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Sunday, October 20, 2024
Emergency: Stop Amending Building Codes
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:48 AM :: 1206 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government

... Gov. Green steps in where Legislature faltered ....

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Saturday, October 19, 2024
Has Statehood Benefited Native Hawaiians? Sam King debates sovereignty activists at UH Law School
By Video @ 6:07 PM :: 3657 Views :: Hawaii History

... Sam King debates Williamson Chang and Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu ....

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Saturday, October 19, 2024
Hawai‘i County Council approves vending, permitting reform bills
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:26 PM :: 1606 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Small Business, Taxes

... County regulatory reform bills on the move ....

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Saturday, October 19, 2024
Just Build More Homes
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:37 PM :: 1130 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes

... the key to resolving Hawaii’s housing crisis -- build more homes ....

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Saturday, October 19, 2024
How old plumbing rules hinder homebuilding on Maui
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:29 PM :: 949 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Maui county’s onerous water-meter regulations ....

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Friday, October 18, 2024
Justice Department Appoints US Attorney to Oversee Hawaii Election Complaints
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 866 Views :: Office of Elections

... for overseeing the District’s handling of election day complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of violence to election officials or staff, and election fraud ....

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Friday, October 18, 2024
DBEDT, HHFDC navigate transition following SMS collapse
By Selected News Articles @ 3:26 AM :: 1447 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business

... state contracts previously held by SMS Research & Marketing Services have been transferred to other entities ....

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Friday, October 18, 2024
FEMA unveils updated Flood Risk Maps for Oʻahu
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 1890 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

... A formal appeal process is scheduled for spring 2025, with the updated maps expected to be finalized in 2026 .... 

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Friday, October 18, 2024
New AG Website: Help Getting the Insane Committed
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 1171 Views :: Homelessness, Drugs

... Webpage is Designed to Help Practitioners and Loved Ones with Assisted Community Treatment Legal Process ....

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Friday, October 18, 2024
Federal jobs in Hawaii and Alaska—Sounds like a dream. So why are they so hard to fill?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:09 AM :: 1267 Views :: Cost of Living

... the federal government has struggled to find workers with the skills it needs to fill jobs in these more remote parts of the United States ....

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Friday, October 18, 2024
Sen Mercado Kim co-authors NCSL Report on Higher Education
By News Release @ 1:10 AM :: 953 Views :: Higher Education

... Idea: Use this report against her in Senate hearings ....

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Thursday, October 17, 2024
UH regents unanimously select Wendy Hensel as next UH President
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 1019 Views :: Higher Education

... The appointment is effective January 2025 ....

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Thursday, October 17, 2024
HD20: Grandinetti Celebrates Terrorism Against Indigenous Hebrews of Israel on 'Indigenous Peoples Day'
By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 PM :: 1990 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians

... “Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it” ....

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Thursday, October 17, 2024
‘Empty homes’ tax fraught with pitfalls and unlikely to work
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:06 PM :: 1075 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes

... this proposed empty homes tax would leave it to the Honolulu Department of Budget and Fiscal Services to determine whether a property was truly vacant ....

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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Hawaii County Council Votes to permit roadside vending
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:58 PM :: 1147 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business

... Bill 184, Draft 3, which would set up a special activity permit for businesses that want to sell food or sell, rent or lease merchandise on or beside county streets ....

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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Fixing Hawai`iʻs Housing Crisis - A Visit With Peter Savio
By Video @ 2:43 PM :: 1430 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... Hawai`i homes are unaffordable, many Hawaiians and others have moved away and the ones still here are renters who work multiple jobs just to make ends meet ....

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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Fact-Check: Hawaii Shipping--Unpacking Hawaii’s Maritime Supply Chain
By Michael Hansen @ 1:35 AM :: 3348 Views :: Agriculture, Jones Act, Cost of Living

... errors that detract from the video’s effectiveness ....

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Red Flag: Hawaiian Electric avoids power shut-off to West Maui
By News Release @ 7:22 PM :: 1393 Views :: Maui County, Energy

... "The company monitored weather conditions throughout the day and saw a steady drop of wind speeds in the afternoon." ....

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
CATO: Josh Green Ranks 7th in Fiscal Policy
By Cato Foundation @ 5:12 PM :: 1292 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Politicians, Taxes

... Green is the highest-scoring Democrat in this study ....

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Public Input Sought for Hawaiʻi Gas Rate Increase
By News Release @ 4:57 AM :: 1046 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

... 17% rate hike proposed ....

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Meth poisoning leading cause for fatal overdoses in older Hawaiʻi residents
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 1508 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Drugs

... Between July 2020 and December 2021, 263 drug-related deaths were recorded across the state. Of these, 58.2% involved individuals aged 50 to 79 ....

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Monday, October 14, 2024
FEMA Extends Lahaina Aid One More Year
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 197 Views :: Maui County

... Under disaster declaration FEMA-4724-DR-HI, Financial Assistance and Direct Temporary Housing Assistance will now be available for an additional 12 months, concluding on February 10, 2026 ....

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Monday, October 14, 2024
Hawaii household expenses up $1,234 per month since 2021
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 1634 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Cumulatively, the average Hawaii household has spent $33,365 more due to inflation since January 2021 ....

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Monday, October 14, 2024
UN report exposes escalating threat of organized crime in the Pacific
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 1139 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs

... The Pacific is increasingly becoming an important transshipment hub and an operational and destination point for organized crime syndicates ....

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Sunday, October 13, 2024
A Supreme Court case in Hawaii could raise gas costs for us all
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1542 Views :: Energy, Judiciary

... it may be up to the US Supreme Court to set the matter straight ....

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Sunday, October 13, 2024
The $4 Billion Maui Wildfire “Settlement”
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1541 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Land Use

... There have been a lot of sharp words in the news lately ....

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Sunday, October 13, 2024
LNG fuel for shipping is necessary for regulatory compliance
By Michael Hansen @ 12:47 AM :: 1637 Views :: Energy, Environment, Jones Act

... LNG is an important fuel source to virtually eliminate most polluting emissions and significantly reduce carbon emissions ....

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Saturday, October 12, 2024
SMS Cash Catastrophe: State Contracts in Limbo
By Selected News Articles @ 11:48 PM :: 2239 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... SMS has been awarded $4.58 million dollars over eight contracts awarded from 2021 to 2023 ....

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Saturday, October 12, 2024
Permitting nightmare on Big Island
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:04 PM :: 2199 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

"That's not possible.  If the building permit doesn’t have a final, you would not have issued me a remodeling permit.”

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Saturday, October 12, 2024
Socialists Team up with Hawaii Judiciary to Expunge Dozens of Criminal Records
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 1391 Views :: Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement

... Criminals were lined up when the doors opened, eager for a chance to do it all over again ....

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Saturday, October 12, 2024
The Voter Guide for the 2024 General Election is here!
By News Release @ 12:02 AM :: 2625 Views :: Office of Elections

... Mail ballots hit homes soon ....

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Friday, October 11, 2024
DLNR Transfers 7,000 acres to Agriculture Department
By News Release @ 5:18 PM :: 887 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, Land Use

... The nine leases and 25 revocable permits represent a continuation of the transfers under Act 90. Passed by the legislature in 2003 ....

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Friday, October 11, 2024
BLNR Retroactively Approves Waimanalo Homeless Shelter
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 855 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness

... A community homeless shelter known as Hui Mahi‘ai ‘Āina has been operating at the site since 2020 without BLNR approval ....

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Friday, October 11, 2024
SMS Research Out of Business?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:31 PM :: 2805 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business

... one of the stealthiest shutdowns this town has seen in a long time ....

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Friday, October 11, 2024
Lahaina Survivors: FEMA to pay rent for another year
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 1015 Views :: Maui County, Development

... The 18-month initial period of assistance for FEMA IHP was set to end Feb.10, 2025 but has now been extended to Feb. 10, 2026 ....

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Friday, October 11, 2024
Eco-Lawyers Pledge to Hunt Aquarium Collectors to Extinction
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1171 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism

... The aquarium pet industry has finished the environmental review process to seek up to seven commercial aquarium permits for collection in West Hawai‘i ....

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Friday, October 11, 2024
LGBTQ Commission Established within DHS
By News Release @ 2:02 AM :: 1555 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Religion

... The commission is one of few in the country ....

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Friday, October 11, 2024
EPA Fines Daiso for Illegal Pesticides
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 1328 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Small Business

... Company to pay one of largest federal pesticides penalties: $314,747 ....

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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Affordable Housing: Green Signs 9th Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 1205 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... The latest proclamation places a pause on the automatic adoption of county building codes ....

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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Department of Law Enforcement Establishes Gun Tip Line
By News Release @ 9:35 PM :: 1479 Views :: Second Amendment

“...Guns that have been stolen, guns that haven’t been registered and guns in the wrong hands...."

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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Hawaii Home Prices up 342% -- over and above the rate of inflation
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 2676 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living

... Hawaii had the number one largest cost increase of any state in the country ....

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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Honolulu Is the City with the Highest Inflation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 1311 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Honolulu 4.2% Consumer Price Index Change year over year ....

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Case Pushes Back Against 'Misinformation on Federal Disaster Relief'
By Ed Case @ 10:42 PM :: 1288 Views :: Maui County, Congressional Delegation, Military

... He says the federal government continues full disaster assistance to Maui and other disaster-impacted areas ....

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
One year after the wildfires: Rents up 43%, Poverty Doubles
By UHERO @ 2:58 PM :: 1825 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Cost of Living

... 29% of fire-affected households now live below the poverty line, compared to 14% before the fires ....

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Database: More than 13,000 gender reassignment procedures on minors between 2019-23
By Selected News Articles @ 12:38 PM :: 1756 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... Hawaii, with a population of 1.46 million and 15 procedures, had the lowest rate at one procedure per 291,054 residents ....

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Monday, October 7, 2024
​Tour Boat Operators Hit Hard by Insurance Increases
By News Release @ 7:53 PM :: 1176 Views :: Small Business, Tourism

... In late 2022, Congress passed a law that significantly increased the cost of liability insurance for a small subset of the small-passenger boating industry ....

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Monday, October 7, 2024
UPDATE: Territorial Bank Postpones Merger Vote
By News Release @ 12:51 PM :: 3326 Views :: Small Business

"... Preliminary Indication of Interest by Outside Investor Group, Blue Hill, is Illusory, Non-Binding and Highly Conditional ...."

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Monday, October 7, 2024
Financial State of the States--Hawaii Ranks 45th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 AM :: 1361 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... Hawaii had a Taxpayer Burden of $16,500, earning it a “D” grade ....

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Monday, October 7, 2024
Honolulu empty homes tax proposal advances out of Council committee
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:11 AM :: 1780 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Maui County, Taxes

... Bill 46 aims to impose a 3% tax on so-called empty homes across Oahu ....

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Sunday, October 6, 2024
Imagine Maui being an even more expensive place to live than it is now
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:14 PM :: 1879 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living

... that’s a risk officials are taking by not actively clearing some of the most important legal barriers to rebuilding in Lahaina ....

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