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Friday, January 24, 2025
HIFICO: Hawaii Gun Bill Tracker
By News Release @ 8:12 PM :: 2379 Views :: Second Amendment

... Legislators have introduced 21 Second Amendment-related bills ....

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Friday, January 24, 2025
Butterfly Knife Ban: 9th Circuit’s Devious Maneuvers Against 2nd Amendment
By Selected News Articles @ 8:01 PM :: 1102 Views :: Second Amendment

... a remarkable dissent that should echo through the halls of American jurisprudence ....

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Friday, January 24, 2025
How to use Control of Water to Block Lahaina Rebuild
By UHERO @ 7:17 PM :: 1517 Views :: DHHL, Maui County, Development, OHA

... In June 2022, the State Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) designated the Lahaina Aquifer Sector Area as both a ground and surface water management area ....

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Friday, January 24, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard’s performance in Jan. 30 hearing could ‘make or break’ her chances
By Selected News Articles @ 5:11 PM :: 1356 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard

... missing FBI background check and ethics disclosure forms ....

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Friday, January 24, 2025
Robotics teams to compete in the 2025 Hawaii VEX Regional Championships
By News Release @ 1:54 PM :: 1002 Views :: Education K-12

... Events will qualify 15 local teams to advance to the VEX Worlds ....

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Friday, January 24, 2025
VIDEO: 2025 State of the Judiciary Address
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 885 Views :: Judiciary

... 'We Can’t Just Assume We Have The Public’s Trust' ....

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Friday, January 24, 2025
18 Months After Wildfires Destroyed Some 2,000 Homes on Maui, Only 3 Have Been Rebuilt
By Selected News Articles @ 5:01 AM :: 3944 Views :: Maui County, Development

... A thicket of red tape has made the island's rebuilding efforts painfully slow ....

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Friday, January 24, 2025
Hawaii AG: Local Law Enforcement Cannot be Commandeered by Trump
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 929 Views :: National News, Law Enforcement

... addressing state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement ....

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Friday, January 24, 2025
18th Homeless Kauhale Opens in Waianae
By News Release @ 3:29 AM :: 1091 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness

... This initiative aims to support up to 19 individuals in their transition from houselessness to healthy independence. There will be 14 emergency beds for males and five for females, specifically designed for short-term stays ....

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Thursday, January 23, 2025
Report: Hawaii Jail Guards Under Extreme Stress Due to Mandatory OT, Understaffing
By News Release @ 3:25 PM :: 996 Views :: Labor, Law Enforcement

... Many staff cited unsustainable work conditions marked by mandatory overtime, insufficient staff, and inadequate wellness resources ....

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Thursday, January 23, 2025
Hawaii K-12 Parent and School Expo to Highlight Learning Options and Family Fun
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 976 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12

... Expo at Windward Mall Saturday, January 25, 2025, to feature student showcase, face painting, snacks, and entertainment ....

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Thursday, January 23, 2025
Navy can’t dodge Clean Water Act claims over Honolulu fuel storage facility
By Court House News @ 2:02 PM :: 1008 Views :: Environment, Military

... Senior U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi in Honolulu on Wednesday denied the Navy's request to dismiss the claims brought by Wai Ola Alliance, an environmental advocacy organization ....

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Maui Police Officer Indicted for Deprivation of Civil Rights
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 1011 Views :: Maui County, Police

... the defendant would face up to ten years in prison on the deprivation of civil rights charge, and up to twenty years in prison on the false report charge ....

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Birthright Citizenship? Hawaii AG Joins Suit Challenging Trump's Executive Order
By News Release @ 12:01 PM :: 980 Views :: National News

“The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states in its first words that all persons born in the United States are citizens of this nation."

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Hawaii Worst State for Drivers
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1347 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... gas prices, rush-hour traffic, road quality ....

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Trump Directs Coast Guard 'Surge'
By News Release @ 1:05 AM :: 1374 Views :: Law Enforcement, Military

... Alaska, Hawai’i, the U.S. territories of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands ....

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Hawaii Residents See Largest Tax Cut in State History 
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 11:59 PM :: 1228 Views :: Taxes

... This bill was the culmination of years of efforts from the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, whose work on HB 2404 got them the “biggest win for freedom” award from the State Policy Network ....

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Case, Moylan Reintroduce 'Affordable Shipping for All Act'
By Ed Case @ 11:52 PM :: 1162 Views :: Jones Act, Small Business, Cost of Living

“...HR380 will ensure that no shipping company, including the United States Postal Service, can impose discriminatory rates or exclude non-contiguous areas from receiving shipments. It will also require that shipping rates for non-contiguous areas reflect the actual cost of service, rather than arbitrary price increases....”

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Record number of students helped by Hawaiʻi Promise scholarship
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 966 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... 3,446 students across all seven UH community colleges in fiscal year 2024, compared to 1,774 students in 2023 ....

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Gov Green 2025 State of the State Address Live
By Video @ 3:05 PM :: 1149 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... watch it here ....

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Trump Orders Temporary Withdrawal of Offshore Areas from Wind Leasing
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 1164 Views :: Energy, Environment

... temporary withdrawal of all areas on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from wind energy leasing ....

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
David K. Porter Named Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Honolulu Field Office
By News Release @ 1:23 PM :: 1040 Views :: Law Enforcement

... Mr. Porter most recently served as the chief of staff for the Deputy Director at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. ....

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Monday, January 20, 2025
Hawaii 7th-Worst State to Start New Business
By Selected News Articles @ 10:11 PM :: 1094 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

... Choosing the right state for a business is crucial to its success ....

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Monday, January 20, 2025
Court Rejects Biden's 'Project Labor Agreement' Mandate
By News Release @ 5:02 PM :: 1391 Views :: Labor, Military, Rail

"...Mandating PLAs for Most Federal Construction Projects Is an Unauthorized Set-Aside...."

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Monday, January 20, 2025
VIDEO: Trump Inaugural Address
By Video @ 2:16 PM :: 919 Views :: National News

"... America's decline is over ...."

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Monday, January 20, 2025
Do Lahaina recovery efforts hold lessons for LA?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:35 PM :: 1079 Views :: Maui County, Development

... over the past year, we’ve seen how bureaucratic hurdles can make it difficult to rebuild homes and businesses ....

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Monday, January 20, 2025
1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 47211 Views :: Hawaii History

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Sunday, January 19, 2025
Housing Affordability: Regulations or Spending?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:21 PM :: 979 Views :: Development, Cost of Living

... “it’s much easier to spend money than it is to deal with regulations, and that’s what’s going on here.” ...

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Sunday, January 19, 2025
Military Personnel 14% of Oahu Rental Market -- but nearly 0% of Sister Isle Rental Market
By News Release @ 3:15 PM :: 1580 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military, Cost of Living

... Since DoD personnel occupy almost no rentals on the Sister Isles, DoD impact may be inferred by comparing Sister Isle rental rates to Oahu rental rates ....

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Sunday, January 19, 2025
Climate Resiliency
By Tom Yamachika @ 11:21 AM :: 1093 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government

... Big funds with large amounts of money sitting around become, now or over time, tempting targets for lawmakers to raid or divert ....

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Sunday, January 19, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How they Voted January 17, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 12:32 AM :: 966 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... Votes cast and bills introduced .... 

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Saturday, January 18, 2025
Spending restraint tagged as best way to protect 2024 state tax cuts
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:00 AM :: 847 Views :: Taxes

... employees should already be seeing a bump in their paychecks thanks to the tax cuts ....

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Saturday, January 18, 2025
Vigilance key to protecting historic state income tax cut
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:51 AM :: 890 Views :: Taxes

... Hawaii lawmakers might undermine some of the benefits of the tax cut by raising taxes elsewhere, “just kind of surreptitiously” ....

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Saturday, January 18, 2025
Trump should bypass support for the protectionist Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:41 AM :: 1100 Views :: Jones Act

... trying to roll back policies that have damaged the U.S. economy ....

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Saturday, January 18, 2025
City partners with UHERO to launch Subsidized Housing Tracker
By UHERO @ 2:09 AM :: 1122 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii Statistics

... tracker consolidates data on government-subsidized housing units across Honolulu County ....

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Friday, January 17, 2025
Murdered Baby Related to HPD Deputy Chief, DHS Investigator
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 6063 Views :: Honolulu County, Family, Hawaii History, Police

... A young girl, whose remains were discovered in a Waikiki apartment in 2014, has been identified as Mary Sue Fink, born April 29, 1959 ....

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Friday, January 17, 2025
OHA Trustees Never Approved $705K Hush Money Payment
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 AM :: 3067 Views :: Ethics, OHA

... OHA Trustee Hulu Lindsey, who was at the time Chair of the Board of Trustees (BoT), tells Hawai’i Free Press she was not aware of this $705K Laeha case settlement and that the BoT was never asked to approve the payment ....

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Friday, January 17, 2025
VIDEO: Hirono, Pam Bondi, and Sexual Harassment
By Video @ 3:31 AM :: 2652 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... "Let's move on" ....

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
Illegal Vapes: AG Warns Retailers
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 1524 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Drugs

... This initiative is part of a coordinated effort, led by a bipartisan coalition of 10 attorneys general from around the country to hold companies accountable ....

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
Hawaii House Updates Rules for 2025 Session
By News Release @ 8:35 PM :: 1656 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... 'Nay' voters on Conference Committee and 'By Request' by whom ....

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
Interior Department Strengthens Native Hawaiian Consultation Policies and Procedures, Affirms Federal Trust Responsibility to Native Hawaiian Community
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 1172 Views :: DHHL, OHA

"...government-to-sovereign consultations between the Department and the Native Hawaiian Community, to include Native Hawaiian Organizations...."

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
NCAA athletes seeking women's sports for women only
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 AM :: 994 Views :: Higher Education

... Without those protections, women’s sports will eventually be destroyed said Sia Li'iLi'i, a product of Halawa, Hawai'i. ...

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
Ninth Circuit won’t rehear arguments on its decision to uphold gun-free zones in Hawaii and California
By Court House News @ 2:31 AM :: 1192 Views :: Second Amendment

... Eight Republican-appointed judges dissented ....

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
US DOT Sues Southwest Airlines for Chronically Delayed Flights
By News Release @ 1:04 AM :: 936 Views :: National News, Tourism

... DOT’s lawsuit alleges that Southwest’s chronic flight delays were an illegal unrealistic scheduling practice ....

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Chris Butler Sabotaging Gabbard Nomination? Blames Opposition on 'Pedophile and Paranoid Murderer'
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 3149 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard

"... inspired and groomed by a convicted pedophile and a paranoid delusional individual recently arrested for attempted murder ...."

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
DLE Director Quits
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 1610 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police

... Green announces nomination of HPD Major Mike Lambert as the next Director of the State Department of Law Enforcement ....

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
HS Teams to Compete in 2025 Hawaii Lifesmarts Competition
By News Release @ 11:01 AM :: 1101 Views :: Education K-12, Family

... The winner of the competition will represent Hawaiʻi at the National LifeSmarts Competition in Chicago ....

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
'Ohana Health Plan Launches Residential Program for Homeless Psych Treatment
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 1058 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Homelessness, Drugs

"... First-of-its-kind health plan and housing agency partnership in Hawaii offers transitional housing and structured support for its most vulnerable members experiencing homelessness ...."

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Maui Wildfire: AG Releases Final Phase of Report
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 1145 Views :: Maui County

... a list of action items the state and all counties can use to make improvements to Hawai‘i’s future preparation for and response to wildfires ....

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025
UHERO: Maui wildfires trigger population loss, economic impact
By UHERO @ 2:35 PM :: 1389 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics

“These preliminary estimates likely underestimate the magnitude of the effect.”

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