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Friday, August 30, 2024
State awards first contract to build educator rentals
By News Release @ 12:18 AM :: 343 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Labor

... 100+ units in Mililani .... 

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Thursday, August 29, 2024
Kennedy will not be on Hawaii Ballot?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:34 PM :: 1295 Views :: Office of Elections

... Kennedy dropped out of the Presidential race and endorsed Donald Trump ....

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Thursday, August 29, 2024
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

... 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
Meet the Meth Gang Behind ‘Lahaina Strong’
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 AM :: 15156 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, Drugs

... A Great Leader of the Hawaiian People Who Occasionally Sells Poison to their Children ....

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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

... 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
Cockfighting ban legal in Northern Mariana Islands under federal law, Ninth Circuit says
By Court House News @ 2:09 PM :: 818 Views :: Agriculture, Drugs

... cockfighting was officially banned in the territory in 2018 ....

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
A Year After Hawaii Fire, Rebuilding Has Barely Begun
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:00 AM :: 1037 Views :: Maui County, Development

... There are a lot of environmental regulations ....

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
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

... this lawsuit seeks to compel companies to cease production and sale of oil and gas everywhere ....

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Corps of Engineers Clearing Debris from Final Residential Properties in Lahaina
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 753 Views :: Maui County, Development, Military

... 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
‘If it can happen in Hawaii, it can happen everywhere’
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:57 AM :: 1048 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes

... legislative victories this year in the areas of taxation, housing, healthcare and other issues ....

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Green Appoints New Head of Water Resource Management
By News Release @ 4:48 AM :: 730 Views

... 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
State DLE Calls Gun Buyback Successful
By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 866 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment

... Individuals turning in firearms received a total of 531 gift cards valued at $53,100 ....

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Monday, August 26, 2024
UHERO: Shortage of Sister-Isle Medical Care Mostly Affects Low Income Residents
By News Release @ 5:33 PM :: 894 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... People with disabilities and people with low incomes in rural areas faced the biggest health differences ....

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Sunday, August 25, 2024
Maui’s Hidden Ethics – Who is Hiding Behind the Redactions?
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 1752 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... 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
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

"... unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing ...."

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Sunday, August 25, 2024
A California “Fix” Back to ‘66
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1125 Views :: Small Business, Taxes

... a formula that exists in the laws of Hawaii, California, and several other states ....

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Saturday, August 24, 2024
Twelve Ways to Reduce Housing Costs
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:20 AM :: 1219 Views :: Agriculture, Development, Land Use, Small Business

... 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
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

... 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
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

... Driving under the influence, speeding, texting .... 

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Friday, August 23, 2024
Save the Bees -- Stop Bill 64
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:58 AM :: 1261 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture, Small Business

... 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
Reject empty homes tax, focus on policies that work
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:47 AM :: 1013 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes

... 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
Which College Majors Pay the Most in Hawaiʻi?
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 2248 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... Hawaii top earners still earn considerably less than the top three majors across the US ....

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Thursday, August 22, 2024
Maui Economic Development: Official Gets Paid Leave After Giving $1.4M to Friends and Family
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 1735 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... Maui Economic Development: Crime Pays ....

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Dye Pack: Six Hours from Cesspool to Ocean
By Selected News Articles @ 12:24 AM :: 1710 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment

... 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
Nigerian Prince Busted in Hawaii COVID Scam
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 1220 Views :: Ethics, COVID-19

... 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
Hacker Breaks into Hawaii Death Registry System to Fake Own Death
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 1053 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care

... and attempted to sell access to networks on the dark web ....

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Justice Department Will Not Oppose Alaska-Hawaiian Air Merger
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 AM :: 942 Views :: Tourism

... 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
Micronesia and Am Samoa Among World's Fastest-Shrinking Countries
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 1154 Views :: World News, Family

... Federated States of Micronesia loses 0.73% of its population every year ....

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Monday, August 19, 2024
Solution to Waianae Violence? Flood the Zone with Cops
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 1149 Views :: Honolulu County, Police

... a plan to bring significantly more law enforcement support to Wai‘anae ....

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Sunday, August 18, 2024
Guam: Tax Evasion and Judicial Misconduct
By Court House News @ 6:03 PM :: 871 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Taxes

... tax officials allegedly declined to pursue complaints and reports about certain tax avoiders ....

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Sunday, August 18, 2024
Another Emergency Proclamation for … Insurance
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1088 Views :: Cost of Living

... If you can’t get insurance on the unit, you can’t get financing ....

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Sunday, August 18, 2024
After Sovereignty ‘Army’ Ousted, Alleged Meth Dealer moves in on Local Country Club
By Andrew Walden @ 12:18 AM :: 2990 Views :: Honolulu County, Drugs

... “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
Empty homes tax haunts us again
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:18 PM :: 1211 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living

... it’s important to differentiate between good intentions and good policy ....

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Saturday, August 17, 2024
“Six ways to speed up the recovery and rebuilding of Lahaina”
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:45 PM :: 903 Views :: Maui County, Development

... “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
Racists in Congress fought against statehood for Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 3084 Views :: Hawaii History

... the forces of segregation and racism in Congress effectively derailed statehood for more than a decade ....

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Friday, August 16, 2024
Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 60507 Views :: Hawaii History

... Opponents of Statehood were landed aristocracy fearful of being ruled by their employees ....

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Friday, August 16, 2024
Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 8561 Views :: Hawaii History

...Gallup first polled Americans on their support for Hawaii's statehood in 1940....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
UH President finalists expected in September
By News Release @ 11:39 PM :: 777 Views :: Higher Education

... there are more than 90 applicants for the position ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
DBEDT Releases 2023 Hawaii Data Book
By News Release @ 11:00 PM :: 746 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... 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
HART Awards $1.66B Contract for Center City Rail
By News Release @ 10:31 PM :: 1371 Views :: Rail

... $360M above projections before they turn a shovel ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
Eight Hawaii hospitals at risk of closure
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 1816 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... 62% of Hawaii hospitals are at risk ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
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

... Honolulu lawmakers are considering legislation that would restrict beekeeping ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
Kauai: One guest house per dwelling another way to add housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 PM :: 938 Views :: Kauai County, Development

... 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
Hawaii Ranks 49th for Invasive Plant Presence
By Selected News Articles @ 4:05 AM :: 748 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii has the 3rd-fewest invasive plants ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
Honolulu 5th Highest Inflation in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 AM :: 908 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... 4.5% increase vs 1 year ago ....

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 867 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... Best & Worst Community Colleges in 2024 ....

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
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

... 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
Full Text: Insurers Will Appeal Fake Maui Settlement Ruling
By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 1533 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

"...dramatically altering the insurance landscape in the State...."

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Neighborhood Board members, Honolulu Councilmember visit OCCC and new jail site
By News Release @ 5:09 AM :: 768 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement

... The new O‘ahu jail is projected to incorporate a modern jail design ....

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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

... This marks the third consecutive year that UH has topped half a billion dollars in funding ....

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