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Monday, March 31, 2025
Goats and Sheep are best Way to Control Wildfire Fuel Load--DLNR Shoots them dead
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 74 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment

... While wildfire threatens Hawaii's communities, DLNR pays for helicopter-borne extermination operations ....

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
New maps improve Hawaiʻi’s wildfire risk warnings
By News Release @ 5:50 PM :: 489 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government

... these maps provide a daily, high-resolution look at the most current fire ignition risks statewide ....

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Sunday, March 30, 2025
DHHL Distributes 665 Ewa Beach 'Project Leases'
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 448 Views :: Honolulu County, DHHL

... Unlike previous processes, beneficiaries secure a homestead lot prior to the completion of development. ...

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
Kaua‘i Police Commission appoints Elliott Kalani Ke as Interim Chief of Police
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 504 Views :: Kauai County, Police

... The appointment will take effect upon Chief Raybuck’s retirement this year. That date has not yet been determined ....

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
UPW Tracks Statewide Payout of COVID Hazard Pay
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 524 Views :: Labor, COVID-19

... United Public Workers is actively engaged in a legal fight for Temporary Hazard Pay (THP) with employers in nine jurisdictions across Hawaii ....

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Saturday, March 29, 2025
DoE Announces 2025 HS Graduation Schedule
By News Release @ 1:03 AM :: 489 Views :: Education K-12

... statewide list of commencement celebrations ....

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Friday, March 28, 2025
Chief Justice Appoints Sonya H. Toma as District Family Court Judge for Maui
By News Release @ 12:41 PM :: 1093 Views :: Judiciary

... Circuit Judge in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit and District Family Judge, Second Circuit .... 

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Thursday, March 27, 2025
February: Canadian Tourism Down Only 1.4%--Spending up
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 469 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... In February 2025, the average daily census of 20,686 Canadian visitors decreased from February 2024 (20,977 visitors, -1.4%) ....

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Thursday, March 27, 2025
Green Appoints Water Commissioner and Circuit Court Judge
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 518 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Development, Judiciary, Land Use

... Governor Green has nominated Kauanoe A. D. Jackson to serve as a Circuit Court Judge in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit and Hannah Kihalani Springer to the Commission on Water Resource Management ....

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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 :: 471 Views :: Maui County, Labor

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

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Hawaii State Commission on Fatherhood Announces Awards, Scholarship Opportunities
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 496 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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Friday, March 21, 2025
JSC Extends Deadline--Seeking Nominees for Chief Justice of State Supreme Court
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 2030 Views :: Judiciary

... CLUE: 'Vladimir Devens' ....

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Thursday, March 20, 2025
​UH announces search committee for next athletics director
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 726 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
Salem Media Sells Remaining Honolulu Radio Stations
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 687 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 :: 555 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
Surfing the environmental permitting bureaucracy in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:12 PM :: 790 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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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 :: 700 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
State Public Charter School Commission Votes to Not Renew Kamalani Academy Charter Contract
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 648 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 :: 676 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 :: 582 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 :: 662 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 :: 1938 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 :: 630 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 :: 713 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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Saturday, March 15, 2025
Illegal Caught with 5lbs of Methamphetamines
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 546 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 :: 1005 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 :: 667 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 :: 581 Views :: Maui County

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

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Friday, March 14, 2025
“After a decade-long battle against public corruption in Hawaii, we have successfully brought numerous cases to a close."
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 844 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police

“The cases against these three defendants are the last among a decade-long series of public corruption prosecutions in Hawaii.”

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Friday, March 14, 2025
Hawaii AG Urges Supreme Court to Keep Medicaid Dollars Flowing to Planned Parenthood
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 395 Views :: Life

... urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower court’s decision recognizing Medicaid recipients’ federally guaranteed right to receive care from Planned Parenthood ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
AG Launches New Child Support Payment App
By News Release @ 1:16 AM :: 400 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement

... greater flexibility and convenience in managing their child support cases ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Waianae Business Owner Charged in Fireworks Case
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 166 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement

... Importation of Fireworks Without a Valid License or Permit, a class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Study: Hawaii's roads and bridges rank 48th for condition and cost-effectiveness
By News Release @ 5:06 PM :: 697 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii's highways rank last in the nation in urban Interstate pavement condition, last in rural fatality rate, 47th in urban fatality rate, and 26th in structurally deficient bridges ...

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
HB300: House Passes Budget Bill
By News Release @ 3:38 PM :: 429 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... HB300 will now move to the Senate for consideration ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Calculate your Savings from Hawaii's Historic Income Tax Cut
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 572 Views :: Taxes

... TaxCutHawaii.org ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Appeal period set to begin for updated FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps
By News Release @ 4:34 PM :: 498 Views :: Honolulu County, Land Use, Cost of Living

... some properties may now be classified within high-risk zones, known as Special Flood Hazard Areas, for the first time ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Hawaiian Electric Sells off Another Asset--Hamakua Power
By News Release @ 4:27 PM :: 516 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy

... HEI continues to raise money to cover Lahaina Fire settlement ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Hounded by Enviros, Rodrigues Withdraws as Water Nominee
By News Release @ 4:04 PM :: 507 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Land Use

... control of water is the enviros new tool to block affordable housing and force you out of Hawaii ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Silicon Valley Billionaires Order Hawaii Legislators, AG to Target Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 581 Views :: Life

... 'Electronic Frontier Foundation' targets pro-life crisis pregnancy centers ....

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Six Years Later: Hilo's Singing Bridge Still Needs Emergency Repairs
By News Release @ 9:17 AM :: 408 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics

... HDOT made repairs to Wailuku Bridge in September 2019, November 2020, and April 2023. A full rehabilitation of the bridge is planned to begin in 2027 ....

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Sunday, March 9, 2025
Planned Parenthood Hawaii Begins Promoting Sex-Change Telehealth
By News Release @ 3:22 PM :: 745 Views :: Health Care, Life

"...a game-changing expansion of our existing telehealth care...."

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Friday, March 7, 2025
Hawaii AG Celebrates Injunction Against Trump Funding Cuts
By News Release @ 12:57 PM :: 820 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Higher Education

“NIH’s proposed drastic reduction of our facilities and administrative rate would result in the elimination of approximately $16.5M in funding that the University of Hawaiʻi uses...."

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Thursday, March 6, 2025
$21.19B: House Finance Committee Approves State Budget
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 519 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... the House draft of the budget bill (HB300), will now proceed to the House floor for third reading and are expected to cross over to the Senate on Wednesday, March 12 ....

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Thursday, March 6, 2025
SB350 Fakes Contraceptive Protection in State Constitution
By News Release @ 1:37 PM :: 587 Views :: Family, Health Care, Life

... The wording of SB350 does nothing to protect contraceptive access if federal authorization is withdrawn or denied ....

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Thursday, March 6, 2025
DBEDT Reduces Hawaii Economic Growth Projection to 1.7%
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 818 Views :: Economy, Tourism

... The downward adjustment was mainly due to the expected slowdown in tourism growth, higher projected consumer inflation and increasing policy uncertainty at the national and international levels ....

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Kewalo: Gather to celebrate the death of bill SB 534
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 800 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, OHA

... OHA introduced three failed bills SB534, HB605, and SB211 this legislative session ....

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Senate Fireworks Bills on the Move
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 656 Views :: Law Enforcement

... SB222, SB227, SB1324 .... 

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Applicants Wanted for State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions
By News Release @ 5:16 PM :: 579 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... Vacancies on both commissions are appointed by the Governor from a list of nominees submitted by the Judicial Council ....

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Hawaii Assisted Living Costs Highest in USA
By News Release @ 3:29 PM :: 983 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living

... assisted living cost up 21% since 2023 ....

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
City adds three more town hall meetings on proposed sewer fee increases
By News Release @ 2:25 PM :: 563 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living

... March 11, 13, 20 ....

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