Politicians

... $3.2 million in federal and state tax liens filed against Alcos in an attempt to collect taxes owed by Alcos’ company D.A. Builders LLC ....

... Kusch will serve untill 2026 before facing election ....

... Three 'Progressives' won seats and two 'Progressive' incumbents lost seats in Democratic Primary.  Here is a list ....

... Green had protested the fact that he could not make an appointment without thumbing the scale for one candidate or another ....

... Tulsi Gabbard is the gift that just keeps giving ....

... The Clintons endorse Harris -- Obama does not ....

... This 2024 Election has been extremely damaging to Democracy ....

... Trump said a bullet “pierced the upper part of my right ear.” ....

"As to who that candidate should be, there are various paths to that decision. They are difficult and uncertain."

... Gov. Josh Green says if he has to pick a new state senator for District 22 before the Aug. 10 primary it will be Cross Makani Crabbe ...

... The entire world is anxiously awaiting whether Biden decides to stay in the 2024 presidential race ....

... we witnessed and listened to a frail and seemingly muddled President Biden agonizingly take us to the brink of electoral wipeout ....

... This is the only election cycle in the last 10 years in which a district is not open ....

... Mercado Kim's uncle, John Sayin Kim, became Godfather of Hawaii organized crime after the explosion of his Cadillac Eldorado in Chinatown ....

... if a person who voted for Nahale-a gets ticked off enough to try and flip at least one of the votes that voted against, then they could have a shot at reorganizing the Senate ....

... to retire on November 5, 2024, at the end of his present term ....

... today we called upon the Democratic Party of Hawai'i to investigate whether Kim Coco Iwamoto's positions on vaccines align with the party's values and duties ....

... Thursday, Jan. 18, 5 p.m. at Ko'olau Ballroom ....

... A successor for Mizuno who has served in the House (HD29) since 2006 and has been in public service for more than 32 years will be named within 60 days .... 

... there is now a vacancy in HD 10 ....

... SD5 is now up for election in 2024 cycle ....

... Sunday November 5, 2023, at State Capitol ....

... Based in Michaels' Hawai'i Office, Ms. Har will oversee all aspects of development on the Island ....

... will RFK go Libertarian or 'No Labels'? ....

... We call on ALL candidates who were endorsed by @sierraclubhi in 2022 to repudiate their support over this awful pro-terrorism sentiment .... 

... The 7 percentage point decline was the seventh smallest among states ....

... State House Minority Leader Diamond Garcia ripped Biden for his kitchen-fire comparison and appearing to fall asleep at a memorial service ....

... The fire was insignificant, contained to the kitchen and under control within 20 minutes, according to the local fire department ....

... “Genuine sympathy is better than contrived empathy,” the business wrote in the post of the photo of the sign. “It’s not always about you Mr. President.” ....

... Green has an approval rating of 62% and a disapproval rating of 22% ....

... If we don’t demand action, followup on our demands and show the consequences at the ballot box, then we have failed in our civic duty ....

... Hawai‘i will have more out elected LGBTQIA+ officials at one time than we ever had in the history of our state ....

“...If it would make Ms. Har more at ease, I’m willing to meet her in the tavern, or bar of her choice to conduct the debate....”

... only incumbents get to pass out goodies ....

...When Honolulu County Council member Andy Mirikitani faced trial in 2001 for fraud, theft, extortion, and bribery, key testimony came from Cynthia McMillan, the wife of now-State Senator Karl Rhoads (D-Downtown Honolulu)....  

... The State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO) represents over 2,700 police officers of the Honolulu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii Police departments .... 

... information about a candidate’s sources of income; business ownership interests; officer or director positions in businesses; debts; real property interests; clients represented before state agencies; and creditor interests in an insolvent business ....

... Where did this money come from? ....

... Josh Green had to be schooled as to what Hawaii is ....

... District 21 incumbent state Sen. Maile Shimabukuro, District 44 incumbent state Rep. Cedric Gates and District 44 challenger Darius Kila ....

... Bodycam video of Matt Lopresti getting arested for DUI (again) ....

... Hawaii has 1.7 elected officials per 10,000 citizens, fewest in USA -- this is largely because Hawaii has only 92 elected officials below the state level.  The next lowest state, Rhode Island, has 983 ....

... Hawaii State Teachers Association recommendations for Hawaii State House and Senate candidates in the upcoming 2022 primary election ....

"...we must still elect over 35,000 out LGBTQ people to office...."

... Council Dist 2: Makua Rothman vs convicted cocaine dealer Chad Tsuneyoshi ....

...  a Kahele representative said Kahele had a meeting with kalo farmers on Maui and could not attend ....

... sponsored by Hawaii Christian Coalition ....

... After taking a straw poll, the commission narrowed the field to Logan and Ebner, choosing to go outside the embattled department for its next leader ....

... Public Policy Polling surveyed 644 likely Democratic primary voters in Hawaii from February 8-9, 2022 ....

... Kai Kahele to make announcement May 7 ....