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Thursday, September 4, 2025
Gov Green Joins Pro-EV Coalition
By News Release @ 12:33 PM :: 5522 Views :: Energy, Environment

"... The Affordable Clean Cars Coalition builds on past multistate efforts ...."

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Thursday, September 4, 2025
Achieving Homeownership for Hawaiians
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:15 AM :: 5099 Views :: Development, OHA, Cost of Living

... the dream of owning a home began with quiet sacrifices – late nights balancing budgets and teaching their children the value of patience ....

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Thursday, September 4, 2025
Mitsunaga Secretary Indicted for False-Name Campaign Contributions
By News Release @ 12:36 AM :: 5008 Views :: Ethics

... Otani is alleged to have intentionally or knowingly contributed to a candidate or candidate committee in a name other than hers ....

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
ACLU Sues Maui Prep School to Force Trans-sexualization of little boy
By News Release @ 4:46 AM :: 6176 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Family

... Jane Poe, the Plaintiff in the case, is a nine-year-old transgender student (boy) who has lived openly as (been manipulated into pretending to be) a girl since age five ....

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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Hawaii 911 Callers to be Screened for Political Correctness
By News Release @ 8:45 PM :: 5341 Views :: First Amendment, Judiciary, Law Enforcement

... Affected individuals may seek relief in civil court, including injunctions, damages, punitive damages, coverage of attorneys’ fees and costs ....

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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Green Launches Website to Receive Comments on Army Land Lease Negotiations
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 4644 Views :: Land Use, Military

"The Army’s current leases expire in 2029 and while federal leaders have emphasized national security concerns, they’ve also indicated they could act through eminent domain, which would leave Hawai‘i with nothing in return."

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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
State Begins Hiring Future College Grads
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 5001 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Labor

... DHRD began accepting applicants who are on track to obtain their bachelor’s degree within three months for entry-level professional classes of work ....

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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Auditor Discovers HFD's Secret Fund
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 5436 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics

... unbudgeted equipment purchases without council oversight or approval ....

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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Next Boondoggle: Useless $240M Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
By Andrew Walden @ 4:38 AM :: 6053 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living

... Desal is an energy hog and Hawaii has the most expensive electricity in the USA ....

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Monday, September 1, 2025
Clear Conflict: Bills that stirred Hawaiʻi politics in 2025
By UHERO @ 3:06 PM :: 5150 Views :: Ethics, Gambling, Hawaii State Government, Drugs

... Where the conflict is clear ....

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Sunday, August 31, 2025
Time to retire the Jones Act’s U.S.-build requirement
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:51 PM :: 4544 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act

... On Aug. 1, Rep. Ed Case introduced HR4839, which would establish the Merchant Marine Allies Partnership Act ....

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Sunday, August 31, 2025
Hawaiian Airlines didn’t fail — The world changed around it
By Selected News Articles @ 5:45 PM :: 5155 Views :: Tourism, COVID-19

... Turning Hawaiian’s story into a morality play might make for easy headlines, but it does little justice to the reality ....

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Sunday, August 31, 2025
Vacancy: Maui Circuit Court Judge
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 4583 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary

... Notice of Anticipated Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the Second Circuit (island of Maui) ....

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Sunday, August 31, 2025
No Tax on Tips
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 4910 Views :: Labor, Taxes, Tourism

An individual who receives tips can exclude up to $25,000 of those tips from his or her gross income....

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Saturday, August 30, 2025
Appeals Court Rules Trump Tariffs Unconstitutional
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 4885 Views :: National News, Taxes, Cost of Living

“...For the second time in this case, a federal court has held that the President’s so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs are unlawful....”

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Four Convicted in Sovereignty-Related Scam
By News Release @ 11:39 PM :: 5589 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, OHA

... a tax refund fraud scheme ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Ex-Honolulu Police Officer Sentenced to 23 Years in Federal Prison for Engaging in Child Sex Crimes While Serving as a Sworn Officer
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 4594 Views :: Honolulu County, Police, Drugs

... He used his access to proprietary police databases to research his victims and monitor police investigations into his criminal activities ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Waianae Meth Dealer got $12.5M from City--Now Gets 10 Years in Federal Prison
By News Release @ 11:19 PM :: 6991 Views :: Drugs

... The state judiciary makes this guy a multi-millionaire.  The federal judiciary locks him up ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
VIDEO: Procession and memorial honoring fallen Maui Police Officer Suzanne O
By Video @ 10:49 PM :: 4212 Views :: Maui County, Police

... funeral services held for Maui Police Department Officer Suzanne O who was shot and killed by a criminal suspect in the line of duty ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Maui County Board of Ethics hiring full-time staff
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 4659 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... The County of Maui Board of Ethics is postponing its Sept. 10 meeting to focus on restructuring and hiring efforts ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Sunday Deadline to Submit Comments on HDOT Energy Plan
By News Release @ 6:08 PM :: 4997 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living

“If you haven’t already, please take a moment to review this important plan and share your feedback,” said Representative Darius K. Kila, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation.

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Trump HHS tells Hawaii DoE to remove gender ideology from sex ed or lose PREP funding
By Selected News Articles @ 12:08 PM :: 4755 Views :: Education K-12, Family

... The Trump administration directed 46 states and territories to remove gender ideology from their sex ed materials or else face possible termination of federal Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) funding ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Is the Jones Act invincible?
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 4170 Views :: Jones Act

... glimmer of hope ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Tourist Arrivals Down 4.4%
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 4445 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.95 billion, a 4.3 percent decrease from July 2024 ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Green Names Appointees to BLNR, Stadium Authority
By News Release @ 1:58 AM :: 930 Views :: Development, Higher Education, Land Use, Tourism

... two for BLNR, one for Stadium Authority ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Navahine Settlement: How Hawai‘i Was Sold Out
By Selected News Articles @ 12:28 AM :: 5589 Views :: Environment, Economy, Judiciary, Cost of Living

... Mainland Lawyers, Local Leaders, and the People Left Behind ....

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Thursday, August 28, 2025
Federal Lawsuit Filed: Cruise Lines Challenge Hawaii’s ‘Green Fee’ as Unconstitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 PM :: 4682 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes, Tourism

... The 11% surcharge violates the US Constitution’s Tonnage Clause, which prohibits states from imposing taxes on vessels for entering and docking at ports ....

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Thursday, August 28, 2025
Applications Open for Honolulu City Lights Display Permits
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 3822 Views :: Honolulu County, Religion

... A reminder for Non-Profit Organizations to submit applications by September 15, 2025 ....

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
City Accepting Bids for Kalihi Rail Station TOD Development
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 4157 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail

... The property sits directly across from the future Mokauea (Kalihi) Skyline Station ....

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
DLE Creates Virtual Reality Capitol Security Cordon
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 3780 Views :: Police

... Hawaii’s Department of Law Enforcement is now pioneering the use of virtual reality—using geographic information system (GIS) technology to build a geospatial digital twin—to enhance security and situational awareness. ...

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Second Amendment: “These arbitrary restrictions in Hawaii are unique and burdensome with no parallel in other states."
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 3835 Views :: Judiciary

... While the Plaintiffs prevailed before a Ninth Circuit three-judge panel, the case is now being reheard en banc ....

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Monday, August 25, 2025
Supreme Court restores parental opt-out from LGBTQ Propaganda
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 4500 Views :: Education K-12, Family

... The Supreme Court ruled 6-3, June 26, 2025, that parents have the right to opt their children out of storybooks that push one-sided ideology on gender and sexuality ....

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Sunday, August 24, 2025
Hawai’i Aloha: How Rev. Lorenzo Lyons helped save the Hawaiian language
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 1736 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

...Samuel Elbert and Mary Kawena Pukui give credit to Lyons for helping save the Hawaiian language....

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Sunday, August 24, 2025
Classroom Heat
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 5264 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics

... ten years ago Governor Ige kicked off an effort to get air conditioners into public school classrooms ....

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Saturday, August 23, 2025
Are you ready for another boondoggle?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:06 PM :: 4013 Views :: Rail

... Like the proverbial frog in a pot of hot water, we seem to have become desensitized to just how poorly the rail project has gone ....

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Saturday, August 23, 2025
The Worst Transit Projects
By Video @ 1:29 PM :: 3898 Views :: Rail

"what is the worst new transit project in the United States?”

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Saturday, August 23, 2025
$100M Green Fee Slush Fund: Green Appoints Advisory Council
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 5658 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism

... $100 million annually, directed toward environmental stewardship, hazard mitigation, infrastructure resilience and enhancing the visitor experience ....

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Saturday, August 23, 2025
Maui County releases 2025 human services assessment report
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 690 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... residents’ perspectives on community needs and access to social services, including kūpuna services, early childhood programs, services for disabled residents and more ....

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Friday, August 22, 2025
Maui Police Release Bodycam Video Surrounding Officer Death
By Video @ 12:13 PM :: 6384 Views :: Maui County, Police

... Maui Police Officer Was Killed By Bullet That Hit Above Her Protective Vest ....

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Friday, August 22, 2025
Little-Known Law Makes Hawai‘i Flights More Expensive
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 AM :: 6052 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism

... U.S. Code (49 U.S.C. §41703), says foreign airlines cannot sell tickets between two U.S. cities ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Army to Green: 'We cannot wait'
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 4356 Views :: Land Use, Military, OHA

"We want to work with you to come to a mutually acceptable framework by the end of this year"

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Hawaii average annual tax cuts under 'Big Beautiful' Bill
By Tax Foundation @ 5:05 PM :: 4833 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... Hawaii average tax cut $3,030 for 2026.  Hawaii long-term jobs created 3,519 ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Cost of Living: Hawaii 82% Higher Than US Average
By Selected News Articles @ 4:40 PM :: 4727 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii has the highest cost of living in the USA ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Hawaii Becomes The 50th State – This Day In History
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 3675 Views :: Hawaii History

... On August 21, 1959, Hawaii officially entered the Union as the 50th U.S. state when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation admitting the islands ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Green Unveils 2025 Policy Priorities
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 3597 Views :: Hawaii State Government

"...how the Green administration is tackling some of Hawai‘i’s most pressing issues...."

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Honolulu Least Pet-Friendly City in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 4301 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... WalletHub compared the pet-friendliness of the 100 largest U.S. cities across 23 key metrics ....

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
​UH, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency sign partnership agreement
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 726 Views :: Higher Education, Military

... a new Education Partnership Agreement aimed at enhancing science and technology education while advancing DPAA’s critical mission of accounting for missing U.S. personnel from past conflicts ....

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Palacios' death leaves NMI vulnerable to China
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 AM :: 3848 Views :: World News, Gambling, Military

... Arnold Palacios, the 10th governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, died unexpectedly .... 

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
DBEDT Releases 2024 State of Hawaii Data Book
By News Release @ 1:37 AM :: 3796 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... The book is in electronic form and is available on the DBEDT website ....

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Hawaii Named Least Affordable State for College Grads
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 AM :: 3751 Views :: Higher Education, Cost of Living

... Hawaii: Recent college grad earnings gap -$11,840 ....

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