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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 |
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This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 64471 Views :: Hawaii History, Military
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August 6 and 9 have been made into International Days of Anti-American historical revisionism. So here is a look at reality as seen from first-hand sources instead of whining activists.
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Monday, August 4, 2025 |
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China Building Airstrip in Micronesia
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 509 Views :: World News, Military
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... approximately 400 miles south of Guam ....
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Saturday, August 2, 2025 |
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Hawaii Sues Trump admin over juvenile sex-change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:37 PM :: 1162 Views :: Family, Health Care
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... One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed to eliminate certain transgender medical procedures for youth under the age of 19 ....
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
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NBC News: Josh Green Running for President?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:24 PM :: 3540 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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... Green, meanwhile, is up for re-election next year and indicated he’d run for a second term. But that didn’t preclude him from entertaining the idea of a run for higher office soon thereafter ....
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Thursday, July 24, 2025 |
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Energy companies seek dismissal in Hawaii climate lawfare case
By Selected News Articles @ 10:35 PM :: 687 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Higher Education, Judiciary
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... Energy companies being sued by the city of Honolulu over climate change accusations have motioned for summary judgment, stating that Hawaii’s two-year statute of limitations makes the plaintiffs’ case unsubstantial ....
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Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
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So Many Pools, So Little Truth: Inside Maui’s Water Crisis Theater
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 PM :: 1888 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism
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... The only cited support was a comparison of empty non-owner occupied second homes in one phase of the Wailea Palms property to another phase that allows short-term rentals ....
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Thursday, July 17, 2025 |
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Insurance Companies Dumping Single-Wall Homes
By Selected News Articles @ 12:21 PM :: 2231 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living
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... single-wall construction is considered structurally inferior in hurricane-prone areas ....
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Monday, July 14, 2025 |
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Discovery of unknown publications by Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus of Hawaii)
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 2934 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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... New Evidence from the Ke Kumu Hawaii Newspaper ....
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Friday, July 11, 2025 |
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Chinese Naval Vessel Spotted Off Hawaiian Coast
By Selected News Articles @ 3:44 PM :: 1602 Views :: Military
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... It is unclear how far offshore the Chinese vessel was, as is the mission it was pursuing ....
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025 |
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Paid in full. Trust? Still pending.
By Selected News Articles @ 8:36 PM :: 906 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Tourism
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... while the names may change, the pattern — unfortunately — hasn’t ....
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Monday, July 7, 2025 |
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79.1% of Homeowners in Hawaii Will Face a Hidden Home Equity Tax If They Sell
By Selected News Articles @ 10:36 PM :: 2320 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... This “stay-put penalty” is locking up inventory and making it even harder for new buyers to break into the market ....
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Monday, July 7, 2025 |
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Hawaii’s Police Corruption Scandal: Cash Flow to Crooks Continues
By Selected News Articles @ 2:33 PM :: 2179 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police
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... Something is off about the math in Honolulu’s police department corruption scandal, and taxpayers will be left shortchanged ....
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025 |
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Obscure federal laws could preserve birthright citizenship in Alaska and Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 1768 Views :: National News, Hawaii History
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... No other states have a specific law establishing birthright citizenship there ....
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Friday, June 27, 2025 |
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Should Tulsi Beware India’s Spies?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:04 PM :: 803 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard
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... she personally addressed a conference hosted by India’s foreign ministry and Observer Research Foundation, a think tank that openly employs former R&AW director Vikram Sood ....
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025 |
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HTA Hearing Uncovers an Old Story: The State Still Doesn’t Pay on Time
By Selected News Articles @ 4:44 PM :: 848 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism
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“... Hope you’ve got a good banker for bridge loans—because we might not pay you on time ....”
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025 |
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Lahaina fire rebuild will be complete in 2038 at current pace
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 1049 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... Maui is averaging just under 21 approved permits per month ....
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Saturday, June 21, 2025 |
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Saving for a Home in Hawaii Takes 29 Years
By Selected News Articles @ 12:10 AM :: 1102 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... with just $489 left over each month after covering essential living expenses, residents are left with little room to save ....
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Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
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Bubble: Investors Flood Into Hawaii Housing Market
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 1453 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... in Hawaii investor buyers outnumber investor sellers more than any other state ....
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025 |
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HMSA: 2nd Worst Health Insurance Company in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:43 PM :: 2911 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... submitting claims multiple times before they’re paid is necessary and sometimes claims are completely ignored ....
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Saturday, June 14, 2025 |
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$294K Income Needed for Family of Four in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:40 PM :: 1346 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... This is up 9.48% from just a year ago ....
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Saturday, June 14, 2025 |
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Hawaii: Fewest Boat Owners Per Capita
By Selected News Articles @ 3:49 PM :: 888 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... Hawaii has only 2.5 registered boats per 100 residents--dead last in USA ....
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Monday, June 9, 2025 |
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In Hawaii Only Military Water Systems are Fluoridated
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 1225 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Military
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... 70.6% of third graders in Hawaii experience tooth decay—the highest rate in the nation ....
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Thursday, June 5, 2025 |
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Lawsuit Alleges More Affordable Housing Fraud
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 AM :: 1296 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development
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“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 |
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Guilty on All Counts: Big Island Affordable Housing Fraudsters
By Selected News Articles @ 11:25 PM :: 1192 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development
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... Sulla is set to be sentenced on October 21, Zamber on October 7, and Budhabhatti on October 8 ....
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Monday, June 2, 2025 |
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Hawaii 3rd Worst Economy in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 PM :: 1440 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... 49th for innovation, 50th for high-tech jobs ....
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Thursday, May 29, 2025 |
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Hawaii Firearms Bills Passed in 2025
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 PM :: 1062 Views :: Second Amendment
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... The following firearms related bills were passed in Hawaii in 2025 ....
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Monday, May 26, 2025 |
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Delegates Elect New Hawaii Republican Party Chairman
By Selected News Articles @ 9:05 PM :: 1301 Views :: Republican Party
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... delegates elected Art Hannemann party chair over the incumbent Tamara McKay by a vote of 164 to 147 ....
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Monday, May 26, 2025 |
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Bill 47: Hawaii County Developers to Build TVR Subdivisions
By Selected News Articles @ 8:27 PM :: 1801 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Tourism
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... could potentially open up a huge legal can of worms based on historical layers of fraud, mislabeling and mishandling of so-called "Ag" land ....
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Friday, May 23, 2025 |
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Hawaii: A far-left state trying to hijack U.S. energy policy
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 1508 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics, Judiciary
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... Hawaii is at the vanguard of a coordinated legal campaign that aims to enact Green New Deal-type policies by lawsuit. And by all appearances, the state’s judiciary is an eager participant ....
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Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
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Hawaii Mortgage Delinquency Jumps
By Selected News Articles @ 11:45 PM :: 906 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii has the 4th-largest increase in mortgage delinquency ....
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Monday, May 19, 2025 |
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Hawaii has third-lowest percentage of single-mother households, study reveals
By Selected News Articles @ 5:34 PM :: 1332 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii has the third-lowest percentage of single-mother households at 3%. Single-father households make up 1.4% of the 493,898 households in Hawaii ....
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Saturday, May 17, 2025 |
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Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Trump's DEI Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 1005 Views :: National News
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... “friend of the court” brief supporting the plaintiffs in National Association of Diversity Officers v. Trump ....
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025 |
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Residential electric bills in Hawaii and Connecticut are twice those in New Mexico, Utah
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 1187 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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... Customers in states such as Hawaii and Connecticut, where retail electricity prices are relatively high, paid more than $200 per month for electricity ....
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Monday, May 12, 2025 |
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Teaching Personal Finance? Hawaii Ranks 42nd
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 900 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics
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... States With the Best Budgeting Education in High Schools ....
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Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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Trump Admin: Greenland to Become a COFA Country?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:15 AM :: 1365 Views :: World News, Military
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... US officials are discussing a plan to pull Greenland into America’s sphere of influence using a type of agreement that the United States has used to keep close ties with several Pacific Island nations ....
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Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Another 8a Disaster: NIH Halts Operations at US Biolab After Sabotage Incident
By Selected News Articles @ 5:26 PM :: 1461 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Military
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... the lab’s operations are managed by Laulima Government Solutions, an (8a) Native Hawaiian LLC based in an office park in Orlando, Florida ....
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Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Campaign Contributions: Hawaii Climate Change Lawsuit Skips State's Only Refinery
By Selected News Articles @ 3:38 PM :: 1369 Views :: Democratic Party, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Politicians
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"...While Democrats posture about taking on 'Big Oil,' they’re shielding Par Hawaii—a top fossil fuel donor to their own party—from climate lawsuits...."
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Thursday, May 8, 2025 |
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Reflections of Gene Ward
By Selected News Articles @ 4:49 AM :: 1177 Views :: Hawaii History, Politicians, Republican Party
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... reflecting on a person I got to know over my years of participation in the political world of Hawai‘i ....
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025 |
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Miske News: Union Boss sentenced to 14 years in federal racketeering case
By Selected News Articles @ 3:48 AM :: 3308 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Drugs
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... Norman Akau III, a former union board member who founded a Kaneohe-based motorcycle gang and served as an enforcer for the late Honolulu businessman Michael J. Miske Jr., was sentenced to 14 years ....
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Multi-State Coalition Against Hawaii’s ‘Sensitive’ Places Concealed Carry Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 9:21 PM :: 1236 Views :: Second Amendment
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... The coalition is asking SCOTUS to take action via Wolford v. Lopez, the case through which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowed Hawaii’s “sensitive” places ban to stand ....
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Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Hawaii County Tells Homeowner His 38-Year-Old House Is Actually Illegal
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 2225 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... Ausman is not quite out of the woods yet ....
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Saturday, May 3, 2025 |
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Defeated SB401 Would Have Been Most Extreme Gun Law in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:07 AM :: 1633 Views :: Second Amendment
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... a sweeping ban on a range of common firearms, including semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines, semi-automatic shotguns holding more than five shells, and any handgun capable of holding more than ten rounds ....
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Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Hear Hawaii ‘Gun-Free Zone’ Case
By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 AM :: 1137 Views :: Second Amendment
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... The move boosts the odds that the Supreme Court will take up the case ....
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Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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Trump Admin Sues to Block Hawaii from Taking Fossil Fuel Companies To Court Over Climate Change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 PM :: 1321 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary
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... Hawaii's anticipated lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry interferes with U.S. policy on greenhouse gas regulation and is an “extraordinary extraterritorial reach” ....
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025 |
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Trump Admin: Native Hawaiian History NOT Considered 'DEI'
By Selected News Articles @ 8:30 PM :: 3783 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History, Higher Education
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... On April 25, the Department of Education issued a letter clarifying that Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, and American Indian communities are not considered part of DEI or CRT categories ....
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025 |
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Honolulu 3rd-Worst City to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 1169 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business
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... only San Jose and Washington, DC are worse ....
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025 |
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Best States for Nurses? Hawaii Ranks 47th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 1279 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Cost of Living
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... WalletHub compared the relative attractiveness of the 50 states across 20 key metrics ....
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Saturday, April 26, 2025 |
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Schatz to Replace Durbin as Whip?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 AM :: 1581 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
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... Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Patty Murray of Washington are also seen by some Senate insiders as potential candidates ....
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