Witness in Miske case tells of a search for human remains
3. Conditions ripe in Hawaii for another fire disaster
4. “I will not celebrate tiny reforms at the margins when the blatant core of corruption goes unaddressed”
5. With Master Lease Negotiations Underway, Activists Target Haleakala Space Force Telescope Proposal
6. Families suing over 2021 jet fuel leak into Navy drinking water in Hawaii seek $225K to $1.25M
7. Visitors Seek Alternatives as Hawaii Travel Rebound Wanes Says State
8. SB3202 Gives Counties Flexibility
9. Doubling the Payoff: Red Light Cameras could enforce speed limits on Oahu

1. The Green Affordability Plan Passes
2. How Long $2 Million Will Last in Retirement in Hawaii
3. Defeating Bad Bills Also a Form of Winning
4. 14 Years Later: Honouliuli WWTP portion of Consent Decree completed
5. “Who protects Hawaiʻi from invasive species? You do.”
6. Lahaina Lesson? "Prepare for quick evacuation"
7. As Young Families Move to Mainland, Hawaii Deaths Begin Outnumbering Births
8. Gay Marriage Constitutional Amendment on Fall Ballot
9. Star-Adv: Milk Army land deal for every penny because national defense is of zero value to us
10. SB3202 Two Years Away from Tripling Residential Density
11. STVRs on ag land goes before state high court
12. Incumbents are favored in lackluster election cycle