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Sunday, April 13, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 11, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 5:23 PM :: 92 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

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Sunday, April 13, 2025
Grassroot 'legislative wrap-up' tour starts May 13
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:16 PM :: 129 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... dates, times and locations ....

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Sunday, April 13, 2025
WSJ: Lahaina's Lessons for Los Angeles
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:03 PM :: 133 Views :: Maui County, Development

... how intractable regulations have delayed rebuilding in Lahaina ....

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Sunday, April 13, 2025
Supporting Government’s Central Services—the Grand Skim of Things
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 240 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... “The Grand Skim of Things” ....

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Saturday, April 12, 2025
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:59 PM :: 155 Views :: Family, Gambling

... status of sports betting ....

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Saturday, April 12, 2025
Why are "blankety blank" tax-hike bills even allowed?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:50 PM :: 215 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, Tourism

... In addition to the TAT-related bills — HB504 and SB1396 — our state legislators also are considering a big tax increase — via HB202 — on all Hawaii businesses through a stealthy redefining of what is considered an adequate reserve fund of the state's unemployment insurance program ....

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Friday, April 11, 2025
Kauai, Maui zoning changes would help farmers, food trucks
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:23 PM :: 251 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Agriculture, Small Business

... Lawmakers on Kaua‘i and Maui are considering bills that would increase income opportunities for farmers and other small businesses ....

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Thursday, April 10, 2025
History Repeated Leads to Suffering
By Joni Kamiya @ 4:30 PM :: 305 Views :: Agriculture, GMOs, COVID-19

... the age of pseudoscience ....

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Thursday, April 10, 2025
Hawaii County Honokohau Sewage 'Sue-n-Settle'
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 245 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment

... The settlement resolves a Clean Water Act lawsuit filed in 2023 by Earthjustice ....

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Thursday, April 10, 2025
AG: 2,200 Concealed Gun Permits in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:42 PM :: 248 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment

... 2,456 licenses were issued (some licensees hold multiple licenses in order to select between different carry guns), 119 were denied, and six were revoked ....

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
CNN: Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 2219 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections, Tulsi Gabbard

... Gabbard could face a challenge to her registration or an investigation into her vote in the 2024 election ....

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Lahaina Ferry Pier Rebuild Named Best of 2024
By News Release @ 2:46 PM :: 255 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Maui’s Lahaina Small Boat Harbor Ferry Pier Improvements was named one of the most significant construction projects of 2024 ....

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
First Measles Cases Arrive on Oahu
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 259 Views :: Health Care

... Members of the public may have been exposed to measles if they visited the following locations during the specified times ....

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Kouchi, Nakamura Agree: Legislators will not have to vote on Massive Pay Hike
By News Release @ 12:37 AM :: 271 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... pay raises ranging from 35% to 48% over the next six years for top state executives, lawmakers and judges ....

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Testimony: Grassroot Bills on the Move
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:59 PM :: 237 Views :: Honolulu County, Kauai County, Hawaii State Government

... state and county testimonies the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii submitted for consideration by the respective lawmakers in late March and early April 2025 ....

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Hawaii Homes More than Double US Average
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 266 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii ranks as the least affordable state, with a median home price of $840,256 and a relatively high cost of living ....

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Hawaii Taxes: $145K salary needed to take home $100K
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 276 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... you need a gross salary of roughly $145,000 in order to actually take home $100,000 in Hawaii.  This is the third-worst in USA ....

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
10 reasons Lahaina rebuilding has been so depressingly slow
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:52 PM :: 337 Views :: Maui County, Development

... only 341 permits to rebuild have been issued as of the end of March 2025, and only eight homes have been completed ....

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Monday, April 7, 2025
SB401: House Approves Gut-n-Replace Gun Ban Bill
By NRA ILA @ 11:59 PM :: 1456 Views :: Second Amendment

... SB 401, as amended, is now over 2,600 words long and will ban semi-automatic rifles with a detachable magazine, “assault shotguns”, and standard capacity magazines ....

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Monday, April 7, 2025
Deadline for Real ID Hawai‘i driver’s license is coming soon
By News Release @ 11:55 PM :: 305 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Tourism

... Beginning May 7, 2025, every air traveler 18 years of age and older must have a Real ID-compliant driver’s license or state-issued identification card to board domestic flights and enter some federal buildings ....

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Monday, April 7, 2025
Hawaii most expensive state to raise a child
By Selected News Articles @ 12:54 PM :: 328 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii has the highest annual costs associated with raising a small child, at $36,472 ....

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Monday, April 7, 2025
Young Bros Wants ANOTHER Massive Rate Hike--Hearings Set
By News Release @ 3:45 AM :: 370 Views :: Jones Act, Cost of Living

... Young Brothers filed an application requesting Commission approval of a total revenue increase of $26,368,923 (27.06%) ....

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Sunday, April 6, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 5, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 4:34 PM :: 349 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, April 6, 2025
Taxing Capital Gains
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 902 Views :: Taxes

... If Auntie’s kids sell her house for a $500,000 gain to provide money for her to go to a nursing home, for example, the tax will fall on her the same as anyone who earns $500,000 in one year ....

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Saturday, April 5, 2025
Turns out you can fight city hall — and win!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:29 PM :: 620 Views :: Hawaii County , Development

... Ausman sued Hawai‘i County’s Board of Appeals after finding himself in the strange position of owning a beach house in Milolii that he couldn’t live in or renovate ....

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Saturday, April 5, 2025
HCR100: Mandatory LGBTQ Training for State Agencies
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 7:14 PM :: 738 Views :: First Amendment, Gambling, Hawaii State Government

... harassment and discrimination training for state employees demonstrate sufficient competency in LGBTQ+ identities and culturally specific gender identities ....

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Saturday, April 5, 2025
​Mexican National Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison for Narcotics, Firearm, and Immigration Charges
By News Release @ 6:46 PM :: 412 Views :: Hawaii County , Drugs

... possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and illegal reentry ....

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Saturday, April 5, 2025
Armed Drug Dealer Who Sold Fatal Dose of Cocaine to U.S. Marine Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison
By News Release @ 6:41 PM :: 581 Views :: Honolulu County, Military, Drugs

... Ducos admitted he sold cocaine to a 25-yearold active-duty United States Marine, who later fatally overdosed on it ....

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Saturday, April 5, 2025
Armed Drug Dealer From Oahu Sentenced to 170 Months in Federal Prison
By News Release @ 6:28 PM :: 368 Views :: Honolulu County, Drugs

... Guzman admitted that on March 13, 2023, he distributed one pound of methamphetamine to a third party at Magic Island ....

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Saturday, April 5, 2025
Corruption: Civil Suit Against Kaneshiro Thrown Out of Court
By Court House News @ 2:59 AM :: 1809 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement

... a federal judge ruled Friday many of her claims were barred by statute of limitations ....

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Saturday, April 5, 2025
UH Mānoa launches national search for athletic director
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 347 Views :: Higher Education, Tourism

"...Parker Executive Search, the national firm assisting UH Mānoa with the search, is actively recruiting top candidates from across the country...."

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Friday, April 4, 2025
Chief Justice Names Three Oahu Family Court Judges
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 1112 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary

... The appointments are subject to Senate confirmation, and if confirmed, each will serve a term of six-years ....

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Friday, April 4, 2025
Conservative Legal Foundation Sues to Stop 'Illegal' Trump Tariffs
By News Release @ 11:07 PM :: 586 Views :: National News

... Under art. 1, § 8 of the Constitution, Congress has sole authority to control tariffs ....

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Friday, April 4, 2025
Hawaii AG Sues Trump Admin over Voting Rules
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 413 Views :: Office of Elections

"...According to the lawsuit, the president has no constitutional power to rewrite state election laws by decree, nor does the president have the authority to modify the rules Congress created for elections...."

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Friday, April 4, 2025
Hawaii DoH: Get Measles Vax Without Losing Religious Exemption
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 913 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care

... The emergency rules will allow children with a religious exemption to receive the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine while retaining the exemption to other vaccines and continuing to attend school ....

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Friday, April 4, 2025
Green Appoints Nakasone ICA Chief Judge
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 1647 Views :: Judiciary

... Nakasone will fill the vacancy left by the elevation of Judge Lisa M. Ginoza to Associate Justice of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ....

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Report: 34% of DoE Students 'Chronically Absentee'
By News Release @ 6:47 PM :: 666 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics

... The absence of these low-performing students artificially increases average test scores ....

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Senate advances program to return homeless to mainland
By Court House News @ 4:52 PM :: 443 Views :: Homelessness

... It has reportedly helped over 130 homeless individuals return to their mainland homes since 2023 ....

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Hawaiʻi HS class of ‘24 ties record 86% grad rate, college enrollment up
By News Release @ 1:27 AM :: 412 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... completers of Dual Credit classes up 3% from 24% to 27% ....

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
UHERO: Hawaiʻi migration trends show more balance than expected
By UHERO @ 1:08 AM :: 460 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... domestic out-migration, particularly among young adults, continues ....

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Hawaii #1 Tax Burden in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:48 AM :: 659 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... Hawaii residents pay nearly 14% of their income in taxes: 4.2% on income taxes, 2.6% on property taxes, and 7.2% in sales and excise taxes ....

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Hope Bancorp Completes Merger With Territorial Bancorp
By News Release @ 12:10 AM :: 433 Views :: Small Business

... Territorial Savings Bank will operate under the trade name Territorial Savings, a division of Bank of Hope ....

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
HB1308: Sports Betting Bill Passed by Senate Ways & Means
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 10:30 PM :: 455 Views :: Gambling

... VOTE:  7 Ayes, 4 Aye with reservations, 2 Nays -- The Senate will have its final vote on the sports betting bill on Tuesday, April 8 ....

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Hensel: How Trump Executive Orders are Affecting UH System
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 461 Views :: Higher Education

"Trump EOs ... interpret Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts to be discriminatory"

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Maui transient vacation rental phaseout means fewer jobs
By UHERO @ 1:59 PM :: 507 Views :: Maui County, Land Use, Tourism

... the policy could also reduce visitor spending by nearly $900 million annually, resulting in job and income losses, declining property values and an estimated $60 million drop in county property tax revenues ....

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Hawaii AG Sues DHHS to Keep the COVID Money Flowing
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 PM :: 429 Views :: COVID-19

... AGs claim DHHS “illegally” terminated billions in “critical” health grants ....

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Green Appoints Water Commissioner and Circuit Court Judges
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 999 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Development, Judiciary, Land Use

... Governor Green has nominated three Circuit Court Judges in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit and Hannah Kihalani Springer to the Commission on Water Resource Management ....

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Hawaii: Work 17 days of month to afford mortgage payment
By Selected News Articles @ 6:29 PM :: 476 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... at $796,947, homeowners purchasing a home at this price point will need to work 17 days each month just to cover the payment of $5,222 ....

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
HB300 Highlights: Senate WAM Passes Budget Bill
By News Release @ 6:06 PM :: 442 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... A summary of totals included in the approved budget ....

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Hawaii Egg Prices Nearly Double Mainland
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 502 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawai‘i still pays significantly higher prices than the rest of the U.S., which averages at $4.90 per dozen ....

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