Friday, March 20, 2026
Hawai'i Free Press

Current Articles | Archives

Friday, October 9, 2020
Parks Dep't to Install LEDs, Solar Panels
By News Release @ 12:56 AM :: 4152 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy

...an effort specifically directed at the City’s 303 park locations....

Read More..
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Hawaiʻi 2020 Census achieves 99.9% enumerated
By News Release @ 11:48 PM :: 3107 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

...Today’s total response rate report on the 2020 Census website shows that 99.9% of Hawaiʻi households have been enumerated, one of the top states in the country.... 

Read More..
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Child Safety Account to Escape School Bullying?
By Heartland Foundation @ 11:33 PM :: 3915 Views :: Education K-12

...Program Would Be Open To All Hawaii Children Facing A Safety Issue At School....

Read More..
Thursday, October 8, 2020
COVID Count 101 new cases out of 3,903 tests
By News Release @ 7:13 PM :: 2513 Views :: COVID-19

... 6 new hospitalizations, 1 more death, 2.6% positive ....

Read More..
Thursday, October 8, 2020
COVID Tourism: Ige Announces Pre-Travel Testing Partners
By News Release @ 12:03 PM :: 4973 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19

...the state does not expect an immediate flood of travelers....

Read More..
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Hilo native wins coveted Nobel Prize for gene editing tool
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 4453 Views :: Higher Education, GMOs

... A world-renowned biochemist who connects part of her early fascination with science to time spent in a University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo biology lab captured the prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry ....

Read More..
Thursday, October 8, 2020
COVID: Hawaii Most Restrictive State
By News Release @ 5:09 AM :: 3608 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19

...Alaska has far fewer COVID restrictions, yet a lower death rate....

Read More..
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Great Lockdown Crash of 2020 is wake-up call for Hawaii lawmakers
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:57 AM :: 5168 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19

...Hawaii’s leading industry, tourism, has virtually disappeared; unemployment is at historic highs; hundreds, if not thousands, of businesses have permanently closed; state and county tax revenues have evaporated....

Read More..
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Senate Special Session approves judicial appointments
By News Release @ 4:31 AM :: 5908 Views :: Judiciary

...Judiciary Committee hearing on the appointments scheduled for October 1 will feature live remote public testimony....

Read More..
Thursday, October 8, 2020
COVID Tourism: Maui to Attempt 'Voluntary' 2-Test System
By News Release @ 3:46 AM :: 4479 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, COVID-19

...to urge transpacific travelers to voluntarily take a second test after they arrive in Maui County....

Read More..
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Kondo, Saiki Debate Continuing OHA LLC Audit
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 2:49 AM :: 5033 Views :: Ethics, OHA

"...We will consider options under the Government Auditing Standards, including terminating the audit, and will inform you of any decisions affecting the audit...."

Read More..
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
COVID Count 110 new cases
By News Release @ 7:40 PM :: 3139 Views :: COVID-19

... 5 new hospitalizations, 3 more deaths ....

Read More..
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Employment Recovery: Nobody Lags Like Hawaii
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 5319 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, COVID-19

...Hawaii has recovered just 13% of the jobs lost since the start of the pandemic....

Read More..
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Auditor: Four Years Later HART Finally Acts on Recommendations
By News Release @ 11:09 PM :: 3152 Views :: Rail

...we found that 12 recommendations were completed, 3 were resolved, and 3 were in process....

Read More..
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Conservative Rankings of Hawaii State Legislators-2019 Session
By News Release @ 10:37 PM :: 4132 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

...ACUF reviewed selected pieces of legislation voted on in both the Hawaii Senate and House to produce average scores of each chamber as well as individual scores for each sitting member....

Read More..
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Hawaii Incarceration Rate Drops 19% due to Steven Alm probation reform
By Selected News Articles @ 9:51 PM :: 5138 Views :: Honolulu County, Justice Reinvestment

...First Circuit Judge Steven Alm’s probation reform pilot program, Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE), which launched in 2004 to reduce recidivism and probation violations....

Read More..
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
COVID Count 83 new cases out of 1,249 tests
By News Release @ 7:12 PM :: 2744 Views :: COVID-19

... no new hospitalizations, 3 more deaths, 6.6% positive ....

Read More..
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
The Affordable Housing Scam
By Selected News Articles @ 4:00 AM :: 7313 Views :: Ethics, Development, Cost of Living

...well-connected people often found their way to the tops of housing waiting lists while the names of people who really needed affordable housing disappeared....

Read More..
Monday, October 5, 2020
Ige Rejects Kauai 2-Test COVID Plan
By News Release @ 9:44 PM :: 4371 Views :: Kauai County, Tourism, COVID-19

...Mayor’s Emergency Rule 18 would have established a post-arrival testing program for all incoming travelers to Kaua‘i....

Read More..
Monday, October 5, 2020
UHERO Hawaii renters already leaving for Mainland
By UHERO @ 8:50 PM :: 5761 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Small Business, COVID-19

... Prior to COVID-19, our respondents reported a roughly 4% vacancy rate .... In August, however, this number jumped to 9% ....

Read More..
Monday, October 5, 2020
COVID: Hawaii DoH Gets Funding to Prepare for Mass Vaccination
By News Release @ 8:45 PM :: 2642 Views :: COVID-19

...to develop vaccine distribution plans, determine where the vaccine will be administered, and ensure an adequate number of vaccination providers....

Read More..
Monday, October 5, 2020
COVID Count 52 new cases out of 916 tests
By News Release @ 8:02 PM :: 2485 Views :: COVID-19

...no new hospitalizations, one new death, 5.7% positive....

Read More..
Sunday, October 4, 2020
COVID Count 70 new cases out of 1,963 tests
By News Release @ 6:30 PM :: 2593 Views :: COVID-19

... 4 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 3.6% positive ....

Read More..
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Standardless Spending
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 4978 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, COVID-19

We are feverishly trying to spend federal dollars for the common good....

Read More..
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Republican Candidate Denied Right to Campaign on Kauai
By News Release @ 5:02 AM :: 5690 Views :: Kauai County, First Amendment, COVID-19

"...Not being afforded the same access to the electorate as my opponent...." -- CD2 Candidate Joe Akana

Read More..
Sunday, October 4, 2020
UHERO: Tourism bounce back will be slow
By UHERO @ 4:48 AM :: 5046 Views :: Economy, Tourism, COVID-19

...UHERO report illustrated a dark forecast—worse than the aftermath of 9/11—for travel and tourism in Hawaiʻi, across the U.S. and around the world....

Read More..
Sunday, October 4, 2020
FBI Arrests Honolulu Man Allegedly Planning Chemical Weapon Attack on Apartment Building
By News Release @ 4:32 AM :: 4792 Views :: Law Enforcement

...Honolulu man charged with possession of chemical weapon and unregistered destructive device....

Read More..
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 3, 2020
By GovTrack .us @ 11:19 PM :: 3077 Views :: Congressional Delegation

...bills introduced and votes cast in Congress, from GovTrack.us, for week ending October 3, 2020....

Read More..
Saturday, October 3, 2020
COVID Count 133 new cases out of 1,936 tests
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 2764 Views :: COVID-19

... 5 new hospitalizations, 11 deaths—3 new, 8 due to revisions, 6.9% positive ....

Read More..
Saturday, October 3, 2020
2nd Amendment, 9th Circuit: Oral Arguments in Young v. Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:09 AM :: 4102 Views :: Second Amendment

... The Ninth Circuit has established a tradition of re-hearing cases favorable to the Second Amendment ....

Read More..
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancies on Oahu and Big Island
By News Release @ 6:00 AM :: 3972 Views :: Judiciary

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following ....

Read More..
Friday, October 2, 2020
COVID Count 87 new cases out of 1,746 tests
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 2516 Views :: COVID-19

... 18 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 5.0% positive ....

Read More..
Friday, October 2, 2020
Rein in this red-tape rascal
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:02 PM :: 5066 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

...When your state lacks sufficient housing, the last thing you should do is make building a difficult, risky and lengthy process. But that’s exactly what Hawaii has done....

Read More..
Friday, October 2, 2020
Distance Learning: What is your School's Plan?
By News Release @ 1:49 PM :: 4882 Views :: Education K-12, COVID-19

...Updated Complex by Complex elementary, middle/intermediate, and high school models for the reopening of the 2020-21 year....

Read More..
Friday, October 2, 2020
Ige Appoints Parole Authority Chair Director of Public Safety Department
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 3800 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
... Ige announced today that he has appointed Edmund (“Fred”) Hyun to serve as the temporary acting director overseeing the state Department of Public Safety, effective October 1 through November 30 ....
Read More..
Friday, October 2, 2020
PBS Insights OHA Candidates Forum
By Video @ 4:40 AM :: 5189 Views :: Ethics, OHA

... Keoni Souza repeats his claim that the Independent Audit of OHA was a waste of money.  Current OHA Chair Machado agrees.  Trustee Kelii Akina explains why they are wrong ....

Read More..
Friday, October 2, 2020
Trump Tests Positive for COVID
By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 AM :: 2797 Views :: COVID-19

...President Donald Trump tweets he and first lady Melania Trump test positive for Covid-19....

Read More..
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Bipartisanship? Ige Scores Zero, Hawaii Congressional Delegation not Much Better
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 4960 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii Statistics, Politicians

...Newly released voter assistance tool scores HI politicians’ success at working across the aisle....

Read More..
Thursday, October 1, 2020
COVID Count 108 new cases out of 1,817 tests
By News Release @ 7:41 PM :: 2578 Views :: COVID-19

... 15 new hospitalizations, 3 new deaths, 5.9% positive ....

Read More..
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Doing the Job HGEA Cannot--DLIR Contractor Launches Unemployment Call Center
By News Release @ 7:27 PM :: 3891 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

... 200 Trained Operators Will Answer Phones ....

Read More..
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Navatek CEO Arrested for CARES Act Fraud--Got Help from 'Senator'
By News Release @ 11:01 AM :: 13563 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Military, COVID-19

...Price also said that other businesses are being investigated for potential fraud in connection with funds through the CARES Act....

Read More..
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Ige Answers Hirono on COVID Spending Transparency
By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 AM :: 2301 Views

...Ige announced today that 98% of the $863 million of the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) received by the state in April has been set aside to assist with COVID-19 response and recovery efforts....

Read More..
Thursday, October 1, 2020
OHA Elections: 'Watch out for This'
By Video @ 5:29 AM :: 3285 Views :: OHA

...Replacing The Problem With Those Who Are The Solution....

Read More..
Thursday, October 1, 2020
OHA Board hosts neighbor island community meetings virtually
By News Release @ 5:16 AM :: 2759 Views :: OHA

... from Sept 30 thru Oct 27, 2020 ....

Read More..
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
FCC Fines Al Hee $49M for Fraud
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 6721 Views :: DHHL, Ethics

...Company Received Over $27 Million in Unearned Payments Due to Falsified Cost Reporting--This is one of the largest forfeitures the FCC has ever imposed....

Read More..
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
COVID Count 121 new cases out of 2,049 tests
By News Release @ 7:59 PM :: 2907 Views :: COVID-19

... 28 new hospitalizations, 4 new deaths, 6.0% positive ....

Read More..
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
‘Ragged clothing and a staged homeless look’–Foreclosure for Fun and Profit with Gary V Dubin
By Andrew Walden @ 5:35 AM :: 6194 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary

“(My) law firm … pioneered foreclosure defense in Hawaii….” -- Gary V Dubin

Read More..
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Navy Issues Red Hill Remediation Contracts
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 4767 Views :: Environment, Military

...to adapt an existing commercial membrane technology for upgrading fuel storage tanks at Red Hill....

Read More..
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Pearl City Lowest Percentage of Disabled Living in Poverty
By Selected News Articles @ 12:10 AM :: 3877 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...2020’s Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities....

Read More..
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard irks left after citing Project Veritas in call to ban ballot harvesting
By Selected News Articles @ 11:36 PM :: 5646 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Office of Elections

...“Project Veritas offers further evidence of the need to ban ballot harvesting,” Mrs. Gabbard tweeted to her 890,000 followers....

Read More..
Page 148 of 575First   Previous   143  144  145  146  147  [148]  149  150  151  152  Next   Last   
Links

TEXT "follow HawaiiFreePress" to 40404

Register to Vote

2aHawaii

Aloha Pregnancy Care Center

AntiPlanner

Antonio Gramsci Reading List

A Place for Women in Waipio

Ballotpedia Hawaii

Broken Trust

Christian Homeschoolers of Hawaii

Cliff Slater's Second Opinion

DVids Hawaii

FIRE

Fix Oahu!

Frontline: The Fixers

Genetic Literacy Project

Grassroot Institute

Habele.org

Hawaii Aquarium Fish Report

Hawaii Aviation Preservation Society

Hawaii Catholic TV

Hawaii Christian Coalition

Hawaii Cigar Association

Hawaii ConCon Info

Hawaii Debt Clock

Hawaii Defense Foundation

Hawaii Family Forum

Hawaii Farmer's Daughter

Hawaii Federation of Republican Women

Hawaii History Blog

Hawaii Jihadi Trial

Hawaii Legal News

Hawaii Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance

Hawaii Matters

Hawaii Military History

Hawaii's Partnership for Appropriate & Compassionate Care

Hawaii Public Charter School Network

Hawaii Rifle Association

Hawaii Shippers Council

Hawaii Together

HiFiCo

Hiram Fong Papers

Homeschool Legal Defense Hawaii

Honolulu Navy League

Honolulu Traffic

House Minority Blog

Imua TMT

Inouye-Kwock, NYT 1992

Inside the Nature Conservancy

Inverse Condemnation

July 4 in Hawaii

Land and Power in Hawaii

Lessons in Firearm Education

Lingle Years

Managed Care Matters -- Hawaii

MentalIllnessPolicy.org

Missile Defense Advocacy

MIS Veterans Hawaii

NAMI Hawaii

Natatorium.org

National Parents Org Hawaii

NFIB Hawaii

NRA-ILA Hawaii

Obookiah

OHA Lies

Opt Out Today

Patients Rights Council Hawaii

Practical Policy Institute of Hawaii

Pritchett Cartoons

Pro-GMO Hawaii

RailRipoff.com

Rental by Owner Awareness Assn

Research Institute for Hawaii USA

Rick Hamada Show

RJ Rummel

School Choice in Hawaii

SenatorFong.com

Talking Tax

Tax Foundation of Hawaii

The Real Hanabusa

Time Out Honolulu

Trustee Akina KWO Columns

Waagey.org

West Maui Taxpayers Association

Whole Life Hawaii