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Monday, March 17, 2025
Lahaina Housing: ‘Yes in God’s Backyard’
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:44 AM :: 84 Views :: Maui County, Development, Religion

... members of the Pukalani Community Church of the Nazarene  spent eight months building four homes for residents displaced by Maui’s August 2023 wildfires ....

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Sunday, March 16, 2025
Grassroot Bills Alive After Crossover
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:35 PM :: 184 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes

... March 6, marked the halfway point of the Hawaii's 2025 legislative session, which is when the bills that are still alive cross over from the House chamber to the Senate and vice versa ....

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Sunday, March 16, 2025
SB1434: Universal Vax for Hawaii
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 307 Views :: Health Care, Taxes

... a new assessment (a new tax) against health plans and health insurers ....

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Sunday, March 16, 2025
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:42 AM :: 180 Views :: Family, Life

... Constitutional Amendment to Protect Access to Contraceptives Misses Deadline ....

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Sunday, March 16, 2025
SB1278: Legislature poised to fix a state wrong?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:27 AM :: 216 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19

... SB1278 would exempt from the state general excise tax any federal grants that Hawaii restaurants received during the COVID-19 lockdowns ....

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Saturday, March 15, 2025
Army Deletes, Then Reposts Web Page Devoted to 442nd Regiment
By Ed Case @ 3:03 PM :: 374 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

... Following outcry, Army republishes web article on 442nd Regimental Combat Team ....

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Saturday, March 15, 2025
Illegal Caught with 5lbs of Methamphetamines
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 244 Views :: Hawaii County , Drugs

... Gonzalez Jacobo has been removed to Mexico at least four times and has three prior felony convictions related to drug trafficking ....

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Saturday, March 15, 2025
Mexican Illegal Deported Six Times--Comes Back to Kauai for #7
By News Release @ 1:44 AM :: 338 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement

... he has been in Hawaii for 32 years ....

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Saturday, March 15, 2025
State Let Felon Back out on Streets--but now the Feds Have Got Him
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 351 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement

... If convicted of the charged offense, Pham faces up to fifteen years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
Green Announces First Maui Fire Settlement Payout
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 216 Views :: Maui County

... A total of 26 wrongful death claims have been qualified -- One claim has been paid ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
9th Circuit Rules Hawaii Gun Registration Unconstitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 10:24 PM :: 412 Views :: Second Amendment

... Ninth Circuit (Finally) Rules Hawaii’s Gun Purchase Permit and Registration Time Limits are Unconstitutional ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
'We Were Scammed:' NZ Lawsuits Expose fraudulent Hawaii Geothermal Developer
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 1974 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics, OHA

... Maori Trust insolvent, placed in receivership, after being looted by IDG Hawaii Geothermal schemers ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
UH Manoa Next? Columbia Expels Anti-Semites After Trump Cuts Funding
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 PM :: 333 Views :: Higher Education

... Columbia U knuckled under SIX DAYS after Trump cancelled $400M in federal funds to the university.  How long will it take for the UH system to get rid of its’ anti-Semites?  ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
“After a decade-long battle against public corruption in Hawaii, we have successfully brought numerous cases to a close."
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 384 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police

“The cases against these three defendants are the last among a decade-long series of public corruption prosecutions in Hawaii.”

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Friday, March 14, 2025
Hawaii AG Urges Supreme Court to Keep Medicaid Dollars Flowing to Planned Parenthood
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 238 Views :: Life

... urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower court’s decision recognizing Medicaid recipients’ federally guaranteed right to receive care from Planned Parenthood ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
AG Launches New Child Support Payment App
By News Release @ 1:16 AM :: 232 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement

... greater flexibility and convenience in managing their child support cases ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Hawaii One Step Closer to Legalizing Sports-Betting and Expanding Gambling Addiction
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 9:58 PM :: 370 Views :: Gambling

... The bill will now move to the Senate Ways & Means Committee ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Study: Hawaii's roads and bridges rank 48th for condition and cost-effectiveness
By News Release @ 5:06 PM :: 307 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii's highways rank last in the nation in urban Interstate pavement condition, last in rural fatality rate, 47th in urban fatality rate, and 26th in structurally deficient bridges ...

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
STR advocates assess landscape in wake of law unleashing counties
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:23 PM :: 321 Views :: Small Business, Tourism

... is the new law — Act 17, based on SB2919 — legally sound?  ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Tax bills suggest obliviousness to our daily struggles
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:11 PM :: 275 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living

... Let’s steer clear of tax hikes, instead focus on lowering costs ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
HB422: Let’s close the book on school impact fees
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:59 PM :: 216 Views :: Education K-12, Development

... HB422 would abolish the school impact fee program and transfer its balance to the School Facilities Special Fund ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Grassroot: Highs and Lows of 2025 legislative session at halfway point
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:48 PM :: 268 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes

... The Hawaii Legislature has reached its halfway point and many promising bills in the areas of housing, taxation and economic freedom are still alive ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
HB300: House Passes Budget Bill
By News Release @ 3:38 PM :: 224 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... HB300 will now move to the Senate for consideration ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Man arrested in Utah nursing home may not be extradited for 1977 McKinley HS murder
By Selected News Articles @ 2:55 AM :: 334 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Hawaii History, Law Enforcement

... Hawaii authorities are reportedly deciding to not extradite Castro from Utah, according to a spokesperson for the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Gov. Josh Green on Trump wanting states to run education: “I’ll take it”
By Video @ 2:45 AM :: 400 Views :: Education K-12

... Hawaii governor in support of states taking over education ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Hawaii Gun Ban Bills Scheduled for Hearing in House Judiciary Committee
By NRA ILA @ 5:30 PM :: 268 Views :: Second Amendment

... March 13th at 2:00pm the House Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 308 and Senate Bill 401 ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Calculate your Savings from Hawaii's Historic Income Tax Cut
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 349 Views :: Taxes

... TaxCutHawaii.org ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Appeal period set to begin for updated FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 286 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use, Cost of Living

... some properties may now be classified within high-risk zones, known as Special Flood Hazard Areas, for the first time ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Hawaiian Electric Sells off Another Asset--Hamakua Power
By News Release @ 4:27 PM :: 295 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy

... HEI continues to raise money to cover Lahaina Fire settlement ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Construction Defect Litigation, Housing Affordability, and Homeownership in Hawai‘i
By UHERO @ 4:14 PM :: 334 Views :: Development, Judiciary, Cost of Living

... litigation is becoming an increasingly significant source of uncertainty and risk in Hawai‘i’s housing market ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Hounded by Enviros, Rodrigues Withdraws as Water Nominee
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 275 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use

... control of water is the enviros new tool to block affordable housing and force you out of Hawaii ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Silicon Valley Billionaires Order Hawaii Legislators, AG to Target Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 353 Views :: Life

... 'Electronic Frontier Foundation' targets pro-life crisis pregnancy centers ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Six Years Later: Hilo's Singing Bridge Still Needs Emergency Repairs
By News Release @ 9:17 AM :: 261 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics

... HDOT made repairs to Wailuku Bridge in September 2019, November 2020, and April 2023. A full rehabilitation of the bridge is planned to begin in 2027 ....

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Crackpot Lawsuit is all it takes--Maui Mayor and SHOPO make Complete Fools of Themselves Trying to get rid of Chief Pelletier
By Andrew Walden @ 4:04 AM :: 1526 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Police

... Pelletier credit card records prove he was in Las Vegas, hundreds of miles away from the alleged rape scene ....

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Feds: UH Manoa not Protecting Jewish Students from Anti-Semites
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 560 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education

... potential enforcement actions if UH does not fulfill its obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus ....

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Monday, March 10, 2025
Pacific Biodiesel Occupies ADC Land In Keaʻau; No Lease, No Rent
By Selected News Articles @ 10:34 PM :: 489 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics

... for at least seven years the parcel has been used rent-free by Pacific Biodiesel ....

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Monday, March 10, 2025
How Much House Does $300K, $400K and $500K Buy You in Every State? In Hawaii it's about the size of a shipping container
By Selected News Articles @ 3:28 PM :: 450 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii ranked dead last for the amount of square footage $300,000 can buy -- 443 square feet ....

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Sunday, March 9, 2025
Planned Parenthood Hawaii Begins Promoting Sex-Change Telehealth
By News Release @ 3:22 PM :: 648 Views :: Health Care, Life

"...a game-changing expansion of our existing telehealth care...."

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Sunday, March 9, 2025
Lien on Me
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 725 Views :: Taxes

... a nasty little device used by tax agencies ....

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Sunday, March 9, 2025
The Unity House Scandal Never Really Ended — decades later, it might bankrupt Hawaiian Electric
By Andrew Walden @ 1:39 AM :: 4488 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Higher Education, OHA, Cost of Living

... a leftover Unity House scheme could be costing Hawaiian Electric as much as $476M per year ....

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Saturday, March 8, 2025
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 6:45 PM :: 510 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Gambling, Life

... Bills Still in Play: Sports Betting & Right to Contraceptives ....

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Saturday, March 8, 2025
Spreading Aloha Through Saying Goodbye
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:24 PM :: 699 Views :: Cost of Living

“More Native Hawaiians flock to mainland cities and leave Hawaiʻi, citing high costs.”

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Saturday, March 8, 2025
Social Worker Arrested in Torture Death of Foster Girl
By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 AM :: 3525 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Higher Education, COVID-19

... The latest foster parent arrested for child torture is a university instructor, social worker, DoE behavioral health specialist, and UH Manoa PhD student ....

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Friday, March 7, 2025
“It’s becoming harder and harder for the working person who doesn’t own a home yet just to rent a place to live”
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:16 PM :: 1345 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

“...Hawaii doesn’t have a scarcity of land. We build housing and urban development on only 5% of the land mass....”

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Friday, March 7, 2025
Seven Gun Bills Moving Fast at Half-Way Point in Legislative Session
By Selected News Articles @ 1:16 PM :: 964 Views :: Second Amendment

... the remaining gun control bills have now crossed over between the House and Senate ....

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Friday, March 7, 2025
Hawaii AG Celebrates Injunction Against Trump Funding Cuts
By News Release @ 12:57 PM :: 687 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Higher Education

“NIH’s proposed drastic reduction of our facilities and administrative rate would result in the elimination of approximately $16.5M in funding that the University of Hawaiʻi uses...."

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Thursday, March 6, 2025
$21.19B: House Finance Committee Approves State Budget
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 439 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... the House draft of the budget bill (HB300), will now proceed to the House floor for third reading and are expected to cross over to the Senate on Wednesday, March 12 ....

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Thursday, March 6, 2025
SB350 Fakes Contraceptive Protection in State Constitution
By News Release @ 1:37 PM :: 478 Views :: Family, Health Care, Life

... The wording of SB350 does nothing to protect contraceptive access if federal authorization is withdrawn or denied ....

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Thursday, March 6, 2025
DBEDT Reduces Hawaii Economic Growth Projection to 1.7%
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 667 Views :: Economy, Tourism

... The downward adjustment was mainly due to the expected slowdown in tourism growth, higher projected consumer inflation and increasing policy uncertainty at the national and international levels ....

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Kewalo: Gather to celebrate the death of bill SB 534
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 683 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, OHA

... OHA introduced three failed bills SB534, HB605, and SB211 this legislative session ....

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