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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
City Accepting Bids for Kalihi Rail Station TOD Development
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 170 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail

... The property sits directly across from the future Mokauea (Kalihi) Skyline Station ....

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
DLE Creates Virtual Reality Capitol Security Cordon
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 341 Views :: Police

... Hawaii’s Department of Law Enforcement is now pioneering the use of virtual reality—using geographic information system (GIS) technology to build a geospatial digital twin—to enhance security and situational awareness. ...

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Second Amendment: “These arbitrary restrictions in Hawaii are unique and burdensome with no parallel in other states."
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 419 Views :: Judiciary

... While the Plaintiffs prevailed before a Ninth Circuit three-judge panel, the case is now being reheard en banc ....

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Monday, August 25, 2025
Supreme Court restores parental opt-out from LGBTQ Propaganda
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 747 Views :: Education K-12, Family

... The Supreme Court ruled 6-3, June 26, 2025, that parents have the right to opt their children out of storybooks that push one-sided ideology on gender and sexuality ....

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Sunday, August 24, 2025
Hawai’i Aloha: How Rev. Lorenzo Lyons helped save the Hawaiian language
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 759 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

...Samuel Elbert and Mary Kawena Pukui give credit to Lyons for helping save the Hawaiian language....

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Sunday, August 24, 2025
Classroom Heat
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 926 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics

... ten years ago Governor Ige kicked off an effort to get air conditioners into public school classrooms ....

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Saturday, August 23, 2025
Are you ready for another boondoggle?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:06 PM :: 1098 Views :: Rail

... Like the proverbial frog in a pot of hot water, we seem to have become desensitized to just how poorly the rail project has gone ....

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Saturday, August 23, 2025
The Worst Transit Projects
By Video @ 1:29 PM :: 1122 Views :: Rail

"what is the worst new transit project in the United States?”

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Saturday, August 23, 2025
$100M Green Fee Slush Fund: Green Appoints Advisory Council
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 1236 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism

... $100 million annually, directed toward environmental stewardship, hazard mitigation, infrastructure resilience and enhancing the visitor experience ....

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Saturday, August 23, 2025
Maui County releases 2025 human services assessment report
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 327 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... residents’ perspectives on community needs and access to social services, including kūpuna services, early childhood programs, services for disabled residents and more ....

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Friday, August 22, 2025
Maui Police Release Bodycam Video Surrounding Officer Death
By Video @ 12:13 PM :: 3412 Views :: Maui County, Police

... Maui Police Officer Was Killed By Bullet That Hit Above Her Protective Vest ....

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Friday, August 22, 2025
Little-Known Law Makes Hawai‘i Flights More Expensive
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 AM :: 1642 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism

... U.S. Code (49 U.S.C. §41703), says foreign airlines cannot sell tickets between two U.S. cities ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Army to Green: 'We cannot wait'
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 1225 Views :: Land Use, Military, OHA

"We want to work with you to come to a mutually acceptable framework by the end of this year"

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Hawaii average annual tax cuts under 'Big Beautiful' Bill
By Tax Foundation @ 5:05 PM :: 1420 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... Hawaii average tax cut $3,030 for 2026.  Hawaii long-term jobs created 3,519 ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Cost of Living: Hawaii 82% Higher Than US Average
By Selected News Articles @ 4:40 PM :: 1420 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii has the highest cost of living in the USA ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Hawaii Becomes The 50th State – This Day In History
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 1020 Views :: Hawaii History

... On August 21, 1959, Hawaii officially entered the Union as the 50th U.S. state when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation admitting the islands ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Green Unveils 2025 Policy Priorities
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 1112 Views :: Hawaii State Government

"...how the Green administration is tackling some of Hawai‘i’s most pressing issues...."

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Honolulu Least Pet-Friendly City in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 1263 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... WalletHub compared the pet-friendliness of the 100 largest U.S. cities across 23 key metrics ....

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
​UH, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency sign partnership agreement
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 419 Views :: Higher Education, Military

... a new Education Partnership Agreement aimed at enhancing science and technology education while advancing DPAA’s critical mission of accounting for missing U.S. personnel from past conflicts ....

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Palacios' death leaves NMI vulnerable to China
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 AM :: 1391 Views :: World News, Gambling, Military

... Arnold Palacios, the 10th governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, died unexpectedly .... 

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
DBEDT Releases 2024 State of Hawaii Data Book
By News Release @ 1:37 AM :: 1252 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... The book is in electronic form and is available on the DBEDT website ....

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Hawaii Named Least Affordable State for College Grads
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 AM :: 1217 Views :: Higher Education, Cost of Living

... Hawaii: Recent college grad earnings gap -$11,840 ....

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Monday, August 18, 2025
‘New’ HTA board taking off with same old baggage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:50 PM :: 1707 Views :: Tourism

... Some bad ideas just won’t go away ....

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Monday, August 18, 2025
Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims
By News Release @ 6:13 PM :: 551 Views :: Education K-12

...Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims....

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Monday, August 18, 2025
Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 1202 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... how does your community college stack up? ....

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Sunday, August 17, 2025
From Koko Crater to Wahiawā: The long fight over Oʻahu’s trash
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1222 Views :: Honolulu County

... If history is any guide, the City will end up right back where it started: extending Waimānalo Gulch ....

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Sunday, August 17, 2025
No Tax on Overtime
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1630 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes

... this is critical information for employers too ....

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Sunday, August 17, 2025
PRC National Sentenced to 55 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 1323 Views :: Drugs

... arrest and conviction of Yang and co-conspirator Ye Fang, also known as "Batu," a PRC national who was unlawfully present in the United States ....

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Saturday, August 16, 2025
Suspect Named: Maui Police officer killed in line of duty
By News Release @ 6:04 PM :: 6232 Views :: Maui County, Police

... Suspect in Maui police officer’s killing had extensive criminal record ....

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Saturday, August 16, 2025
UHERO: Hawaii has less inequality because nobody can get ahead
By UHERO @ 4:42 PM :: 1645 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, Tourism, Cost of Living

... 'equality' imposed by a tourism-driven economy and high cost of living ....

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Saturday, August 16, 2025
Lahaina rebuild could move along faster if ...
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 1312 Views :: Maui County, Development

... four recommendations — are all based off of bills that have been introduced at the Maui County Council or at the state level ....

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Saturday, August 16, 2025
Hawaiʻi County Reduces Permitting Backlog
By News Release @ 3:29 PM :: 1382 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Development, Small Business

... All Permit Types: Average duration of permit review and approval process has been reduced by 66%, from nearly five months to under two months ....

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Friday, August 15, 2025
Racists in Congress fought against statehood for Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 10209 Views :: Hawaii History

... the forces of segregation and racism in Congress effectively derailed statehood for more than a decade ....

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Friday, August 15, 2025
Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 69202 Views :: Hawaii History

... Opponents of Statehood were landed aristocracy fearful of being ruled by their employees ....

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Friday, August 15, 2025
Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 10656 Views :: Hawaii History

...Gallup first polled Americans on their support for Hawaii's statehood in 1940....

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Thursday, August 14, 2025
12 New Members Appointed to HTA Board
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 1503 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Tourism

... The appointments follow the resignation of the previous board earlier this summer ....

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Thursday, August 14, 2025
Tariffs Drive up Non-Residential Constuction Costs
By News Release @ 12:42 PM :: 1723 Views :: Rail, Cost of Living

... tariffs drive up prices for aluminum, steel, and copper items ....

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Hawaii Red Hill Water Contamination Lawsuit Expands
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 1333 Views :: Environment, Military

... attorneys representing people who said they were sickened by the November 2021 Red Hill jet fuel spill had added more than 6,000 additional plaintiffs ....

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Cool Schools: How Solar Scammers Looted $120M
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 3:02 PM :: 2065 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics

"...Now, with the batteries that were installed on many of the solar AC systems nearing the end of their lifespans, one DOE official warned that the systems will need to be retired altogether.  He called the heat abatement initiative a $120 million disaster...."

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
John Honoli’i ‘First Born’ of the Hawaiian Church
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 1783 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

"He is our first born, in America he entered the church of Jesus, he is the one who came with the first teachers."

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
How special interests keep bad laws on the books: The case of the Jones Act.
By Cato Foundation @ 4:55 PM :: 1868 Views :: Jones Act

... Seven years ago, the Cato Institute launched its project on reforming the Jones Act ....

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Monday, August 11, 2025
Sen Ernst Targets Honolulu Rail for Elimination
By News Release @ 3:19 PM :: 2586 Views :: Rail

...they “prematurely entered into contracts under an artificial timeline and a fragile financial plan.” The mayor admitted this was done to avoid losing out on federal funds....

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Sunday, August 10, 2025
Two years later, too little rebuilding in Lahaina
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:04 PM :: 1289 Views :: Maui County, Development

“if policymakers do not move faster to remove the legal barriers that have been blocking the rebuilding of Lahaina, the town will lose its sense of community and historic charm, and its residents will continue to move away or go homeless while its economy sputters into oblivion.”

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Sunday, August 10, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 9, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 12:52 PM :: 1280 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... bill introductions only--no votes this week ....

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Sunday, August 10, 2025
Encumbrance for the Stadium
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1543 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Tourism

... Act 88 of 2021, which Act 248 amended, stated that the appropriations in the biennium budget would lapse on June 30, 2024 ....

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Saturday, August 9, 2025
Green: RFK Cuts to MRNA Vaccine Research 'A big mistake'
By Video @ 3:05 PM :: 920 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19

... antivaxxer RFK cut $500M funding for MRNA vaccine research ....

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Friday, August 8, 2025
VA terminates union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees
By News Release @ 1:03 PM :: 1546 Views :: National News, Labor, Military

... The announcement comes in response to President Trump’s executive order that excludes certain federal agencies from labor-management relations programs. ....

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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Lawsuit: Hawaii Sheriff Deputies Arrested on Charges Trumped-up by own Department—Top Brass infighting led to suicide of Deputy
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 6355 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police

... one deputy committed suicide after DLE’s Criminal Investigations Division attempted to use deputies as pawns to hedge against a lawsuit filed by the #3 man in the department ….

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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Launches Aircraft Mechanic Training Program
By News Release @ 4:10 AM :: 1386 Views :: Education K-12

... a no-cost, two-year training initiative designed to prepare Oʻahu high school juniors for careers in aviation maintenance and mechanics ....

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Thursday, August 7, 2025
US, Cook Islands to Cooperate on Seabed Mining
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 1334 Views :: Environment, National News, World News

...The Government of the United States of America has begun discussions with the Government of the Cook Islands to support the research necessary to inform seabed exploration and responsible development within the Cook Islands’ Exclusive Economic Zone....

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