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Thursday, March 27, 2025
Tax hike on tourism would create ‘unintended consequences for all’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:00 PM :: 113 Views :: Taxes, Tourism

... For the third year in a row, Hawaii policymakers are considering a bill that suggests they believe tourists are an endless source of funds ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Jones Act Operator Calls for Shipbuilding Reforms
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 PM :: 216 Views :: Jones Act, Military

... it is time to develop a round table and look to modify the Act to keep pace with global technology and geopolitical events ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Prince Kuhio's Fight to Americanize Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 42726 Views :: DHHL, Agriculture, Hawaii History, Land Use

...the homestead associations he championed in his first decade of service were multi-ethnic groups seeking the fee-simple ownership of land promised in the Hawaii Organic Act....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Hawaii Firearm Storage Bill Scheduled for Decision Making Hearing on April 1st
By NRA ILA @ 4:24 PM :: 159 Views :: Second Amendment

... House Bill 125 expands upon Hawaii’s existing firearm storage mandate by requiring firearms to be stored in a locked box, safe or with a trigger locking mechanism ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Hawaii to Charge EVs a Road Usage Tax Starting July 1
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 PM :: 254 Views :: Taxes, Cost of Living

... Hawaii’s road usage charge will become mandatory starting July 1, 2028, at which point the $50 flat fee will be discontinued ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Feds Release $2.5M to Reimburse Nonprofit for Shuttered Lahaina Jobs Program
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 176 Views :: Maui County, Labor

... temporary jobs focused on cleaning up debris and repairing damage caused by the fires ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
A Man Convicted of Trump Media Insider Trading Had Ties to a Firm Holding Hawaii Cannabis Contracts
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 273 Views :: National News, Ethics, Drugs

... he had earned millions of dollars from insider trades involving shares in a company that merged with Trump Media & Technology Group Corp ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Trump Pardons Devon Archer, Hawaii High-Tech Tax Credit Scammer Turned on Bidens
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 256 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Tax Credits

... Devon Archer cooperated with congressional investigators as a witness against Hunter Biden and the Biden family ....

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Hawaii 2nd-Highest State Tax Collections Per Capita
By Tax Foundation @ 9:00 PM :: 236 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... the State of Hawaii takes $7,070 per person in taxes ....

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Hawaii 2nd Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 PM :: 279 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

...Tax Day can be a painful reminder of how much we have to invest in federal, state and local governments, though many of us aren’t sure exactly what we get in return....

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Hawaii State Commission on Fatherhood Announces Awards, Scholarship Opportunities
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 224 Views :: Family

... commitment to promoting healthy family relationships by underscoring the vital role fathers play in the lives of their children ....

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Monday, March 24, 2025
Maui judge rules Haleakala trail must be open to public access
By Court House News @ 10:53 AM :: 316 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Land Use, Tourism

... The state must now open the historic Haleakala Trail for public access, putting an end to a decade-long fight for it to be declared a public right of way ....

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Sunday, March 23, 2025
The New Tax Cuts Website
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 625 Views :: Taxes

... in big bold type it screams ....

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Saturday, March 22, 2025
SCR179 and SR149: LGBTQ Commission to Rewrite Entire Hawaii Legal Code with "Gender Neutral Language"
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:25 PM :: 1051 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government

... the state LGBTQ+ Commission and the Commission on the Status of Women review the Hawaii Revised Statutes ....

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Saturday, March 22, 2025
Lahaina: Still waiting for permits
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:59 PM :: 682 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... he’s paying a mortgage on an empty lot and watching his resources drain away while waiting for permits and approvals to rebuild ....

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Saturday, March 22, 2025
About that Medical Freedom
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:49 AM :: 571 Views :: Health Care

... it has been a miserable ride to say the least ....

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Friday, March 21, 2025
JSC Extends Deadline--Seeking Nominees for Chief Justice of State Supreme Court
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 1994 Views :: Judiciary

... CLUE: 'Vladimir Devens' ....

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Friday, March 21, 2025
Proposed U.S. maritime trade sanctions would impact Hawaii
By Michael Hansen @ 10:19 PM :: 929 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes, Cost of Living

... The U.S. is considering trade sanctions against Chinese shipping that would negatively impact Hawaii ....

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Friday, March 21, 2025
Rep Gene Ward Retires from House--Republicans Must Nominate Successor
By Rep Gene Ward @ 5:46 PM :: 807 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party

... Under HRS 17-4, Hawaii Republicans have 30 days to nominate 3 potential successors to Rep Ward’s seat.  Gov Green then has 30 days to select one of the three ....

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Friday, March 21, 2025
Lahaina: "Feelings of conspiracy and mistrust"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 PM :: 855 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... It’s a situation formed by both negligence and design ....

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Thursday, March 20, 2025
Hawaii legislative committee advances gun control measures
By Court House News @ 4:05 AM :: 683 Views :: Second Amendment

... A Hawaii State Senate Committee advanced five gun control bills ....

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Thursday, March 20, 2025
​UH announces search committee for next athletics director
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 695 Views :: Higher Education

... The university aims to conduct finalist interviews in late May and announce the new hire by mid to late summer ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Hawaii Worst State for Doctors
By Selected News Articles @ 11:31 PM :: 831 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Small Business, Cost of Living

... Hawaii ranks dead last for medical environment ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Salem Media Sells Remaining Honolulu Radio Stations
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 651 Views :: First Amendment, Religion, Small Business

... buyer Malama Media Group intends to keep all radio stations in their present formats ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
FULL TEXT: State of the City Address 2025
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 516 Views :: Honolulu County

... Blangiardi on Tuesday laid out his priorities for the next four years in the annual State of the City address ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Open Letter to Governor Green: Construction failures at multiple state-funded facilities
By Selected News Articles @ 1:40 PM :: 1414 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... including the Hawai‘i State Hospital, Hawai‘i State Capitol, and Hawai‘i Convention Center ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Surfing the environmental permitting bureaucracy in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:12 PM :: 746 Views :: Environment, Development, Land Use

... promising policies, such as those mentioned in a new CEI report, may signal Hawaii is headed in a new direction in regulating its permitting system ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
The last time Congress created a new state
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 17862 Views :: Hawaii History

...On March 19, 1959, Congress approved Hawaii for admission to the union as the 50th state....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
43% of HECO Customers now have solar--but Hawaii Energy Remains 90.8% Fossil Fuel
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 661 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii has among the highest rates of rooftop solar adoption in the nation and yet we are 90.8% fossil fuel ....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Hawaii climate change bill shelved amid federal cutting spree
By Court House News @ 9:53 PM :: 548 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... A Hawaii House committee shelved plans to allocate rainy day fund interest to climate projects. ....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
State Public Charter School Commission Votes to Not Renew Kamalani Academy Charter Contract
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 620 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics

... Insiders Looted Kamalani Academy Before State Opted To Shut It Down ....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Nominees for Two Oahu First Circuit Court Judgeships
By News Release @ 4:12 AM :: 637 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary

... The Governor has 30 days from his receipt of the list today to make his two appointments ....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Comments Open: Nominees for Oahu District Judge
By News Release @ 4:01 AM :: 546 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary

... The Chief Justice has 30 days from his receipt of the list today to make three appointments ....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
JSC Announces Five Nominees for Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals
By News Release @ 3:31 AM :: 630 Views :: Judiciary

... The Governor has 30 days from his receipt of the list today to make his appointment ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Governor vs Feds: UH Manoa not Protecting Jewish Students from Anti-Semites?
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 1795 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 17, 2025
Hawaii Highest Union Membership in USA
By News Release @ 9:32 PM :: 587 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... 61% of public employees are union members in Hawaii ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Caldwell's Duckbill Helps Global Warmers Exploit Mapunapuna Flooding
By News Release @ 9:06 PM :: 678 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment

... These floods are 100 year old news.  Flooding was recently made worse by a Caldwell Admin decision to install a duckbill valve on the outlet pipe .... 

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Hawaii 204 Condo Projects Blacklisted by Fannie Mae
By Selected News Articles @ 8:49 PM :: 1205 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii's 204 blacklisted condo projects make us 4th-worst in USA.  Since the other top states are much larger, Hawaii probably has the most blacklisted condo units per capita ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Persistent income, employment, housing challenges for Maui’s fire-impacted households
By UHERO @ 6:54 PM :: 532 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... rising poverty rates, persistent displacement, and limited job opportunities continue to hinder full economic recovery ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Lahaina Housing: ‘Yes in God’s Backyard’
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:44 AM :: 586 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 :: 414 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 :: 637 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 :: 454 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 :: 425 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
Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How they Voted March 15, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 11:59 PM :: 239 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Saturday, March 15, 2025
Army Deletes, Then Reposts Web Page Devoted to 442nd Regiment
By Ed Case @ 3:03 PM :: 688 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 :: 508 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 :: 917 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 :: 640 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 :: 559 Views :: Maui County

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

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