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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Foster Care Rape Room: Police Report Blows Away CWS Coverup
By Andrew Walden @ 8:42 PM :: 11371 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Family, Law Enforcement

... drug addicts watching porn with 5-year olds ....

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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Mayor signs bill to drive creation of new rental housing for Oʻahu
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 2370 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use

... Bill 3 (2024), which greatly enhances incentives to developers to help generate rental housing projects ....

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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Tuition Hike Coming: UH volunteers to pay higher electric bills to boost wind, solar.
By UHERO @ 3:54 PM :: 4943 Views :: Energy, Higher Education

"... charge customers based on the hourly marginal cost of electricity production ...."

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Saturday, August 31, 2024
DLNR Wages Bacteriological War Against Mosquitoes
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 4884 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Environment

... it is harmless to other creatures, including people ....

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Friday, August 30, 2024
Former Waiakea HS Basketball Coach Charged with Felony Theft
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 5148 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Ethics

... Smith allegedly collected $3,627.00 from the team members’ parents and kept the money for himself ....

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Friday, August 30, 2024
Tourist Count Down, Spending Up
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 PM :: 5683 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... The number of visitors is down 1% from July 2023. But spending by tourists, when adjusted by inflation, is up 2.6% from last year at $207 billion ....

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Friday, August 30, 2024
Audit: Police Commission Gives 'inconsistent and ineffective oversight of HPD'
By News Release @ 5:11 AM :: 4571 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police

"The HPC expressed general disagreement with our two primary findings and noted lukewarm consideration to implement some of the recommendations."

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Friday, August 30, 2024
State awards first contract to build educator rentals
By News Release @ 12:18 AM :: 4141 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Labor

... 100+ units in Mililani .... 

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Thursday, August 29, 2024
Kennedy will not be on Hawaii Ballot?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 5328 Views :: Office of Elections

... Kennedy dropped out of the Presidential race and endorsed Donald Trump ....

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Thursday, August 29, 2024
Ninth Circuit rejects Hawaii rule sealing medical records in court filings
By Court House News @ 2:17 PM :: 2334 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Judiciary

... A three-judge panel found that the public has a presumptive First Amendment right to see medical and health records attached to court filings, such as mental competency examinations ....

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Thursday, August 29, 2024
Meet the Meth Gang Behind ‘Lahaina Strong’
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 AM :: 31866 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, Drugs

... A Great Leader of the Hawaiian People Who Occasionally Sells Poison to their Children ....

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Hawaii Second Amendment Rights Advocates Openly Carry Swords, Battle-Axes In Public To Celebrate New Law
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 4972 Views :: Second Amendment

... he takes his battle-axe on walks to raise public awareness of the new laws while also making sure police aren’t restricting citizens’ rights to openly carry unusual weapons ....

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Cockfighting ban legal in Northern Mariana Islands under federal law, Ninth Circuit says
By Court House News @ 2:09 PM :: 1897 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs

... cockfighting was officially banned in the territory in 2018 ....

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
A Year After Hawaii Fire, Rebuilding Has Barely Begun
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:00 AM :: 4903 Views :: Maui County, Development

... There are a lot of environmental regulations ....

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Hawaii wants to force an oil ban on the rest of the country
By Selected News Articles @ 5:12 PM :: 6133 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary

... this lawsuit seeks to compel companies to cease production and sale of oil and gas everywhere ....

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Corps of Engineers Clearing Debris from Final Residential Properties in Lahaina
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1835 Views :: Maui County, Development, Military

... Commercial debris removal operations are also progressing, with 91 out of 159 commercial properties cleared to date. The completion of these efforts remains on track for February 2024 ....

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
‘If it can happen in Hawaii, it can happen everywhere’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:57 AM :: 4873 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes

... legislative victories this year in the areas of taxation, housing, healthcare and other issues ....

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Green Appoints New Head of Water Resource Management
By News Release @ 4:48 AM :: 4097 Views

... Ciara Kahahane continues to coordinate, on behalf of the Attorney General, the comprehensive review and analysis of the Lahaina wildfires of August 2023 ....

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
State DLE Calls Gun Buyback Successful
By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 2365 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment

... Individuals turning in firearms received a total of 531 gift cards valued at $53,100 ....

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Monday, August 26, 2024
UHERO: Shortage of Sister-Isle Medical Care Mostly Affects Low Income Residents
By News Release @ 5:33 PM :: 4956 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... People with disabilities and people with low incomes in rural areas faced the biggest health differences ....

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Sunday, August 25, 2024
Maui’s Hidden Ethics – Who is Hiding Behind the Redactions?
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 5390 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... since January, four ethics opinions regarding Maui County employees who see their job as an opportunity to direct 'non-profit' grant funds to friends and family ....

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Sunday, August 25, 2024
Justice Department Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme that Harms Honolulu Renters
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 2264 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living

"... unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing ...."

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Sunday, August 25, 2024
A California “Fix” Back to ‘66
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2491 Views :: Small Business, Taxes

... a formula that exists in the laws of Hawaii, California, and several other states ....

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Saturday, August 24, 2024
Twelve Ways to Reduce Housing Costs
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:20 AM :: 2209 Views :: Agriculture, Development, Land Use, Small Business

... preserving property rights, lifting onerous regulations, pushing back against proposals that could negatively impact local residents, and supporting efforts to rebuild after the devastating Maui wildfires ....

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Friday, August 23, 2024
Red Flag Warning For Leeward Areas Of All Islands Saturday From 10 AM To 6 PM
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 5126 Views :: Energy, Environment

... A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels can contribute to extreme fire behavior. Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly ....

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Friday, August 23, 2024
Hawaii has been ranked the worst U.S. state overall for poor driving behavior
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 5599 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... Driving under the influence, speeding, texting .... 

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Friday, August 23, 2024
Save the Bees -- Stop Bill 64
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:58 AM :: 5498 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture, Small Business

... the current draft of Bill 64 would harm Oahu’s small farmers and beekeepers, worsen the island’s food security and discourage entrepreneurship ....

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Friday, August 23, 2024
Reject empty homes tax, focus on policies that work
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:47 AM :: 4562 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes

... The surcharge would be equal to 1% of the property’s assessed value for the first year the tax is in effect, 2% for the second year and 3% for all tax years thereafter ....

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Friday, August 23, 2024
Which College Majors Pay the Most in Hawaiʻi?
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 4150 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... Hawaii top earners still earn considerably less than the top three majors across the US ....

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Thursday, August 22, 2024
Maui Economic Development: Official Gets Paid Leave After Giving $1.4M to Friends and Family
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 5875 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... Maui Economic Development: Crime Pays ....

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Dye Pack: Six Hours from Cesspool to Ocean
By Selected News Articles @ 12:24 AM :: 2791 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment

... the dye emerged at a shoreline spring, telling us that the wastewater from at least one home, and possibly more, is flowing out into Kahaluʻu Bay ....

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Nigerian Prince Busted in Hawaii COVID Scam
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 5131 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19

... conspired to fraudulently obtain at least $10 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits from nine states including Hawaii ....

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Hacker Breaks into Hawaii Death Registry System to Fake Own Death
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 4881 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care

... and attempted to sell access to networks on the dark web ....

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Justice Department Will Not Oppose Alaska-Hawaiian Air Merger
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 AM :: 4902 Views :: Tourism

... The time period for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to complete its regulatory investigation has expired ....

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Monday, August 19, 2024
Micronesia and Am Samoa Among World's Fastest-Shrinking Countries
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 5356 Views :: World News, Family

... Federated States of Micronesia loses 0.73% of its population every year ....

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Monday, August 19, 2024
Solution to Waianae Violence? Flood the Zone with Cops
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 5444 Views :: Honolulu County, Police

... a plan to bring significantly more law enforcement support to Wai‘anae ....

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Sunday, August 18, 2024
Guam: Tax Evasion and Judicial Misconduct
By Court House News @ 6:03 PM :: 5052 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Taxes

... tax officials allegedly declined to pursue complaints and reports about certain tax avoiders ....

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Sunday, August 18, 2024
Another Emergency Proclamation for … Insurance
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 5050 Views :: Cost of Living

... If you can’t get insurance on the unit, you can’t get financing ....

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Sunday, August 18, 2024
After Sovereignty ‘Army’ Ousted, Alleged Meth Dealer moves in on Local Country Club
By Andrew Walden @ 12:18 AM :: 4458 Views :: Honolulu County, Drugs

... “a years-long, multi-defendant drug trafficking conspiracy” which allegedly moved 150 lbs of methamphetamines, one kilo of fentanyl, and four kilos of carfentanil, an elephant tranquilizer 100 times more potent than fentanyl ....

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Saturday, August 17, 2024
Empty homes tax haunts us again
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:18 PM :: 5082 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living

... it’s important to differentiate between good intentions and good policy ....

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Saturday, August 17, 2024
UH team presents new vision for Ala Wai Harbor
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 578 Views :: Honolulu County, Higher Education, Tourism

... UH provided the State of Hawaiʻi’s Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) with concept options for the state’s largest harbor for small boats ....

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Saturday, August 17, 2024
“Six ways to speed up the recovery and rebuilding of Lahaina”
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:45 PM :: 4795 Views :: Maui County, Development

... “probably the single largest challenge” for many of the Lahaina property owners is obtaining special management area permits ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
UH President finalists expected in September
By News Release @ 11:39 PM :: 4135 Views :: Higher Education

... there are more than 90 applicants for the position ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
DBEDT Releases 2023 Hawaii Data Book
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 4811 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... the 2023 edition of the State of Hawai‘i Data Book is the 56th edition of its series ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
HART Awards $1.66B Contract for Center City Rail
By News Release @ 10:31 PM :: 5366 Views :: Rail

... $360M above projections before they turn a shovel ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
Eight Hawaii hospitals at risk of closure
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 6106 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... 62% of Hawaii hospitals are at risk ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
Big Isle poised to ‘free the bees’ while Oahu mulls clampdown
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:46 PM :: 5313 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Agriculture, Small Business

... Honolulu lawmakers are considering legislation that would restrict beekeeping ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
Kauai: One guest house per dwelling another way to add housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 PM :: 5219 Views :: Kauai County, Development

... Kauai Bill 2919 would allow one guest house per dwelling unit in most of the county’s residential districts and commercial, agriculture, open and university districts ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
Hawaii Ranks 49th for Invasive Plant Presence
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 AM :: 4905 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii has the 3rd-fewest invasive plants ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
Honolulu 5th Highest Inflation in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 AM :: 4441 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... 4.5% increase vs 1 year ago ....

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