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Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Can the Trump Administration save Honolulu from wasting $2.5B on Sand Island Sewage Plant?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:13 PM :: 111 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Taxes

... The cost of the Sand Island upgrade aligns with the Council’s dispute with the Blangiardi administration over the amount of sewer fee increases to be forced upon Oahu ratepayers ....

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Hawaii Democrats Tout Marijuana Crackdown Legislation
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 110 Views :: Drugs

... three bills that passed in the 2025 Legislative Session ....

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025
DBEDT Lowers Hawaii Economic Growth Projections
By News Release @ 7:16 PM :: 107 Views :: Economy, Tourism

... This adjustment reflects the impact of tariffs on international imports, a slowdown in tourism, persistent consumer inflation and increasing uncertainty in both national and international economic policy ....

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025
New Republican Chair Pledges to Focus on Winning Elections
By News Release @ 3:43 PM :: 137 Views :: Republican Party

"...My sole focus in these next eighteen months is to renew, unify, and grow our membership, and elect Conservative Republicans on November 3, 2026 to County, State and Federal office," said Chair Hannemann....

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Lawyer Outlines Cruise Industry Case Against Green Fee
By News Release @ 4:03 AM :: 201 Views :: Environment, Jones Act, Taxes, Tourism

... tax "may have invited a legal storm" ....

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Neighborhood Board Election results now available online
By News Release @ 10:24 PM :: 240 Views :: Honolulu County

... There are currently 33 active boards across the City and County of Honolulu, with approximately 400 volunteer members ....

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025
SB1396 Green Fee: Green Signs TAT Increase, Promises to Waste it all on Global Warming
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 224 Views :: Environment, Jones Act, Taxes, Tourism

... Senate Bill 1396 increases the TAT rate by 0.75% beginning in 2026 and levies, for the first time, the TAT on cruise ships that port in the state ....

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Feds bust Chinese-Canadian fraud ring operating in Hawaii targeting seniors
By Selected News Articles @ 11:31 AM :: 330 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement

... Multiple Chinese nationals have been indicted ....

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Monday, May 26, 2025
Delegates Elect New Hawaii Republican Party Chairman
By Selected News Articles @ 9:05 PM :: 348 Views :: Republican Party

... delegates elected Art Hannemann party chair over the incumbent Tamara McKay by a vote of 164 to 147 ....

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Monday, May 26, 2025
Bill 47: Hawaii County Developers to Build TVR Subdivisions
By Selected News Articles @ 8:27 PM :: 401 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Tourism

... could potentially open up a huge legal can of worms based on historical layers of fraud, mislabeling and mishandling of so-called "Ag" land ....

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Sunday, May 25, 2025
VIDEO: $4000 Dela Cruz Campaign Contribution buys Shouting Match in Hilo 
By Andrew Walden @ 9:02 PM :: 1949 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics

... Was it worth it?   Senate Ways and Means Chair Donovan Dela Cruz got $4,000 in campaign contributions from convicted Unity House felon Roberta Cabral.  In exchange, we got a shouting match in Hilo .... 

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Sunday, May 25, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 23, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 4:27 PM :: 321 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....

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Sunday, May 25, 2025
Keanu Sai News: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
By News Release @ 3:28 PM :: 1285 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Higher Education

... Keanu Sai has been helped by UH and the Maui Council ....

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Sunday, May 25, 2025
2025 Legislative Special Funds -- 0 for 86
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 415 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... out of the eighty-six special and revolving funds reviewed, not one of them met the statutory criteria ....

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Saturday, May 24, 2025
No, we don't have low property taxes
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:30 PM :: 603 Views :: Taxes

... county councils are setting property tax rates for the coming year ....

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Saturday, May 24, 2025
VIDEO: Honolulu Rail--We're not going to do THAT Again
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:20 PM :: 500 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail

... promises are not guarantees, and that big government projects tend to come with unexpected costs and delays ....

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Saturday, May 24, 2025
VIDEO: Grassroot legislative wrap-up tour
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 328 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... the defeat of nearly all attempts to add more taxes and the passing of five Grassroot model bills and other Grassroot-supported measures ....

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Saturday, May 24, 2025
HI-EMA Fuel Tank in Violation Since 1997
By News Release @ 3:07 AM :: 376 Views :: Environment, Hawaii State Government

... no maintenance for 28 years ....

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Friday, May 23, 2025
Grassroot Council Testimony: Cutting Red Tape to Build Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:55 PM :: 339 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Maui County, Development, Small Business

... testimony before Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Kaua‘i and Maui county councils or planning commissions ....

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Friday, May 23, 2025
Bill 2591 Changes Kauai Zoning to Allow Farmers' Markets
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:49 PM :: 364 Views :: Kauai County, Agriculture, Small Business

... Bill 2951, was proposed in response to a January zoning complaint that shut down the popular Princeville Farmers and Artists Market ....

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Friday, May 23, 2025
Audit: How to Speed up Building Permits
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:43 PM :: 431 Views :: Hawaii County , Development

... a new report from the county’s Office of the County Auditor suggests more than two dozen ways to help speed up the process ....

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Friday, May 23, 2025
Hawaii: Where Clean Energy Projects Go to Die
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:31 PM :: 751 Views :: Energy, Development, Land Use

... Over the past five years, 15 energy projects in the state have been cancelled — more than half of the power projects being considered ....

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Friday, May 23, 2025
Hawaii: A far-left state trying to hijack U.S. energy policy
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 813 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics, Judiciary

... Hawaii is at the vanguard of a coordinated legal campaign that aims to enact Green New Deal-type policies by lawsuit. And by all appearances, the state’s judiciary is an eager participant ....

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Friday, May 23, 2025
Trump Squeeze Leads to Suspension of 'Faculty Special Salary Adjustments' at UH
By News Release @ 12:42 AM :: 598 Views :: Higher Education

... effective immediately, there will be a suspension of all Faculty Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) for merit, equity, and/or market that have not been approved by me as of May 23, 2025 ....

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Friday, May 23, 2025
UHERO Survey Documents Declining Physical and Mental Health
By UHERO @ 12:29 AM :: 387 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19

... Among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) and low-income respondents, ratings dropped from 40% describing their health as excellent or very good to 23%—a 17 percentage point decrease in 18 months ....

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Thursday, May 22, 2025
Medical Malpractice? Hawaii 5th Worst
By News Release @ 11:57 PM :: 491 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Judiciary

... Hawaii medical malpractice claim count is 71% higher than the national average ....

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Thursday, May 22, 2025
Hawaii Mortgage Delinquency Jumps
By Selected News Articles @ 11:45 PM :: 458 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii has the 4th-largest increase in mortgage delinquency ....

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Thursday, May 22, 2025
Lawsuit Challenges Reopening of Pacific Monument
By News Release @ 6:37 PM :: 350 Views :: Environment, Small Business

... The groups are challenging President Trump’s April 17 proclamation that would allow U.S.-flagged vessels to fish commercially ....

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Thursday, May 22, 2025
Feds Launch Process for Potential Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Near American Samoa
By News Release @ 12:52 PM :: 676 Views :: Environment, National News, Small Business

... This marks the first such action by Interior in over 30 years ....

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Thursday, May 22, 2025
VIDEO: Senators Grill Green over COVID Shutdowns
By Video @ 2:50 AM :: 1252 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians, COVID-19

... Ohio Senator confronts Hawaii governor over COVID lockdowns, says “tell me about the science behind why you locked your residents up” ....

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Hawaii 'Clean' Hydrogen to Come from Oil Refinery
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 629 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy

... Hawaiʻi Gas' synthetic natural gas (SNG), made from naptha produced by the Par Pacific oil refinery on Oʻahu, contains up to 15% hydrogen—the highest percentage of any natural gas utility in the United States ....

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Study: More Housing Units Built-But Fewer Available for Residents
By News Release @ 8:38 PM :: 537 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living

... 64,490 additional units are needed through 2027 but only 13,471 units are currently in development pipelines and anticipated to be available by 2027 .... 

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Honolulu Ranks #3 in U.S. for Micro-Housing — New Study Finds
By Selected News Articles @ 5:48 PM :: 551 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... 11.6% of Honolulu rentals are under 348 square feet ....

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Monday, May 19, 2025
Cleaning up Hawaii’s permitting mess
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:33 PM :: 561 Views :: Development

... A new report from the University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization shows that Hawaii permit delays in 2024 were at some of the worst levels ever ....

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Monday, May 19, 2025
Hawaii has third-lowest percentage of single-mother households, study reveals
By Selected News Articles @ 5:34 PM :: 615 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii has the third-lowest percentage of single-mother households at 3%.  Single-father households make up 1.4% of the 493,898 households in Hawaii ....

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Sunday, May 18, 2025
Rules Vote a Self-Serving Scam to Take Over Hawaii Republican Party
By News Release @ 5:24 PM :: 1471 Views :: Republican Party

... Delegates should vote NO on all proposed party rules changes ....

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Sunday, May 18, 2025
2025 Legislative Also-Rans
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 573 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... a few bills that passed both houses of the legislature, but did not make it through conference, may come back to haunt us next year .... 

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Saturday, May 17, 2025
Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Trump's DEI Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 649 Views :: National News

... “friend of the court” brief supporting the plaintiffs in National Association of Diversity Officers v. Trump ....

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Saturday, May 17, 2025
UHERO: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Maui’s Immigrant Community
By UHERO @ 2:53 AM :: 472 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living

... Most participants work in low-wage, non-unionized jobs—often seasonal or gig-based—in sectors like hospitality, domestic work, and landscaping ....

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Friday, May 16, 2025
Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court
By Court House News @ 5:46 AM :: 1091 Views :: Maui County, Development, Homelessness, Cost of Living

... a case challenging Governor Josh Green's use of emergency powers to address the state's affordable housing crisis ....

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Thursday, May 15, 2025
Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 4325 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Drugs

... when authorities raided the Kiakona compound, a mere $140,000 of cash was seized, along with 2 pounds of crystal meth and multiple firearms.  Where are the rest of the millions? ....

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
14 Years Later--City Settles Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $2.1M
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 835 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police

... 14 years after the wrongful arrest ....

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
House Passes South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 853 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Small Business

... The bipartisan legislation provides congressional direction to fully implement the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, which has been diplomatically negotiated among the U.S. and 16 Pacific Islands nations ....

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
UHERO: 75% of Hawaii Households Cannot Afford Mortgage
By UHERO @ 4:21 PM :: 907 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... The pace of new housing construction remains historically low. Housing permitting times continue to be long, especially in Honolulu and Maui ....

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Disasters? Hawaii Still not Ready
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 866 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii among 13 states ranked low for emergency readiness ....

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Hawaii 4th Highest State and Local Taxes Per Capita
By Tax Foundation @ 6:05 PM :: 672 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

.... Hawaii extracts $9,503 per person ....

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Pacific Partnership Act to Counter China
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 1074 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military

... Bill to Strengthen Strategic Relationships with Pacific Islands, and Counter Chinese Aggression in the Region ....

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Legislature Delivers Progress for Housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:35 PM :: 541 Views :: Maui County, Development, Taxes

“I want him to sign the historic review bills, the impact fee bill, the permit bill.”

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Residential electric bills in Hawaii and Connecticut are twice those in New Mexico, Utah
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 739 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

... Customers in states such as Hawaii and Connecticut, where retail electricity prices are relatively high, paid more than $200 per month for electricity ....

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
BWS Approves Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 822 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy

... $204 million project to design, construct, operate and maintain a 1.7 million gallon per day seawater desalination plant ....

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