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Sunday, September 15, 2024
Plumbing the depths of Maui’s housing shortage: Can small changes have a big impact?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:11 PM :: 690 Views :: Maui County, Development

... the department’s proposed recommendations will be brought to the Maui County Council in a couple of months ....

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Sunday, September 15, 2024
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 14, 2024
By GovTrack .us @ 3:23 PM :: 741 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

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Sunday, September 15, 2024
State Workers Have Immunity – Even Without Being Trump
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1493 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Taxes

... employees at our State, and the Department of Taxation in particular, have a lot of immunity too ....

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Sunday, September 15, 2024
US House Passes Pacific Partnership Act
By Ed Case @ 2:47 AM :: 837 Views :: World News, Congressional Delegation, Military

... bi-partisan Pacific Partnership Act targets broader and deeper engagement by the U.S. throughout the Pacific in key areas sought by Pacific Island nations ....

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Saturday, September 14, 2024
Tax Hikes Coming: Socialist Legislators Launch 'Peoples Budget'
By News Release @ 5:04 PM :: 1132 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... the purpose is to reverse Hawaii's historic income tax cuts ....

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Saturday, September 14, 2024
Will Taxes be Increased to Fund 'Vacant Positions'?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:23 AM :: 1245 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... 4,700 positions currently unfilled, including more than 100 that have been vacant for over four years ....

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Friday, September 13, 2024
AG Lahaina Fire Report Rips Maui's 'Siloed Command Structure'
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 1852 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics

... lack of pre-event planning, unified incident command and operational coordination resulted in insufficient communications that impacted the ability to provide effective evacuation and firefighting operations ....

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Friday, September 13, 2024
Debris cleared from 100 percent of residential properties in Lahaina Impact Zone
By News Release @ 12:08 AM :: 698 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Rebuilding occurring on 20 residential properties, work continuing on commercial properties ....

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Thursday, September 12, 2024
Common Cause Thinks Hawaii Congressional Delegation is Nearly Perfect
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 812 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Judiciary

... Common Cause, the nonpartisan watchdog, released its 2024 “Democracy Scorecard,” recording every member of Congress’ support for voting rights, Supreme Court ethics, and other reforms ....

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Thursday, September 12, 2024
Honolulu CIA man will serve 10 years for espionage involving China
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 763 Views :: Law Enforcement

"facilitated the provision of classified information to intelligence officers employed by the PRC’s Shanghai State Security Bureau"

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Thursday, September 12, 2024
Q-Anon Cult Leader Loses Hawaii Real Estate License
By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 1796 Views :: Kauai County

... QAnon-adjacent beliefs like satanic child sex trafficking, the Luciferian agenda, aliens, reptilian overlords; advice on how to detach from your “family cult” ....

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Thursday, September 12, 2024
Hawaii Man Arrested for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
By News Release @ 5:16 AM :: 855 Views :: Military, Republican Party

... Alexander Cain Poplin, 31, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia ....

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Warning Labels on Social Media: Hawaii AG Joins 41 States
By News Release @ 4:40 PM :: 718 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care

... calling on congressional lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. Surgeon General warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms ....

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Hawaii Water Service Operations Manager Recognized Nationally for Response During Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 12:24 AM :: 994 Views :: Maui County, Land Use

... John (Kani) Kadowaki, Maui Operations Manager of Hawaii Water Service, honored with the Living Water Award during annual Water Summit ....

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Hawaii Net Loss of 8,896 Residents During COVID
By Tax Foundation @ 2:16 PM :: 1236 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living, COVID-19

... Notably, four of the top five states Hawaii residents moved to—Texas, Washington, Nevada, and Florida—forgo individual income taxes on wage income ....

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Monday, September 9, 2024
Feds: “Housing on Maui is challenging to say the least."
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 866 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living

... Temporary housing projects have been a priority for federal agencies while responding to the fires, yet temporary housing poses unintended consequences for the community ....

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Sunday, September 8, 2024
“Everybody knows you’re probably going to die before you ever get to the top”
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:30 PM :: 1185 Views :: Maui County, Development, Small Business

... Maui County’s extremely long wait times and high fees to obtain water meters and add fixtures ....

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Sunday, September 8, 2024
County Councils Consider tax relief, housing, simpler permitting and roadside vending
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:33 PM :: 880 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Small Business

... The Hawai‘i and Honolulu county councils have been chock full of measures lately ....

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Sunday, September 8, 2024
Hawaii County beekeepers rejoice at Council's passage of Bill 144
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:14 PM :: 851 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, Land Use

... beekeepers on the island "have been working on this bill for almost seven years" ....

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Sunday, September 8, 2024
Give Me Your Documents
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 928 Views :: Taxes

... I expect the Department’s bill to resurface in the 2025 legislative session ....

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Saturday, September 7, 2024
Investment Bankers: How to Force Lahaina Insurers into Accepting Smaller Settlement
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 1483 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Judiciary, Cost of Living

... The chances of an expensive, boneheaded precedent being set are greatly enhanced ....

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Saturday, September 7, 2024
War on the Rocks: U.S. Maritime Policy Needs an Overhaul
By Cato Foundation @ 4:21 PM :: 883 Views :: Jones Act

... U.S. shipbuilding numbers also trail Finland, the Netherlands, and Norway ....

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Friday, September 6, 2024
Election 2024: Christian Voters Pledge to Participate
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:47 PM :: 1376 Views :: First Amendment, Religion

... Our vote is our voice and we cannot sit on the sidelines ....

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Friday, September 6, 2024
Hawaii Solar: Seven Years Later the Deal Suddenly Changes
By News Release @ 11:14 PM :: 1902 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living

... Hawaiian Electric is in the process of notifying customers nearing the end of their seven-year enrollment period ....

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Friday, September 6, 2024
Study: Hawaii Has the Best Budgeters in the U.S.
By Selected News Articles @ 10:56 PM :: 749 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... States With the Best and Worst Budgeters in 2024 ....

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Friday, September 6, 2024
Costco Raises Membership Fee But It's Still 21 Percent Cheaper Than 1983
By Selected News Articles @ 10:09 PM :: 965 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living

... The Hot Dog Combo is 70 Percent Cheaper ....

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Friday, September 6, 2024
Kona Hospital May Lose Trauma Designation--Patients wait 100 days
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 1363 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care

... Lack of skilled nursing/rehabilitation facilities result in up to 100-day hospital stays for wait-listed patients ....

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Friday, September 6, 2024
With caveats, Ninth Circuit upholds gun-free zones in California, Hawaii
By News Release @ 5:56 PM :: 1152 Views :: Second Amendment

..."they ruled for us on the issue of banks and shared parking lots,” said Alan Beck, a lawyer for the Hawaii plaintiffs....

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Friday, September 6, 2024
Hawaii’s Cloak-and-Dagger Lore
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 PM :: 942 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

... Did you know that Tokyo even relied on a North-Shore-home-owning Nazi spy to launder money and send signals ....

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Friday, September 6, 2024
DBEDT: With Tourism Down, Growth Remains Anemic
By News Release @ 3:55 PM :: 778 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... DBEDT kept its economic growth projections for 2024 unchanged from the previous quarter, at 1.3 percent ....

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Thursday, September 5, 2024
Unions pursue law changes to boost membership
By Selected News Articles @ 2:14 PM :: 975 Views :: Labor

... under a 1997 Hawaii Supreme Court decision, (Konno v County of Hawaii) state and local government officials face enormous barriers contracting union-performed government work to private entities ....

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Thursday, September 5, 2024
Maui County Water Meter Rules Hinder Lahaina Rebuild
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:28 AM :: 1324 Views :: Maui County, Development

... $4,200 on top of an additional $12,060 for the initial water meter ....

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Thursday, September 5, 2024
Insurance Institute: How to make the New Lahaina More Fire Resistant
By News Release @ 4:44 AM :: 846 Views :: Maui County, Development

... developing communities with greater structure separation, removing combustible connective fuels and hardening properties against ember and flame exposure ....

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Hawaii is 2024's 6th Least Innovative State for Education
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 811 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... Hawaii ranks 45th in Schools that Offer Advanced Placement Courses per Capita ....

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Is the US Department of Justice still ‘investigating’ the Maui Wildfires?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 1243 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... The US DoJ response to an Hawai’i Free Press FOIA request says so ....

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
UH developed, living coastal-protection system prepares for deployment
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 999 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, Land Use

... The project is on track for its first deployment of a 50-meter array of structures near the Ulupaʻu crater, off the Kailua Bay side of Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi in late 2024, early 2025 ....

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Monday, September 2, 2024
Learn about ways Maui County can support more homebuilding
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 959 Views :: Maui County, Development

... At a Sept. 24 luncheon in Kahului, Grassroot experts will explain how lawmakers can speed up recovery and boost housing stock ....

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Sunday, September 1, 2024
Four Bills for housing, tax relief at Honolulu, Maui councils
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:48 PM :: 922 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Development, Tax Credits, Taxes

“...Help Maui families by allowing more small homes per lot....”

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Sunday, September 1, 2024
Clear away legal barriers to hasten Lahaina homebuilding
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:02 PM :: 825 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Hawaii has a reputation for being one of the hardest states in the nation to build homes ....

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Sunday, September 1, 2024
Hawaii National Parks Attract 4,764,320 Tourists
By News Release @ 3:55 PM :: 895 Views :: Environment, Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... Haleakala Park saw a 27% decrease in visitors in 2023 compared to 2022 ....

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Sunday, September 1, 2024
Protest Payments
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 732 Views :: Taxes

... it provides a basis for the courts to get involved if there is some question as to the legitimacy of any fee or tax ....

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Sunday, September 1, 2024
Will Front Street become just a fond memory?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:58 AM :: 1217 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii History, Small Business

... Let the people who have lost their properties and are bravely committed to rebuilding do just that — and enable them to do it quickly ....

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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Foster Care Rape Room: Police Report Blows Away CWS Coverup
By Andrew Walden @ 8:42 PM :: 5219 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Family, Law Enforcement

... drug addicts watching porn with 5-year olds ....

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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Mayor signs bill to drive creation of new rental housing for Oʻahu
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 834 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use

... Bill 3 (2024), which greatly enhances incentives to developers to help generate rental housing projects ....

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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Tuition Hike Coming: UH volunteers to pay higher electric bills to boost wind, solar.
By UHERO @ 3:54 PM :: 792 Views :: Energy, Higher Education

"... charge customers based on the hourly marginal cost of electricity production ...."

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Saturday, August 31, 2024
DLNR Wages Bacteriological War Against Mosquitoes
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 960 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Environment

... it is harmless to other creatures, including people ....

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Friday, August 30, 2024
Green Appoints Kusch to HD1 Seat
By News Release @ 5:49 PM :: 936 Views :: Hawaii County , Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Politicians

... Kusch will serve untill 2026 before facing election ....

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Friday, August 30, 2024
Former Waiakea HS Basketball Coach Charged with Felony Theft
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 965 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Ethics

... Smith allegedly collected $3,627.00 from the team members’ parents and kept the money for himself ....

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Friday, August 30, 2024
Tourist Count Down, Spending Up
By Selected News Articles @ 2:08 PM :: 1110 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... The number of visitors is down 1% from July 2023. But spending by tourists, when adjusted by inflation, is up 2.6% from last year at $207 billion ....

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Friday, August 30, 2024
Audit: Police Commission Gives 'inconsistent and ineffective oversight of HPD'
By News Release @ 5:11 AM :: 910 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police

"The HPC expressed general disagreement with our two primary findings and noted lukewarm consideration to implement some of the recommendations."

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