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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Department of Law Enforcement Establishes Gun Tip Line
By News Release @ 9:35 PM :: 779 Views :: Second Amendment

“...Guns that have been stolen, guns that haven’t been registered and guns in the wrong hands...."

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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Hawaii Home Prices up 342% -- over and above the rate of inflation
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 PM :: 1915 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living

... Hawaii had the number one largest cost increase of any state in the country ....

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Thursday, October 10, 2024
Honolulu Is the City with the Highest Inflation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 1066 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Honolulu 4.2% Consumer Price Index Change year over year ....

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Case Pushes Back Against 'Misinformation on Federal Disaster Relief'
By Ed Case @ 10:42 PM :: 1021 Views :: Maui County, Congressional Delegation, Military

... He says the federal government continues full disaster assistance to Maui and other disaster-impacted areas ....

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
One year after the wildfires: Rents up 43%, Poverty Doubles
By UHERO @ 2:58 PM :: 1064 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Cost of Living

... 29% of fire-affected households now live below the poverty line, compared to 14% before the fires ....

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Database: More than 13,000 gender reassignment procedures on minors between 2019-23
By Selected News Articles @ 12:38 PM :: 1386 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... Hawaii, with a population of 1.46 million and 15 procedures, had the lowest rate at one procedure per 291,054 residents ....

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Monday, October 7, 2024
​Tour Boat Operators Hit Hard by Insurance Increases
By News Release @ 7:53 PM :: 929 Views :: Small Business, Tourism

... In late 2022, Congress passed a law that significantly increased the cost of liability insurance for a small subset of the small-passenger boating industry ....

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Monday, October 7, 2024
UPDATE: Territorial Bank Postpones Merger Vote
By News Release @ 12:51 PM :: 2374 Views :: Small Business

"... Preliminary Indication of Interest by Outside Investor Group, Blue Hill, is Illusory, Non-Binding and Highly Conditional ...."

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Monday, October 7, 2024
Financial State of the States--Hawaii Ranks 45th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 AM :: 1105 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... Hawaii had a Taxpayer Burden of $16,500, earning it a “D” grade ....

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Monday, October 7, 2024
Honolulu empty homes tax proposal advances out of Council committee
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:11 AM :: 1426 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Maui County, Taxes

... Bill 46 aims to impose a 3% tax on so-called empty homes across Oahu ....

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Sunday, October 6, 2024
Imagine Maui being an even more expensive place to live than it is now
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:14 PM :: 1587 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living

... that’s a risk officials are taking by not actively clearing some of the most important legal barriers to rebuilding in Lahaina ....

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Sunday, October 6, 2024
To bee or not to bee?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:10 PM :: 1006 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Agriculture

... just as Hawai‘i County lawmakers were working on freeing the bees, the Honolulu County Council began making an unexpected beeline in the opposite direction ....

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Sunday, October 6, 2024
More on the Empty Homes Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1226 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living

... Bill 46 (2024) is the current version moving forward in the Council. ...

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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Game Over for Fake Settlement? Lahaina Fire Insurers Find a Way into Federal Court
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 2316 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Judiciary

... The State Judiciary can be counted on to twist the law to serve KSBE and HECO.  The Federal Judiciary doesn't even know who they are  ....

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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Bad news for Tesla and America: Chinese E-Car maker is all over Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 6139 Views :: Energy, Military

... thanks to Hawaii’s Clean Energy Initiative ....

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Saturday, October 5, 2024
20 US Cities That Spend the Most on Groceries Every Month (18 are in Hawaii)
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 PM :: 2483 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hanalei, Kauai monthly grocery expenditure cost: $841.67 --  Highest in USA ....

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Saturday, October 5, 2024
OHA Seeks Candidates for Burial Council Vacancies
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 1171 Views :: Development, Hawaii History, OHA

... There are five island burial councils ....

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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Hawaii is the Only U.S. State Not Investing in Manufactured Housing
By Selected News Articles @ 2:51 AM :: 1533 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics

... the average cost per square foot of a manufactured home was $87, roughly half of the $166 cost per square foot of a site-built home ....

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Friday, October 4, 2024
VIDEO: Finalist for UH President pushes 'Critical Race Theory'
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 5184 Views :: Higher Education

... Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an excuse to bar Asian students from equal access to higher education. Will CRT dominate UH--the university system in the most Asian state of all? ....

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Friday, October 4, 2024
UH earns strong bond rating, saving millions of dollars
By News Release @ 2:42 PM :: 687 Views :: Higher Education

... The University of Hawaiʻi currently has more than $396 million in outstanding revenue bonds. Annual debt service of the university can exceed more than $30 million annually through 2041 ....

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Friday, October 4, 2024
Digital States Survey: Hawaii Grade A-
By News Release @ 4:08 AM :: 996 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

... due to a commitment to the fundamentals of IT modernization ....

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Friday, October 4, 2024
City Now Accepting Grants in Aid Applications
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 928 Views :: Honolulu County

... Last year more than $9.6 million in GIA were awarded to 78 nonprofits across O‘ahu ....

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Thursday, October 3, 2024
Hawaii Voters Can Track their Mail Ballot 
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 936 Views :: Office of Elections

... Hawaii voters can enroll for ballot notifications ahead of the 2024 General Election ....

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
FULL TEXT: ATF Lahaina Fire Report
By Andrew Walden @ 7:15 PM :: 1576 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii History

...the report focuses on the 'rekindling' of the morning fire as the cause of the afternoon fire which destroyed Lahaina and killed 102 people....

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
DHHL Begins Signing its own Building Permits
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 1131 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Development

... Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Director Kali Watson signs first-of-its-kind building permit ....

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Green Appoints Takamine to Labor Board
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 1068 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Military

... Welcomes New State Adjutant General and Deputy Adjutant General ....

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Hawaii Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Atomic Energy Act
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 938 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy

"...in January 2019, Kazee’s new company began conducting inspections at the refinery...."

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Aloha Stadium: Deadline Passes Again
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 913 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education

... The specifics of the Request for Clarifications are not known to the Stadium Authority, its members said.  The identities of the committee members have not been made public ....

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
August Tourism 88.4% of Pre-COVID Numbers
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 867 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

"This August registered as the lowest performing month during the summer season."

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Sunday, September 29, 2024
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 28, 2024
By GovTrack .us @ 8:16 PM :: 875 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... This week in Congress ....

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Sunday, September 29, 2024
After Kiddie Porn Indictment, Kamakana Villages Residents Demand New Management
By News Release @ 7:51 PM :: 1678 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government

... In December 2023, the FBI conducted a raid of the managers’ apartment and the Lei Ohana office at Kamakana Villages, seizing computers and other items implicated in the production of child pornography ....

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Sunday, September 29, 2024
Hawaii’s 14 Largest Cities Ranked by Cost of Living
By Selected News Articles @ 7:03 PM :: 3737 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hilo has the lowest cost of living, Kailua has the highest ....

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Sunday, September 29, 2024
I. T. E. M. (Incompetence Takes Everyone’s Money)
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1225 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

... employees were required to go to their principal’s office and sign a promissory note ....

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Sunday, September 29, 2024
​Will rent stabilization reduce housing costs? Hardly.
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:50 AM :: 1296 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living

... Price control will always have the same effect: scarcity, a distorted market and higher prices ....

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Saturday, September 28, 2024
Lahaina: DoE Abandons Kamehameha III School Site
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 1319 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Development

... the existing site will become part of the ‘Venice of the Pacific’ water feature ....

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Saturday, September 28, 2024
JSC Seeks Nominees for Oahu First Circuit Judge
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 820 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary

... The term of office of a circuit judge shall be ten years ....

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Friday, September 27, 2024
Hawaii’s legislature does the unthinkable, for a blue state: Slashing taxes
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 PM :: 1873 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

“... In general, it was a terrific year at the legislature, and I never say that ....”

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Friday, September 27, 2024
Hawaii Family Forum General Election Voter Guide
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:18 PM :: 1119 Views :: Family, Life, Office of Elections, Religion

... October 18, 2024 Voters receive their General Election mail ballot packet ....

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Friday, September 27, 2024
BLNR Gives Maui County Control of EMI Water
By News Release @ 12:32 PM :: 1048 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Development

... two words: 'Dust Bowl' ....

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Thursday, September 26, 2024
Lahaina Fire BATF Report to be Released Weds Oct 2 
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 1202 Views :: Maui County

"...my team and I are working diligently to integrate the findings into our Cause and Origin report...."

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Thursday, September 26, 2024
Maui Planning Department launches expedited SMA exemption process for Lahaina parcels
By News Release @ 12:51 PM :: 818 Views :: Maui County, Development

... The link went live Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, and the Planning Department has 20 exemptions in the pipeline ....

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Thursday, September 26, 2024
State Sues Homeowner as House Collapses into Ocean
By News Release @ 5:02 AM :: 1079 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Land Use

... It also requests an order from the Court that provides the state owns the land clear of interest or claim by the defendant ....

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Thursday, September 26, 2024
State Supreme Court: No TVRs on Ag Land
By News Release @ 4:47 AM :: 1404 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism

... Hawaiʻi Supreme Court’s unanimous decision of Rosehill v. State of Hawaiʻi, Land Use Commission, where the court held that farm dwellings in the agricultural district cannot be used as short-term vacation rentals under Hawaiʻi law ....

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Thursday, September 26, 2024
Money Management: More Lahaina Millions for CNHA
By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 944 Views :: Maui County

... promoting long-term financial resilience. It will also increase the capacity of CNHA ....

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Thursday, September 26, 2024
Tokuda: Committee Approves Bill to Make Lahaina Federally Controlled 'National Heritage Area'
By News Release @ 2:20 AM :: 3044 Views :: Maui County, Congressional Delegation, Development

... In establishing a new NHA, Congress designates a local coordinating entity—usually nonfederal—to coordinate and oversee administration of the area ....

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Thursday, September 26, 2024
Coqui Frogs Invade Oahu Mountaintop
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 979 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment

... coqui roughly 200 meters below the summit of Kuliʻouʻou Ridge Trail on the leeward side of the mountains ....

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Registration Opens for 2024-2025 Hawaiʻi LifeSmarts Competition
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 827 Views :: Education K-12

... LifeSmarts is a free, national educational program that teaches students critical life skills in five key areas: Personal Finance, Consumer Rights & Responsibilities, Health & Safety, the Environment, and Technology through online quizzes and in-person competitions. ...

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Nurses Locked Out: Green Calls for Federal Mediation
By News Release @ 7:42 AM :: 892 Views :: Health Care, Labor

... Governor Josh Green, M.D., and Attorney General Anne Lopez are urging both parties to seek federal mediation ....

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Rule Change will put 14,000 more families on food stamps
By UHERO @ 4:12 AM :: 1421 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

... an extra 13,000 to 14,000 households will be eligible for an average of $3,200 a year in SNAP benefits, commonly known as food stamps ....

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Hawaiian Electric Dumps 54M Shares on Stock Market
By News Release @ 2:49 AM :: 1569 Views :: Maui County, Energy

... offering of 54,054,054 shares of its common stock at a price of $9.25 per share. The offering is expected to close on September 25, 2024 ....

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