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