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Thursday, August 29, 2024 |
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Kennedy will not be on Hawaii Ballot?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 1295 Views :: Office of Elections
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... Kennedy dropped out of the Presidential race and endorsed Donald Trump ....
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Thursday, August 29, 2024 |
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Ninth Circuit rejects Hawaii rule sealing medical records in court filings
By Court House News @ 2:17 PM :: 938 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Judiciary
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... A three-judge panel found that the public has a presumptive First Amendment right to see medical and health records attached to court filings, such as mental competency examinations ....
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Thursday, August 29, 2024 |
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Meet the Meth Gang Behind ‘Lahaina Strong’
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 AM :: 15156 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, Drugs
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... A Great Leader of the Hawaiian People Who Occasionally Sells Poison to their Children ....
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024 |
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Hawaii Second Amendment Rights Advocates Openly Carry Swords, Battle-Axes In Public To Celebrate New Law
By Selected News Articles @ 4:10 PM :: 1069 Views :: Second Amendment
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... he takes his battle-axe on walks to raise public awareness of the new laws while also making sure police aren’t restricting citizens’ rights to openly carry unusual weapons ....
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024 |
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Cockfighting ban legal in Northern Mariana Islands under federal law, Ninth Circuit says
By Court House News @ 2:09 PM :: 818 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs
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... cockfighting was officially banned in the territory in 2018 ....
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024 |
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A Year After Hawaii Fire, Rebuilding Has Barely Begun
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:00 AM :: 1037 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... There are a lot of environmental regulations ....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
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Hawaii wants to force an oil ban on the rest of the country
By Selected News Articles @ 5:12 PM :: 1754 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary
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... this lawsuit seeks to compel companies to cease production and sale of oil and gas everywhere ....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
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Corps of Engineers Clearing Debris from Final Residential Properties in Lahaina
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 753 Views :: Maui County, Development, Military
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... Commercial debris removal operations are also progressing, with 91 out of 159 commercial properties cleared to date. The completion of these efforts remains on track for February 2024 ....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
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‘If it can happen in Hawaii, it can happen everywhere’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:57 AM :: 1048 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes
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... legislative victories this year in the areas of taxation, housing, healthcare and other issues ....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
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Green Appoints New Head of Water Resource Management
By News Release @ 4:48 AM :: 730 Views
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... Ciara Kahahane continues to coordinate, on behalf of the Attorney General, the comprehensive review and analysis of the Lahaina wildfires of August 2023 ....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
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State DLE Calls Gun Buyback Successful
By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 866 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... Individuals turning in firearms received a total of 531 gift cards valued at $53,100 ....
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Monday, August 26, 2024 |
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UHERO: Shortage of Sister-Isle Medical Care Mostly Affects Low Income Residents
By News Release @ 5:33 PM :: 894 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... People with disabilities and people with low incomes in rural areas faced the biggest health differences ....
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Sunday, August 25, 2024 |
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Maui’s Hidden Ethics – Who is Hiding Behind the Redactions?
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 1752 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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... since January, four ethics opinions regarding Maui County employees who see their job as an opportunity to direct 'non-profit' grant funds to friends and family ....
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Sunday, August 25, 2024 |
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Justice Department Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme that Harms Honolulu Renters
By News Release @ 5:57 PM :: 1042 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living
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"... unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing ...."
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Sunday, August 25, 2024 |
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A California “Fix” Back to ‘66
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1125 Views :: Small Business, Taxes
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... a formula that exists in the laws of Hawaii, California, and several other states ....
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Saturday, August 24, 2024 |
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Twelve Ways to Reduce Housing Costs
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:20 AM :: 1219 Views :: Agriculture, Development, Land Use, Small Business
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... preserving property rights, lifting onerous regulations, pushing back against proposals that could negatively impact local residents, and supporting efforts to rebuild after the devastating Maui wildfires ....
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Friday, August 23, 2024 |
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Red Flag Warning For Leeward Areas Of All Islands Saturday From 10 AM To 6 PM
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 1129 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels can contribute to extreme fire behavior. Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly ....
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Friday, August 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii has been ranked the worst U.S. state overall for poor driving behavior
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1400 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... Driving under the influence, speeding, texting ....
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Friday, August 23, 2024 |
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Save the Bees -- Stop Bill 64
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:58 AM :: 1261 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture, Small Business
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... the current draft of Bill 64 would harm Oahu’s small farmers and beekeepers, worsen the island’s food security and discourage entrepreneurship ....
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Friday, August 23, 2024 |
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Reject empty homes tax, focus on policies that work
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:47 AM :: 1013 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes
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... The surcharge would be equal to 1% of the property’s assessed value for the first year the tax is in effect, 2% for the second year and 3% for all tax years thereafter ....
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Friday, August 23, 2024 |
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Which College Majors Pay the Most in Hawaiʻi?
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 2248 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... Hawaii top earners still earn considerably less than the top three majors across the US ....
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Thursday, August 22, 2024 |
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Wednesday, August 21, 2024 |
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Dye Pack: Six Hours from Cesspool to Ocean
By Selected News Articles @ 12:24 AM :: 1710 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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... the dye emerged at a shoreline spring, telling us that the wastewater from at least one home, and possibly more, is flowing out into Kahaluʻu Bay ....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024 |
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Nigerian Prince Busted in Hawaii COVID Scam
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 1220 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19
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... conspired to fraudulently obtain at least $10 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits from nine states including Hawaii ....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024 |
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Hacker Breaks into Hawaii Death Registry System to Fake Own Death
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 1053 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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... and attempted to sell access to networks on the dark web ....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024 |
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Justice Department Will Not Oppose Alaska-Hawaiian Air Merger
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 AM :: 942 Views :: Tourism
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... The time period for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to complete its regulatory investigation has expired ....
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Monday, August 19, 2024 |
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Micronesia and Am Samoa Among World's Fastest-Shrinking Countries
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 1154 Views :: World News, Family
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... Federated States of Micronesia loses 0.73% of its population every year ....
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Monday, August 19, 2024 |
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Solution to Waianae Violence? Flood the Zone with Cops
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 1149 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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... a plan to bring significantly more law enforcement support to Wai‘anae ....
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Sunday, August 18, 2024 |
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Guam: Tax Evasion and Judicial Misconduct
By Court House News @ 6:03 PM :: 871 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Taxes
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... tax officials allegedly declined to pursue complaints and reports about certain tax avoiders ....
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Sunday, August 18, 2024 |
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Another Emergency Proclamation for … Insurance
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1088 Views :: Cost of Living
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... If you can’t get insurance on the unit, you can’t get financing ....
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Sunday, August 18, 2024 |
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After Sovereignty ‘Army’ Ousted, Alleged Meth Dealer moves in on Local Country Club
By Andrew Walden @ 12:18 AM :: 2990 Views :: Honolulu County, Drugs
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... “a years-long, multi-defendant drug trafficking conspiracy” which allegedly moved 150 lbs of methamphetamines, one kilo of fentanyl, and four kilos of carfentanil, an elephant tranquilizer 100 times more potent than fentanyl ....
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Saturday, August 17, 2024 |
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Empty homes tax haunts us again
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:18 PM :: 1211 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... it’s important to differentiate between good intentions and good policy ....
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Saturday, August 17, 2024 |
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“Six ways to speed up the recovery and rebuilding of Lahaina”
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:45 PM :: 903 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... “probably the single largest challenge” for many of the Lahaina property owners is obtaining special management area permits ....
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Friday, August 16, 2024 |
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Racists in Congress fought against statehood for Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 3084 Views :: Hawaii History
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... the forces of segregation and racism in Congress effectively derailed statehood for more than a decade ....
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Friday, August 16, 2024 |
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Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 60507 Views :: Hawaii History
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... Opponents of Statehood were landed aristocracy fearful of being ruled by their employees ....
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Friday, August 16, 2024 |
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Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 8561 Views :: Hawaii History
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...Gallup first polled Americans on their support for Hawaii's statehood in 1940....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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UH President finalists expected in September
By News Release @ 11:39 PM :: 777 Views :: Higher Education
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... there are more than 90 applicants for the position ....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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DBEDT Releases 2023 Hawaii Data Book
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 746 Views :: Hawaii Statistics
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... the 2023 edition of the State of Hawai‘i Data Book is the 56th edition of its series ....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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HART Awards $1.66B Contract for Center City Rail
By News Release @ 10:31 PM :: 1371 Views :: Rail
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... $360M above projections before they turn a shovel ....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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Eight Hawaii hospitals at risk of closure
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 1816 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... 62% of Hawaii hospitals are at risk ....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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Big Isle poised to ‘free the bees’ while Oahu mulls clampdown
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:46 PM :: 982 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Agriculture, Small Business
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... Honolulu lawmakers are considering legislation that would restrict beekeeping ....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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Kauai: One guest house per dwelling another way to add housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 PM :: 938 Views :: Kauai County, Development
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... Kauai Bill 2919 would allow one guest house per dwelling unit in most of the county’s residential districts and commercial, agriculture, open and university districts ....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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Hawaii Ranks 49th for Invasive Plant Presence
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 AM :: 748 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics
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... Hawaii has the 3rd-fewest invasive plants ....
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
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Honolulu 5th Highest Inflation in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 AM :: 908 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... 4.5% increase vs 1 year ago ....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024 |
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Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 867 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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... Best & Worst Community Colleges in 2024 ....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024 |
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What Hawaii can learn from California’s long and bumpy road to ADU stardom
By Selected News Articles @ 4:57 AM :: 1161 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... This spring, Hawaii joined the growing list of states that have loosened restrictions on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) to alleviate the housing shortage ....
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024 |
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Full Text: Insurers Will Appeal Fake Maui Settlement Ruling
By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 1533 Views :: Maui County, Ethics
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"...dramatically altering the insurance landscape in the State...."
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024 |
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Neighborhood Board members, Honolulu Councilmember visit OCCC and new jail site
By News Release @ 5:09 AM :: 768 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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... The new O‘ahu jail is projected to incorporate a modern jail design ....
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024 |
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UH breaks extramural funding record for 3rd consecutive year with $615.7M in FY 2024
By News Release @ 4:54 AM :: 707 Views :: Higher Education
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... This marks the third consecutive year that UH has topped half a billion dollars in funding ....
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