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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
County of Maui Board of Ethics sees major advancements in first 100 days
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 52 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... Executive Director and Legal Counsel Lauren Akitake leads new office ....

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
‘The Babylon Bee’ Fights Hawaii Law Censoring Political Speech
By Selected News Articles @ 11:49 PM :: 822 Views :: First Amendment

... The Babylon Bee went to court to challenge a Hawaii law banning “deceptive media” during the 10 months before an election ....

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Is Red Hill a Superfund Site?
By News Release @ 11:37 PM :: 909 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... If Red Hill is on the Super Fund list, federal law explicitly bars state environmental law claims at such facilities ....

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
AG Launches Hawaii Crime Statistics Dashboard
By News Release @ 3:17 AM :: 758 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement, Police

... The dashboard displays police-level crime statistics produced through Hawaiʻi’s participation in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program ....

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
SOLD: Alexander & Baldwin to be Taken Private in $2.3 Billion Transaction
By News Release @ 3:05 AM :: 1476 Views :: Development

... a joint venture formed by MW Group and funds affiliated with Blackstone Real Estate and DivcoWest will acquire all outstanding A&B common shares for $21.20 per share in an all-cash transaction  ....

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Monday, December 8, 2025
The Downmarket Impact of New Multifamily Housing: Evidence from a Honolulu Condo Tower
By UHERO @ 3:05 AM :: 1316 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living

... We identify prior addresses and follow vacancy chains across multiple rounds of moves ....

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Monday, December 8, 2025
Hawai‘i and Honolulu county councils pass bills supported by Grassroot
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:49 AM :: 802 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Agriculture, Small Business

... Honolulu Bill 42 allows taxicabs to set their own prices -- Hawai'i County Bill 52 allows backyard chickens ....

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Monday, December 8, 2025
Grassroot submits proposals to Honolulu Charter Commission
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:38 AM :: 883 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, First Amendment

... Grassroot, Honolulu City Council Chair Tommy Waters, and city Managing Director Mike Formby all submitted proposals regarding fiscal notes ....

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Monday, December 8, 2025
‘Parking requirements are closer to sorcery than to science’
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:14 AM :: 698 Views :: Maui County, Development

... More than 60 parking-reduction waivers have been approved since the year 2000 ....

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Monday, December 8, 2025
JSC Still Seeking Nominees for Maui Judgeships
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 566 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary

... one circuit judge, one district judge ....

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Sunday, December 7, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 6, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 2:50 PM :: 595 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....

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Sunday, December 7, 2025
Homelessness: How Effective is HONU Program?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:38 PM :: 855 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness

... HONU is successful in moving 1 in 3 homeless that it interacts with off the street ....

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Sunday, December 7, 2025
Making a Federal Case Out of the Green Fee
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 829 Views :: Jones Act, Judiciary, Taxes, Tourism

... the cruise lines alleged that the tax appeal system we have here is anything but plain, speedy, and efficient ....

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Sunday, December 7, 2025
Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 45568 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Military, Police

“It was (his) work as head of the HPD’s Espionage Bureau that lay the foundation for Burns’ later political success in Hawaii.”  

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Saturday, December 6, 2025
Lessons from Lahaina could help Hilo recover
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:17 PM :: 790 Views :: Hawaii County , Development

... fires in Hilo claimed the lives of two people, displaced nearly three dozen other residents and razed at least five buildings ....

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Saturday, December 6, 2025
Sen Awa Responds -- Fined for Filming Campaign Ad at Legislative Office
By Video @ 8:09 PM :: 1339 Views :: Ethics, Politicians, Republican Party

... Senator Awa used state resources—including his state office, state staff, and state time—to film a video supporting a political campaign ....

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Saturday, December 6, 2025
Hawaii Governor: The CDC changing childhood vaccine schedules "is a mistake"
By Video @ 12:05 PM :: 651 Views :: Health Care

“This is not a debate in medicine. It’s a debate political."

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Saturday, December 6, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation Complains of Slow-Moving FEMA Grants
By News Release @ 2:30 AM :: 690 Views :: Congressional Delegation

"...delays and obstacles with the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program, the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) and the Emergency Management Peformance Grant (EMPG) Program...."

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Friday, December 5, 2025
JSC Finally Gets Enough Applicants for Chief Justice
By News Release @ 4:50 PM :: 1057 Views :: Judiciary

... CHOICES: the first lesbian justice, Andy Winer's law partner, and three other dudes ....

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Friday, December 5, 2025
Fanatics starts sports prediction app, not subject to state taxes in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 PM :: 666 Views :: Gambling

... users wager against each other on the results of everything from sports markets to elections ....

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Friday, December 5, 2025
South, Central Maui Water 'Crisis' Suddenly Over
By News Release @ 3:08 PM :: 760 Views :: Maui County, Development

..."recent rains have helped" ....

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Friday, December 5, 2025
OHA: We Are Shut Out of Green’s Army Negotiations
By Andrew Walden @ 2:46 PM :: 762 Views :: Military, OHA

... After asserting publicly that eminent domain was less of a factor than previously thought, Green is still seeking clarity from Driscoll ....

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Friday, December 5, 2025
Babylon Bee challenges state law criminalizing political speech
By News Release @ 2:27 AM :: 1006 Views :: First Amendment

... Gov. Josh Green signed S2687 into law in July 2024. It prohibits the distribution of “materially deceptive media” that portrays politicians in a way that risks harming “the reputation or electoral prospects of a candidate” or simply risks “changing … voting behavior.” ....

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Thursday, December 4, 2025
Ditch the equity cap: How to make “locals-only” housing actually work
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 869 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... The current use of deed restrictions traps residents, preventing them from downsizing or upsizing as their needs change without facing a financial penalty ....

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Thursday, December 4, 2025
Star-Advertiser 'accepts nearly all' right-wing Letters to the Editor
By Andrew Walden @ 12:56 PM :: 923 Views :: First Amendment

"...we publish what we receive and attempt to balance anti- and pro-Trump submissions — to the point of declining many against, and accepting nearly all in favor...."

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Thursday, December 4, 2025
SHOPO Slams Judge behind Sykap Cash Payout
By News Release @ 5:15 AM :: 1290 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary, Police

... pre-trial rulings have barred a civil jury from hearing about the violent "crime spree" that terrorized our community for three days ....

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Thursday, December 4, 2025
Hawaii AG Sues TikTok: 'Addictive Platform Harming Children'
By News Release @ 4:54 AM :: 1010 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Health Care

... The claims are similar to ones raised by more than a dozen other states ....

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Thursday, December 4, 2025
Queens, HHSC to Develop New Outpatient Care Center in Kailua-Kona
By News Release @ 4:35 AM :: 870 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care

... a 50,000+-square-foot medical facility adjacent to the new hospital that Queen’s has already announced it is building ....

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Thursday, December 4, 2025
Green Appoints Rep who took money from Ty Cullen to Senate Seat Abandoned by Corporate Lobbyist
By News Release @ 3:09 AM :: 1258 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics

... and now Democrats get to appoint a State Rep to HD36 ....

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
US Senator Demands Crackdown on 8a Fraudsters
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 1704 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA

... In June, the Department of Justice found that the 8(a) program was used to facilitate a $550 million bribery scheme over several decades ....

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
100th completed structure in Maui wildfire-affected areas
By News Release @ 2:49 AM :: 675 Views :: Maui County, Development

... 96 permits completed in Lahaina (88 residential, eight nonresidential) and four completed in Kula (all residential) ....

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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Committee selects three finalists for Kamehameha Schools trustee seat
By News Release @ 4:09 PM :: 1260 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics

... Olin K. Lagon, Keith Vieira, Eric K. Yeaman ....

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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
City now accepting resumes for Honolulu Liquor Commission Administrator
By News Release @ 4:15 AM :: 982 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Small Business, Tourism, Drugs

... outgoing Administrator Sal Petilos is retiring after two and a half years with the City ....

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Monday, December 1, 2025
Seeking Common Ground on Maunakea
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:52 PM :: 1098 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA

... a new plan from state leaders seeks to chart a different course ....

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Monday, December 1, 2025
VA houses largest number of homeless Veterans in seven years 
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 763 Views :: Homelessness, Military

... The nationwide numbers include 459 veterans permanently housed by Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care System ....

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Monday, December 1, 2025
West Coast Health Alliance pushes back against antivaxxer lies
By Selected News Articles @ 12:37 PM :: 936 Views :: Health Care

... Hawaii had the highest vaccination rate and lowest mortality rate ....

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Sunday, November 30, 2025
SNAP Confusion…On Us
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 980 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government

... the new guidance says that immigrants in certain categories, namely Refugees, Individuals Granted Asylum, Parolees, and Deportation Withheld are “Not Eligible” for SNAP ....

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Saturday, November 29, 2025
Lucky — and grateful — we live Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:22 PM :: 864 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living

... Grassroot will never hold back from trying to make Hawaii more free and prosperous for all ....

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Saturday, November 29, 2025
Visitor Spending Rose in October 2025 Despite Declining Visitor Arrivals
By News Release @ 11:23 AM :: 1495 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... Visitors in October 2025 spent more on an average daily basis ($277 per person, +12.0%) which offset a 2.9 percent decrease in total arrivals to 749,095 visitors ....

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Thursday, November 27, 2025
AG Report: Governor’s office fired Isaac Choy for threatening Audit of CNHA’s $27M HTA Contract
By Andrew Walden @ 9:46 PM :: 4375 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Politicians, Tourism

... What is it about CNHA’s $27M HTA contract that the Governor’s Office, CNHA, and HTA are trying to hide from auditors? ....

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Thursday, November 27, 2025
Hawaii joins Attorneys General suing to keep SNAP for legal immigrants
By Selected News Articles @ 11:26 AM :: 939 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government

... Although the Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated SNAP eligibility for individuals who entered the U.S. as refugees or were granted asylum or humanitarian parole, it did not end the eligibility for noncitizens who became legal permanent residents, Bonta said....

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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Green: Draft NDAA doesn’t authorize Army land condemnation
By News Release @ 4:51 PM :: 1005 Views :: Land Use, Military

"This puts Hawaiʻi in a more advantageous position than we were in just weeks ago.”

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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Hurricane Tulsi
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 PM :: 1254 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard

... these events in our intelligence community track with the interests of former KGB officer and Russian President Putin more so than with the national security interests of the United States ....

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
DOJ Files Historic Supreme Court Brief in Support of Hawaii Second Amendment Case
By Selected News Articles @ 3:24 PM :: 1052 Views :: Second Amendment

... In a historic first, the Department of Justice has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in a Second Amendment case that sides with plaintiffs challenging a gun control law ....

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TMT Exploring 'Promising Path Forward' in Spain
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 1132 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA

... this represents a prospective opportunity to allow TIO LLC to proceed with the TMT project ....

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
DCCA: Hawaii Obamacare Plans to Increase 11.6% in 2026
By News Release @ 1:06 PM :: 1590 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living

... key drivers for the increase being rising medical and pharmacy costs and growing utilization, especially in high-cost therapies such as specialty drugs ....

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Miske Loses Termite License
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 1118 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Health Care, Small Business

... DCCA Board approves settlement agreement, revocation efective 9-29-25 ....

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Green Names New Budget Director
By News Release @ 3:46 AM :: 860 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Seth Colby currently serves as the Chief State Economist at the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism ....

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
NRA Urges SCOTUS to Invalidate Hawaii Carry Restriction
By NRA ILA @ 2:24 AM :: 813 Views :: Second Amendment

... Today, the National Rifle Association and the Independence Institute filed an amicus brief in Wolford v. Lopez ....

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Hawaii AG Wins Federal court order blocking Trump from dismantling four agencies
By Selected News Articles @ 2:13 AM :: 1063 Views :: National News, Homelessness, Judiciary

... The agencies are the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Minority Business Development Agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness ....

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