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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
HMSA: 2nd Worst Health Insurance Company in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:43 PM :: 152 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... submitting claims multiple times before they’re paid is necessary and sometimes claims are completely ignored ....

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Wahiawa Veteran Wins in Class Action Lawsuit Against Iran
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 140 Views :: Health Care, Military

... On May 30, 2025, a federal court in Washington, D.C., awarded over $573+ million in total damages to victims and families affected by terrorist attacks in Iraq that were enabled by Iran’s support for extremist groups ....

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Lawsuit by State Hospital Medical Director Details How Retaliation Games Keep Hospital Understaffed
By Andrew Walden @ 3:31 PM :: 231 Views :: Ethics, Health Care

“...you need to be more on my team....”

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Why Hawaii lawmakers should adopt interstate telehealth
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:19 PM :: 221 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19

... The practice worked well and safely during the COVID-19 crisis and could do so again, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii says ....

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Matt Elliott approved by BOR as next UH Mānoa athletics director
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 225 Views :: Higher Education, Tourism

... BOR unanimously approved the appointment ....

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Sunday, June 15, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 14, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 7:19 PM :: 357 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, June 15, 2025
Supreme Court decision makes it easier for disabled students to sue school districts for bias
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 398 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care

... lower courts had ruled against the family’s claim for damages, despite finding the school had fallen short ....

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Sunday, June 15, 2025
Intent to Veto
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 484 Views :: Taxes

... two tax bills are on the list ....

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Saturday, June 14, 2025
A blue wave is helping rock the boat on Jones Act reform
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:01 PM :: 657 Views :: Democratic Party, Jones Act

... Democrats favoring Jones Act reform include U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who introduced a bill in early May to exempt oil and other energy products transported to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico from the Jones Act ....

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Saturday, June 14, 2025
$294K Income Needed for Family of Four in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:40 PM :: 739 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... This is up 9.48% from just a year ago ....

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Saturday, June 14, 2025
Hawaii: Fewest Boat Owners Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 3:49 PM :: 464 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

... Hawaii has only 2.5 registered boats per 100 residents--dead last in USA ....

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Saturday, June 14, 2025
June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 64959 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor

Hawaii was the last place in the US to abolish indentured servitude....

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Friday, June 13, 2025
Against all odds, Hawaii’s children are returning
By Court House News @ 2:54 PM :: 565 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

"...they have grandparents who just passed away recently or moved into assisted living, so now they can move back home and live in that house....”

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Friday, June 13, 2025
Lawsuit: HTA bosses destroy Convention Center Roof in quest for retaliation
By Andrew Walden @ 1:56 PM :: 2315 Views :: Ethics, Tourism

... After being frog-marched out of the building, former HTA VP of Finance Isaac Choy is spilling the beans ....

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
DoH Coverup? Health Dep't Fines Hilo Medical Practice $2.19M for Minor Paperwork Violation
By Andrew Walden @ 10:31 PM :: 1319 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Health Care, Small Business

... "If (the $2.19M fine is) upheld by the hearings officer it will mean the closure of these two urgent care facilities." ....

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
House Announces New Assignments: Leadership, Committee Chair
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 727 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura today announced updated leadership and committee appointments in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives ....

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
Cost of Bills Index: Hawaii 32% Above US Median
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 429 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... residents in the most expensive states like California, Hawaii, and New Jersey paying up to 39% more than the national median, while those in the most affordable states like West Virginia, Mississippi, and Oklahoma pay up to 44% less ....

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
Hawaii is a Leader for Preschool Quality But Last in Access Among Pacific States
By News Release @ 4:42 PM :: 394 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

...Hawaii serves just 5% of its four-year-olds and 2% of three-year-olds in state-funded preschool programs, dead last among Pacific states....

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
Hawaii 3rd-Highest Beer Taxes in USA
By Tax Foundation @ 4:19 PM :: 424 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living

... Hawaii taxes beer at $0.93 per gallon .....

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Kauai Sewer Rates Model for Honolulu Council?
By News Release @ 11:25 AM :: 530 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business, Cost of Living

... Increasing 11% per year over a 5-year period -- The Honolulu Council apparently used this as a model. ....

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Hawaii justices examine doctors’ ability to challenge denied health insurance claims
By Court House News @ 3:13 AM :: 936 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Small Business

... questions that could reshape insurer-provider contracts statewide ....

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Lawsuit: Hawaii AG Accuses Trump of 'Distributing Machine Guns'
By Court House News @ 2:14 AM :: 600 Views :: Second Amendment

...The states accuse the Trump administration of hiding violations of federal law prohibiting the possession of machine guns in a settlement agreement with manufactures of forced reset triggers....

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Monday, June 9, 2025
Lahaina: Hotel Unions, HSTA Join with Meth Gang to Demand Seizure of Vacation Rentals
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 1154 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism

... The Lahaina fire is an opportunity to exploit.  The hotel unions and the hotels want the TVR business all for themselves ....

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Monday, June 9, 2025
In Hawaii Only Military Water Systems are Fluoridated
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 651 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Military

... 70.6% of third graders in Hawaii experience tooth decay—the highest rate in the nation ....

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Monday, June 9, 2025
Hawai‘i children hit hard by high cost of housing
By News Release @ 12:22 PM :: 450 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaiʻi ranks 24th in overall children’s well-being in the Data Book, as well as 33rd in the economic well-being ....

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Sunday, June 8, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 6 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 9:25 PM :: 361 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, June 8, 2025
Maui Council approves tax-rate hikes
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:00 PM :: 480 Views :: Maui County, Taxes

... overall, Maui taxpayers will still see their tax bills go up in 2026 because of a combination of higher tax rates and assessments ....

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Sunday, June 8, 2025
Grassroot: Democratic Congressional Staffers focus on Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:46 PM :: 497 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act

... Truth about Jones Act makes big leap forward ....

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Sunday, June 8, 2025
REPORT: Hawaii Math Instruction 'Unacceptable'
By News Release @ 5:29 PM :: 693 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... an estimated 3,120 students in 4th grade likely cannot perform skills like adding and subtracting multidigit whole numbers, fractions, and decimals ....

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Sunday, June 8, 2025
The Unseen Stopper Committees
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 407 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... money chairs’ macabre tradition ....

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Saturday, June 7, 2025
"Diversified ag" rhetoric doesn't match reality
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:19 PM :: 757 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Small Business, Tourism

... Two bills that would relax some of these regulations passed out of a Maui County Council committee just this week ....

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Friday, June 6, 2025
Governor Green Releases 'Intent-to-Veto' List
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 841 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Green informed legislative leaders and stakeholders of his intent to veto 19 bills ....

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Friday, June 6, 2025
Supreme Court to Decide: Are HMSA Physician Contracts “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable”? 
By Andrew Walden @ 9:04 PM :: 1235 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Health Care, Judiciary

... oral arguments will also be livestreamed for public viewing ....

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Friday, June 6, 2025
Hawaii’s energy future: Red tape is in the way
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:47 PM :: 461 Views :: Energy, Development

... regulations that allow community groups to essentially kill projects after they’ve been approved are the biggest hurdles to clear ....

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Friday, June 6, 2025
VIDEO: Rep Elle Cochran Calls for Trump Administration to Investigate Lahaina Corruption
By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 AM :: 1479 Views :: Democratic Party, Maui County, Ethics

... Missing Rep Elle Cochran found -- on ‘Tin Foil Hat Tuesday’ .... 

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Thursday, June 5, 2025
Matt Elliott selected as the next UH Mānoa athletics director
By News Release @ 10:58 PM :: 442 Views :: Gambling, Higher Education, Tourism

... Most recently, he served as the UCLA Bruins’ Chief Strategy Officer from 2022 to 2024, where he led the department’s transition from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten ....

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Thursday, June 5, 2025
Babylon Bee challenges Hawaii law criminalizing political memes, satire
By News Release @ 5:58 AM :: 1188 Views :: First Amendment

... ADF attorneys represent popular satire site, state resident in legal challenge to censorship law ....

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Thursday, June 5, 2025
Lawsuit Alleges More Affordable Housing Fraud
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 AM :: 820 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development

“The height restriction … is wrongfully preventing Honuaʻula from completing the construction of an approved affordable housing project…"

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Guilty on All Counts: Big Island Affordable Housing Fraudsters
By Selected News Articles @ 11:25 PM :: 750 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development

... Sulla is set to be sentenced on October 21, Zamber on October 7, and Budhabhatti on October 8 ....

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Kapolei Video: Druggie Deported as Parking Lot Lawyers Interfere
By Video @ 4:29 PM :: 1154 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Drugs

... just say no to illegal drug addicts ....

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Hawaii Child Molester Caught by Feds -- gets 41 years
By News Release @ 2:58 PM :: 856 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement

... Houghton conducted weekly piano lessons with the children virtually from his residence in Hawaii. On several occasions, Houghton used the virtual piano lessons to persuade the children to perform sexual acts ....

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025
UH: Feds Cut Funding for Sea Level Hysteria
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 681 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, Land Use

... If we can't make this stuff up, how can legislators and councilmembers use it as an excuse for their pre-conceived agendas? .... 

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025
State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 1418 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Judiciary

... “It doesn’t matter if a company is a one-person shop or a multi-billion-dollar oil company, we will relentlessly enforce Hawaiʻi’s consumer protection laws.” ....

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Share your feedback on HPD's compliance with CALEA and more
By News Release @ 12:06 AM :: 500 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police

... Share your feedback with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) ....

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Monday, June 2, 2025
Hawaii County Launches Community Survey
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 456 Views :: Hawaii County

... To take the survey, visit  >>>  tinyurl.com/laulimasurvey   <<<   .... 

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Monday, June 2, 2025
HPD Chief Logan Quits--Moszkowicz to Return from Big Island
By News Release @ 11:55 PM :: 911 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Police

... two departments will be getting new Chiefs ....

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Monday, June 2, 2025
Hawaii 3rd Worst Economy in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 PM :: 988 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics

... 49th for innovation, 50th for high-tech jobs ....

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Monday, June 2, 2025
Auditor: HTA has been promising 'Destination Management' since 2005
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:43 AM :: 610 Views :: Hawaii History, Tourism

... Ultimately, visitor arrivals would rise consecutively for nine straight years from 2010 through 2019 ....

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Monday, June 2, 2025
Hawaii Driver Education: 59 Years Without a Plan
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:04 AM :: 539 Views :: Education K-12, Small Business

... The Department of Education’s driver education program is incomplete, a loosely organized and inconsistent collection of school-level practices, that is incapable of being meaningfully evaluated ....

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Sunday, June 1, 2025
Twenty Years of Hawaii Recycling Fraud
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:54 PM :: 1088 Views :: Environment, Ethics

"We found that DOH still has made no progress on implementing the prior recommendations, including those codified by the Legislature in Section 342G-121.5, HRS."

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