|
|
| Saturday, May 11, 2024 |
|
May 11, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:14 AM :: 2282 Views
|
- UHERO: 'Population slowing will reduce future growth'
- Teachers Union Organizing Social Justice Warriors
- Who Needs Collective Bargaining? More Cash Payouts for Teachers
- Hawaiian Electric completes West Maui transmission line work
- 281 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
- Witnesses describe Miske Money Laundering transactions
- Corruption Defendant Dennis Mitsunaga Will Remain In Jail Despite ‘Superficial’ Health Issues
- FEMA approves final extension for temporary housing for wildfire survivors
- Landlords now required to file affidavit for lease termination exception
- Honolulu agrees to 4-month window to grant or deny gun carrying licenses after lawsuit over delays
- Court to Rule Monday on Stairway to Heaven
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Friday, May 10, 2024 |
|
May 10, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 AM :: 2510 Views
|
- After Nine Months of Toxic Lies, DoH Finally Admits: "We do not expect to find health impacts caused by toxins in the wildfire ash"
- Fairness one reason to expand GET break for medical services
- Akina lauds legislative gains, but Hamada has reservations
- Personal income in Hawaii might contract this year
- Hawaii bill exempts certain medical services from general excise tax
- As admitted child predator nears sentencing, police open more cases against psychologist
- Kaneshiro Employee Faked a Local Address for Campaign Contributions
- Maui Rejects Proposal Allowing Chicago Company To Drill For Water In Kula
- Second lawsuit filed to stop removal of Haiku Stairs
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
|
May 9, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 6892 Views
|
- Property tax hikes wrong way to rebuild Lahaina
- Pinata: 'Federal Funds Summit' set for July
- Navy, NASA Begin Process to Renew Barking Sands Lease
- Grandson of former JSC Chair gets Kahala Beach stabbing verdict vacated by appeals court
- Campaign Spending Commission Fines ‘Clean Elections’ Activist Kaniela Ing Another $18,000
- ‘Follow the money’ witness wraps up government’s case in Kaneshiro trial
- DoE Forces Transsexuals on Female Athletes at HHSAA Track Meet
- FEMA Paying $12K/mo rent on 500 empty units ‘survivors’ refuse to accept
- Vacation rental owners say punishing them won’t solve Maui’s housing crisis
- Alaska and Hawaiian agree not to consummate deal for 90-day period
- LOL: Will Honolulu reach its goal to drop emissions by 45% in the next year?
- Maui mayor requests proposals for ‘after-action report’ 9 months after Maui wildfires
- Federal witnesses defend Navy’s Red Hill response
- Few Riders on Rail
- After Getting Away With It, Smug Lopresti Mocks HPD Officer Arrested for DUI
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
|
May 8, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 2492 Views
|
- DOBOR Clears Bums and Junk Cars from Kahului Harbor
- Hawaii 2nd-Worst State to be a Cop
- $7M fines on One House: City and county moving to foreclose on illegal vacation rentals
- Expert raises new concerns about Maui County’s ability to respond to upcoming fire season
- Wildfire Planning: PUC Lets HECO take charge
- Hawaii Is Entering A Dangerous Fire Season. Here's What Will Be Different Post-Lahaina
- Maui Dems Attack HCF
- Court ruling could trigger environmental assessment for Kauai seed production project
- Defense calls first witnesses at Red Hill tainted water trial in Hawaii
- The Inalienable Rights Of Hawaii's Condominium Owners
- Semisub Scam? Neither Ige nor Ariyoshi Remember Anything
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Tuesday, May 7, 2024 |
|
May 7, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:35 PM :: 2874 Views
|
- Convention Report: Hawaii Republican Party Selling HQ
- Hawaii Legislative Session Adjourns, Marking the Defeat of Several Anti-Gun Bills
- IBEW 1186 Employee Hit With $44K Embezzlement Charge
- Case Dismissed: Hawaii Libraries Can Still Distribute Porn to Minors
- SB2919: Hotel Industry 'worked hand-in-hand with community partners and the government'
- Lifelong Criminal who just received $12.5M settlement from HPD arrested for new gun, drug crimes
- What Would Criminal Lawyer Need to do to Fake $12.5M Injury?
- Mitsunaga Jailhouse Slip-Fall in Bid for Release
- Is this a van used in the kidnapping of Johnny Fraser?
- How Much Money Will Liquor Commission Pay to Stay Corrupt?
- Batteries and Diesel: HECO Seeks ‘Renewable’ Energy Projects for Oahu and Big Island
- High Schoolers Learn About Money Management? After 15 Years, DoE Agrees to a ‘Pilot Project’
- Doom Loop: Homeless Meth-heads Destroy 460 Biki Bikes
- Recreational boaters scramble to meet new insurance requirement
- Star Alameda, wife of mayoral candidate dies
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Monday, May 6, 2024 |
|
May 6, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:23 PM :: 2752 Views
|
- How Did it Happen? Legislature passes historic bills on taxation, housing and healthcare
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 4, 2024
- Mayor Blangiardi signs bill declaring the City and County of Honolulu a “Purple Heart City”
- 40,457 Unregistered Cars on Oahu Streets
- JSC Releases Nominees for Four Oahu Circuit Court Vacancies
- Let People Make Mistakes
- Two Frameups: HPD Major Lied for Mitsunaga
- Session's Over. It's Time For Many Legislators To Hit The Campaign Trail
- 82% Property tax hikes for Maui B&Bs
- After Months of Being Blocked by A&B and County, Ohana Hope Village Is Finally Opening To Maui Fire Survivors
- Hawaii Got Back $441,000 From Aloha Stadium Consultant
- Waianae Focus: Oahu first responders alter operations for planned power shutoffs
- Staff shortages plague Honolulu’s 911 system
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Sunday, May 5, 2024 |
|
May 5, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:48 PM :: 2857 Views
|
- Shimabukuro Resigns Early from Senate
- FBI Raids? No problem--Dawson Begins Construction of Lahaina Housing
- Legislature comes through big time
- The Also-Rans
- $5B Income Tax Cut
- Hawaii Vacation Rental Occupancy Sinks as Rates Continue to Soar
- National Science Foundation to discuss possible funding for TMT
- Lessons For Hawaii: Other States Have Strong Pay-To-Play Laws
- Millions spent waterproofing Hawaii Capitol with no pools
- Hawaii Legislature OKs $18M for claims against state
- Three More Dead Ethics Bills
- SB2405: Help Candidates Learn the Ropes by Allowing them to Steal from their own Campaign Committees
- UH Hilo Housing Moldy, Broken—Admin Solution? Censor the Student newspaper
- Miske Trial: A look at the court’s draft jury instructions
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Saturday, May 4, 2024 |
|
May 4, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:10 PM :: 3968 Views
|
- Green Signs SB2919: Pretending to Allow Counties to Seize TVRs
- Dems: Income Tax Cut Tops off 'Productive' Legislative Session
- Green Signs Six Good Government Bills into Law
- Green 'Climate Team' Headed by A&B Exec to Lead Maui 'Recovery'
- 260 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
- A judge is forcing Hawaii to give wildfire investigation documents to lawyers handling lawsuits
- Rail Fail: HART CEO ‘May be gone next year’
- Usual Suspects Rally Against Jews at UH
- Ewa Beach care home fined $315K for operating without a license
- ‘Labor Shortage’ -- Garbage Piles Up at Apartments, Condos
- Opening more discussion on the proposed water source agreement in Kula
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Friday, May 3, 2024 |
|
May 3, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 PM :: 3453 Views
|
- Maui County to (attempt to) Outlaw 'Minatoya List' Condotels
- Tokuda: Make Lahaina Federally Controlled 'National Heritage Area'
- Green Signs SB582: $385M for Maui Relief -- mostly for 'FEMA Ineligible Persons'
- Maui: Enviros File Another Bird Lights Lawsuit
- Open Letter: Republican State Convention Delegates Should Reject Rule Changes
- Governor: A&B will direct me to call Special Session to Soak HECO Ratepayers
- Defendant In Honolulu Corruption Case Gave Politicians Thousands In Illegal Straw Donations, Niece Says
- Stalled Debris Removal Prolongs A Lahaina Family's Grief
- HPD investigates alleged Jan. 1 beating of friends of suspect
- Island of Retaliation: Embattled Kauai police chief accused of ‘punishing’ officers who found his lost service gun
- Legal issues complicate removal of ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ city confirms
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Thursday, May 2, 2024 |
|
May 2, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:24 PM :: 3164 Views
|
- Maui County to (attempt to) Outlaw 'Minatoya List' Condotels
- SB1035: Legislature Passes Bill to Exempt Medical Care from GE Tax
- Maui County files complaint seeking to hold cell carriers responsible for failure to report outages during fires
- HB2144: Allow Production and Sale of 'Homemade Food Products'
- HB2298: Coffee Labeling Bill Pushes Back on Blenders
- Bill 85: Update Maui’s ‘circuit breaker’ property tax credit
- Hawaii Least Drug Problem in USA
- Hawaii Worst State for Nurses
- Psychologist who got ‘unusual’ plea deal admitted to abusing other young victims, filings reveal
- Tax Relief, Gut n Replace, Close Votes -- Legislators Send 200 Bills to Governor
- SB2919: Bill aimed at short-term vacation rentals passes
- SB2922: No Limit on HECO Securitization Rate Hikes for Businesses
- ‘Still a threat’: Victim decries decision to release one of Hawaii’s most notorious serial rapists
- Developers And Labor Unions Are Contributing To Blangiardi's Reelection Campaign
- Will Supreme Court Allow Honolulu to Force Homeless Lunatics and Drug Addicts into Treatment?
- Volunteer Firefighters Are Big On The Mainland. Not So Much In Hawaii
- Hawaii Stop Big Oil Lawsuits to be Heard in June
- Hawaii AG’s Stop Big Pharma Lawsuit Kept in Federal Court
- Red light cameras at intersections on Oahu could soon also enforce speeding
- City Council discusses Mayor’s proposal for new Ocean Safety Department
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Wednesday, May 1, 2024 |
|
May 1, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:46 PM :: 2616 Views
|
- OHA Above the Law? One Trustee Says 'No'
- Unclaimed: Over $15 million in Tax Credits for Low Income Households
- Wealth by Association? How Social Networks Drive Inequality in Hawaii
- SB2845: No Right to Keep and Bear Ammunition under Age 21
- Nine Months Later: State Finally Begins Building Housing for Lahaina Survivors
- Hawaii AG releases firearm registration statistics
- DOH rejects Navy’s Red Hill consolidated groundwater sampling plan
- Tourist Spending and Arrivals Down for March
- After Refusing FEMA Trailers, State to pay $56M monthly hotel bill
- Blackouts are Part of HECO Fire Safety Plan
- Lawmakers Rejected A Bill To Bail Out HECO. Now What?
- Honolulu Fires Back in Bid to Save Climate Suit
- Red Hill fuel spread through water quickly, expert testifies
- Beware: Mercado Kim and Co Control Board of Regents
- Ex-Honolulu Investigator Tells Jury He Swore To Facts In Theft Case He Had ‘No Idea’ About
- ‘Exonnerated’ convicts miss out on Big Payday because no Judge says they are ‘actually innocent’
- Hawaii Dems decide not to Appeal -- RFK Jr. wins ballot access fight in Hawaii
- Money Laundering Notebook reveals cash payments for construction work on Miske’s luxury Portlock home
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Tuesday, April 30, 2024 |
|
April 30 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:56 PM :: 3687 Views
|
- Federal judge tosses challenge over recall of 'FCKBLM' vanity license plate
- Maui County's new Recovery Permitting Center Opens in Kahului
- Corps of Engineers Maui wildfires recovery update
- Hawaii 3rd Best State for 'Fiscal Transparency'
- These Are the 10 Worst Places To Retire in Hawaii
- Lahaina: HIEMA Moves Community Resource Center to Two Expensive Hotels
- Green Extends Deadline for 'One Ohana Fund' Lahaina Buyouts
- Largest repatriation in Hawaiian history completed with cultural items long held at UC Berkeley
- Hawaii Senate President Ron Kouchi’s Ties To A Convicted Businessman
- Hawaii lawmakers aim to enlarge ‘rainy day’ and retirement funds
- Lahaina fire AG report reveals communication gap between MFD & MPD during evacuation
- Former Deputy Prosecutor Still Making Excuses for Frameup
- Miske trial status report
- Families Testify In Red Hill Trial How Fuel Made Them Sick As Feds Express Doubt
- Lawmakers Move To Curb Use Of Deepfakes In Political Ads
- Inmate missing after court transport was chased off jail property by corrections officers: Sources
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Monday, April 29, 2024 |
|
April 29, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:06 PM :: 2654 Views
|
- ‘Spontaneous order’ hailed as best way for societies to thrive
- OHA Back to Arguing it is Above the Law
- First Red Hill Lawsuit Trial Begins Today
- Deferred HECO bill worries IBEW about bankruptcy
- SB3183: Mileage-based Road Tax for Corrupt Transportation Department
- SB3234: Conveyance Tax Hike Dying in Conference?
- Hawaii lawmakers reduce financial grants
- Hawai’i Legislature May Pass More Resolutions Than Bills
- Maui News: This is the Future
- Hawaii child abuse cases decrease, according to 2023 statistics
- Emergency involving homeless draws multiple crews to Thomas Square
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Sunday, April 28, 2024 |
|
April 28, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:14 PM :: 2573 Views
|
- Legislature on Brink of Advancing Brighter Future
- Legislature ain't over till it's over, so there's still hope for housing bill
- The Home Stretch at the Legislature
- Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
- BLNR Boosts Honolua Bay Yacht Grounding Fine to $1.8M
- Kayak Rental Co fined $35K for Blue Law Violations
- CNBC report notes how Jones Act leads to higher Matson shipping prices
- Lahaina: Red tape to blame for lack of Maui housing
- Will Lahaina Homeowners Get A Reprieve From Coastal Zone Rules?
- Economy Still Lagging: State Budget Aided by COVID Money from the Sky
- Hawaii State House and Senate alone in call for ceasefire in Gaza
- HART Infighting a Sign Rail Contract may be in Trouble?
- Officers posted outside Mayor’s office after alleged heated discussion with Ocean Safety chief
- Navy data on Red Hill deflects serious health issues
- Draft EIS: PTA lease extension could have positive impact on wallet of activists
- Frequent Withdrawals Of Nominees Hinder Green's Efforts To Fill Boards And Commissions
- Basic funding question still dogs HTA
- Florida water report a path for Hawaii?
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Saturday, April 27, 2024 |
|
April 27, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 4502 Views
|
- Miske Hitman Criminal Record Secretly Expunged
- The trouble with Tulsi: Why the former Hawaii congresswoman is Trump’s worst choice for vice president
- 255 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
- Sprawling corruption case grows again as new grand jury investigation is revealed
- HB2404: ‘Biggest Income Tax Cut Ever’
- HECO ‘Securitization’ Rate Hike Bill – Legislators to work all weekend to soak ratepayers
- Waihee: If HECO Goes BK, Insiders Like Me Will Lose Power
- $800M? Hawaiian Electric to Sell American Savings Bank?
- Lawmakers Agree To Pay $450 Million In Pandemic ‘Hazard Pay’ To HGEA Members
- House Bill 2504, Vape Tax
- Hawaii’s Best Termite? Miske Thugs Stuffed Ballot Box
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Friday, April 26, 2024 |
|
April 26, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 PM :: 3412 Views
|
- OHA Trustee Keli'i Akina Files for Re-election
- After Wildfire Lawsuits, Soaring PG&E power rates approach Hawaii
- Bill allowing counties more authority over short-term rentals on Green's desk
- Bonfire: HART Receives $125M from Feds
- UH breaks extramural funding record in FY2024, on track for $550M
- Bill 152 pre-approved multi-family designs would speed up Hawaii Island housing
- Hawaii Window Open: Student loan debt repayment for health professionals
- Armed Shopkeeper Defeats 5-man Miske Assault Team
- Hawaii legislators face deadline to avoid repeat of ‘chaos’
- Solar Industry Panics as HECO's Bill To Gouge Customers For Wildfire Mitigation Has Stalled
- Lawmakers Vote To Provide More Than $800M In New Recovery Money For Maui
- Makua Valley, Lualualei, Pohakuloa: Military Lease Renegotiations Beginning Now
- Hawaii taxpayers will cough up $18M for state workers’ mistakes, misbehavior
- Hawaii Pre-K Programs Reach Very Few Students
- DOE loses $54M on meal services
- MJ Biz: Green will act administratively to boost dispensary business by easing ‘medical’ marijuana access
- Dozens of mental health workers at Kahi Mohala soon to be out of jobs
- Beach park closure in Hawaii sparks concerns over homeless: “there’s a lot of garbage”
- Navy swarm team says water test show no fuel from Red Hill spills
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Thursday, April 25, 2024 |
|
April 25, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:31 PM :: 3793 Views
|
- Budget Emerges from Conference Committee
- Let’s end embarrassing tax on medical services
- Maui budget full of tax hikes
- Maui Property Tax Resolution Full of Blank Numbers
- US Space Force Plans 'Space Surveillance' Telescopes for Haleakala
- Rolling Blackouts end for Big Island as oil-fired plants come online
- ‘Scene of the Crime’ -- Alivado, Mitsunaga Concocted False Testimony at Home of Police Commission Chair
- HB724: There's Still Time For Lawmakers To Fix This Problem With Contractor Campaign Donations
- State Charges Dentist $70K/yr to serve poor children
- SB2919: Short Term Rental Bill designed to Overcome Court Ruling
- Down to the Wire for Lahaina Fire Relief Fund
- Budget: State Has Difficulty finding ways to waste money
- How will displaced Lahaina Residents Vote?
- Retaliation by Mayor? Ocean Safety chief placed on administrative leave amid investigation
- Hawaii: State Farm insurance company stops issuing all boater insurance as blowback reactions to DOBOR’s new insurance requirements gain momentum
- Head of DLNR defends her leadership amid calls to resign, including from several lawmakers
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Wednesday, April 24, 2024 |
|
April 24, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:38 PM :: 3464 Views
|
- Are Euphemisms missing the meaning?
- Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit (island of Oʻahu)
- DOBOR to Clear Bums and Junk Cars from Kahului Harbor
- Psychologist who will plead guilty to sexually assaulting terminally-ill boy still has license to practice – How many dying children did he rape?
- Retired HPD officer deals big blow to defense in Kaneshiro bribery trial
- Attorney Alleges Hilo Rape Frameup
- House and Senate negotiators agree on $19.21 billion state budget—Maui Money Not Included
- Green pledges to sign short-term rentals bill
- Nearly 3.6% pay hike adopted for mayor, Council
- Solar Schemers Can’t get Funding with HECO Bankruptcy Looming
- ‘Securitization’ Legislators Plan to Soak HECO Ratepayers
- Lahaina Next: Larry Ellison added two Nobu restaurants to his Hawaiian island but nixed affordable housing, leaving locals priced out
- Affordable Housing -- $3,132 for a two-bedroom unit
- Red Hill Lawsuit: Trial Begins Monday
- DPP Bribery News: Marconi Point Scheme to be hit with $3M fine?
- Stairway to Heaven – Cops Watch as Residents Sic Dogs on hikers
- Body cams to be implemented for sheriffs post barricade
- Meth: Oahu’s homeless mostly chronics
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Tuesday, April 23, 2024 |
|
Letters to the Editor April, 2024
By Letters to the Editor @ 8:01 PM :: 3565 Views
|
- Are Euphemisms missing the meaning?
- April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
| Tuesday, April 23, 2024 |
|
April 23, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:27 PM :: 2395 Views
|
- Auditor: Foster Kids Sleep in Attic of Home Full of Lunatics, Perverts, and Drug Addicts
- How does Hawai‘i’s economic geography affect its healthcare industry?
- SB 2487 Marijuana Decriminalization Fails to Pass Final Reading in the Senate
- Four House Bills up for Final Reading
- Small Business Economic Trends: How does Hawaii Compare?
- Here’s the Salary a Person Needs To Be Considered Middle Class in Hawaii
- HB2342 on Governor's Desk: Legalize 'open carry' of everything except guns
- Hawaii's Best Cities to Start a Business
- Green: 450 units to be built for 'FEMA Ineligible' Lahaina Survivors
- City Points to Empty Rail System as Example of 'Sustainability'
- Alaska Judge orders high-profile businessman detained until completion of Kaneshiro bribery trial
- Legislature Ending in Chaos—just like last year
- Maui County's Property Tax Base Increases Despite Lahaina Fire – Council Pushing 10% Property tax Hike
- Hawaiian Airlines Losing $1M per day
- Short Term Rentals not just for tourists
- Dozens of drivers arrested, jailed for DUI despite test results showing no alcohol in their system
- Multiple Arrests Yield only Baby Steps towards Good Government
- Hawaii Expungements Legislation Heads To Governor
- Legislature Orders Study Of Online Sports Betting In Hawaii
- Four years and $7M later, only seven duplexes are under construction at Puuhonua O Waianae Mauka
|
| Read
More.. |
|
|
|
|
|