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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
A Man Convicted of Trump Media Insider Trading Had Ties to a Firm Holding Hawaii Cannabis Contracts
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 AM :: 1704 Views :: National News, Ethics, Drugs

... he had earned millions of dollars from insider trades involving shares in a company that merged with Trump Media & Technology Group Corp ....

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Trump Pardons Devon Archer, Hawaii High-Tech Tax Credit Scammer Turned on Bidens
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 AM :: 1583 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Tax Credits

... Devon Archer cooperated with congressional investigators as a witness against Hunter Biden and the Biden family ....

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Hawaii 2nd-Highest State Tax Collections Per Capita
By Tax Foundation @ 9:00 PM :: 900 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... the State of Hawaii takes $7,070 per person in taxes ....

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Hawaii 2nd Worst Taxpayer Return on Investment
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 PM :: 934 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

...Tax Day can be a painful reminder of how much we have to invest in federal, state and local governments, though many of us aren’t sure exactly what we get in return....

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Hawaii State Commission on Fatherhood Announces Awards, Scholarship Opportunities
By News Release @ 12:28 AM :: 722 Views :: Family

... commitment to promoting healthy family relationships by underscoring the vital role fathers play in the lives of their children ....

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Monday, March 24, 2025
Maui judge rules Haleakala trail must be open to public access
By Court House News @ 10:53 AM :: 1021 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Land Use, Tourism

... The state must now open the historic Haleakala Trail for public access, putting an end to a decade-long fight for it to be declared a public right of way ....

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Sunday, March 23, 2025
The New Tax Cuts Website
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 925 Views :: Taxes

... in big bold type it screams ....

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Saturday, March 22, 2025
SCR179 and SR149: LGBTQ Commission to Rewrite Entire Hawaii Legal Code with "Gender Neutral Language"
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:25 PM :: 1977 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government

... the state LGBTQ+ Commission and the Commission on the Status of Women review the Hawaii Revised Statutes ....

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Saturday, March 22, 2025
Lahaina: Still waiting for permits
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:59 PM :: 943 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... he’s paying a mortgage on an empty lot and watching his resources drain away while waiting for permits and approvals to rebuild ....

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Saturday, March 22, 2025
About that Medical Freedom
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:49 AM :: 867 Views :: Health Care

... it has been a miserable ride to say the least ....

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Friday, March 21, 2025
JSC Extends Deadline--Seeking Nominees for Chief Justice of State Supreme Court
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 2293 Views :: Judiciary

... CLUE: 'Vladimir Devens' ....

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Friday, March 21, 2025
Proposed U.S. maritime trade sanctions would impact Hawaii
By Michael Hansen @ 10:19 PM :: 1591 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes, Cost of Living

... The U.S. is considering trade sanctions against Chinese shipping that would negatively impact Hawaii ....

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Friday, March 21, 2025
Rep Gene Ward Retires from House--Republicans Must Nominate Successor
By Rep Gene Ward @ 5:46 PM :: 1287 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party

... Under HRS 17-4, Hawaii Republicans have 30 days to nominate 3 potential successors to Rep Ward’s seat.  Gov Green then has 30 days to select one of the three ....

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Friday, March 21, 2025
Lahaina: "Feelings of conspiracy and mistrust"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 PM :: 1187 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... It’s a situation formed by both negligence and design ....

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Thursday, March 20, 2025
Hawaii legislative committee advances gun control measures
By Court House News @ 4:05 AM :: 950 Views :: Second Amendment

... A Hawaii State Senate Committee advanced five gun control bills ....

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Thursday, March 20, 2025
​UH announces search committee for next athletics director
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 951 Views :: Higher Education

... The university aims to conduct finalist interviews in late May and announce the new hire by mid to late summer ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Hawaii Worst State for Doctors
By Selected News Articles @ 11:31 PM :: 1184 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Small Business, Cost of Living

... Hawaii ranks dead last for medical environment ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Salem Media Sells Remaining Honolulu Radio Stations
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 928 Views :: First Amendment, Religion, Small Business

... buyer Malama Media Group intends to keep all radio stations in their present formats ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
FULL TEXT: State of the City Address 2025
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 811 Views :: Honolulu County

... Blangiardi on Tuesday laid out his priorities for the next four years in the annual State of the City address ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Open Letter to Governor Green: Construction failures at multiple state-funded facilities
By Selected News Articles @ 1:40 PM :: 2499 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... including the Hawai‘i State Hospital, Hawai‘i State Capitol, and Hawai‘i Convention Center ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Surfing the environmental permitting bureaucracy in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:12 PM :: 1030 Views :: Environment, Development, Land Use

... promising policies, such as those mentioned in a new CEI report, may signal Hawaii is headed in a new direction in regulating its permitting system ....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
The last time Congress created a new state
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 18281 Views :: Hawaii History

...On March 19, 1959, Congress approved Hawaii for admission to the union as the 50th state....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
43% of HECO Customers now have solar--but Hawaii Energy Remains 90.8% Fossil Fuel
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 909 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii has among the highest rates of rooftop solar adoption in the nation and yet we are 90.8% fossil fuel ....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Hawaii climate change bill shelved amid federal cutting spree
By Court House News @ 9:53 PM :: 756 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... A Hawaii House committee shelved plans to allocate rainy day fund interest to climate projects. ....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
State Public Charter School Commission Votes to Not Renew Kamalani Academy Charter Contract
By News Release @ 5:08 PM :: 857 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics

... Insiders Looted Kamalani Academy Before State Opted To Shut It Down ....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Nominees for Two Oahu First Circuit Court Judgeships
By News Release @ 4:12 AM :: 1050 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary

... The Governor has 30 days from his receipt of the list today to make his two appointments ....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
JSC Announces Five Nominees for Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals
By News Release @ 3:31 AM :: 855 Views :: Judiciary

... The Governor has 30 days from his receipt of the list today to make his appointment ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Governor vs Feds: UH Manoa not Protecting Jewish Students from Anti-Semites?
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 2408 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education

... potential enforcement actions if UH does not fulfill its obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Hawaii Highest Union Membership in USA
By News Release @ 9:32 PM :: 903 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... 61% of public employees are union members in Hawaii ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Caldwell's Duckbill Helps Global Warmers Exploit Mapunapuna Flooding
By News Release @ 9:06 PM :: 943 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment

... These floods are 100 year old news.  Flooding was recently made worse by a Caldwell Admin decision to install a duckbill valve on the outlet pipe .... 

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Hawaii 204 Condo Projects Blacklisted by Fannie Mae
By Selected News Articles @ 8:49 PM :: 1693 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii's 204 blacklisted condo projects make us 4th-worst in USA.  Since the other top states are much larger, Hawaii probably has the most blacklisted condo units per capita ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Persistent income, employment, housing challenges for Maui’s fire-impacted households
By UHERO @ 6:54 PM :: 788 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... rising poverty rates, persistent displacement, and limited job opportunities continue to hinder full economic recovery ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Lahaina Housing: ‘Yes in God’s Backyard’
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:44 AM :: 847 Views :: Maui County, Development, Religion

... members of the Pukalani Community Church of the Nazarene  spent eight months building four homes for residents displaced by Maui’s August 2023 wildfires ....

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Sunday, March 16, 2025
Grassroot Bills Alive After Crossover
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:35 PM :: 748 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes

... March 6, marked the halfway point of the Hawaii's 2025 legislative session, which is when the bills that are still alive cross over from the House chamber to the Senate and vice versa ....

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Sunday, March 16, 2025
SB1434: Universal Vax for Hawaii
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 915 Views :: Health Care, Taxes

... a new assessment (a new tax) against health plans and health insurers ....

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Sunday, March 16, 2025
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:42 AM :: 709 Views :: Family, Life

... Constitutional Amendment to Protect Access to Contraceptives Misses Deadline ....

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Sunday, March 16, 2025
SB1278: Legislature poised to fix a state wrong?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:27 AM :: 668 Views :: Small Business, Taxes, COVID-19

... SB1278 would exempt from the state general excise tax any federal grants that Hawaii restaurants received during the COVID-19 lockdowns ....

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Saturday, March 15, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How they Voted March 15, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 11:59 PM :: 463 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Saturday, March 15, 2025
Army Deletes, Then Reposts Web Page Devoted to 442nd Regiment
By Ed Case @ 3:03 PM :: 1010 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

... Following outcry, Army republishes web article on 442nd Regimental Combat Team ....

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Saturday, March 15, 2025
Illegal Caught with 5lbs of Methamphetamines
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 722 Views :: Hawaii County , Drugs

... Gonzalez Jacobo has been removed to Mexico at least four times and has three prior felony convictions related to drug trafficking ....

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Saturday, March 15, 2025
Mexican Illegal Deported Six Times--Comes Back to Kauai for #7
By News Release @ 1:44 AM :: 1281 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement

... he has been in Hawaii for 32 years ....

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Saturday, March 15, 2025
State Let Felon Back out on Streets--but now the Feds Have Got Him
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 872 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement

... If convicted of the charged offense, Pham faces up to fifteen years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
Green Announces First Maui Fire Settlement Payout
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 754 Views :: Maui County

... A total of 26 wrongful death claims have been qualified -- One claim has been paid ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
9th Circuit Rules Hawaii Gun Registration Unconstitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 10:24 PM :: 1009 Views :: Second Amendment

... Ninth Circuit (Finally) Rules Hawaii’s Gun Purchase Permit and Registration Time Limits are Unconstitutional ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
'We Were Scammed:' NZ Lawsuits Expose fraudulent Hawaii Geothermal Developer
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 5767 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Ethics, OHA

... Maori Trust insolvent, placed in receivership, after being looted by IDG Hawaii Geothermal schemers ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
UH Manoa Next? Columbia Expels Anti-Semites After Trump Cuts Funding
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 PM :: 982 Views :: Higher Education

... Columbia U knuckled under SIX DAYS after Trump cancelled $400M in federal funds to the university.  How long will it take for the UH system to get rid of its’ anti-Semites?  ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
“After a decade-long battle against public corruption in Hawaii, we have successfully brought numerous cases to a close."
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 1076 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police

“The cases against these three defendants are the last among a decade-long series of public corruption prosecutions in Hawaii.”

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Friday, March 14, 2025
Hawaii AG Urges Supreme Court to Keep Medicaid Dollars Flowing to Planned Parenthood
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 537 Views :: Life

... urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower court’s decision recognizing Medicaid recipients’ federally guaranteed right to receive care from Planned Parenthood ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
AG Launches New Child Support Payment App
By News Release @ 1:16 AM :: 588 Views :: Family, Law Enforcement

... greater flexibility and convenience in managing their child support cases ....

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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Waianae Business Owner Charged in Fireworks Case
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 345 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement

... Importation of Fireworks Without a Valid License or Permit, a class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine ....

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