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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
What Lingle v Chevron Missed: Eminent Domain Pretext
By Robert Thomas @ 11:00 AM :: 794 Views :: Land Use

... some tantalizing crumbs about how to raise a claim that a taking lacks a public use or purpose ....

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Monday, February 10, 2025
Indictment: Developer Behind False-Name Contributions to Amemiya, Pine
By News Release @ 9:55 PM :: 1393 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Politicians

... Timothy Lee, 48, was indicted by the O`ahu Grand Jury and charged with nine counts of False Name Contribution that occurred in 2020 ....

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Monday, February 10, 2025
Hawaii Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Public Hearings on Wednesday
By NRA ILA @ 8:50 PM :: 756 Views :: Second Amendment

... Senate Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs will hold a public hearing on several bills that will restrict Second Amendment rights in Hawaii ....

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Monday, February 10, 2025
FULL TEXT: State Supreme Court Ruling Goes Against Maui Wildfire Insurers
By News Release @ 8:08 PM :: 1680 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Judiciary

“…now comes the crisis in property insurance - much higher insurance premiums and insurers ceasing to write property insurance….” 

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Monday, February 10, 2025
Federal Court Upholds Hawaiʻi’s firearm age restriction laws
By News Release @ 12:33 AM :: 806 Views :: Second Amendment

... A state law in effect since 1994 prohibits anyone under the age of 21 from acquiring a firearm, with certain exceptions for hunting and other purposes ....

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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation--How they Voted February 7, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 3:07 PM :: 724 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Hawaiʻi Water Safety Plan to address drowning crisis
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 753 Views :: Tourism

... Hawaiʻi’s resident drowning rate is the second highest in the nation behind Alaska ...

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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Feds Collect $1.7M in Hawaii Forfeitures
By News Release @ 2:03 PM :: 713 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement

... U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $1,742,014.13 in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2024 ....

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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Dedicated Funding?!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 954 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... There.  Is.  No.  Such.  Thing.  As.  A.  Dedicated.  Funding.  Source!  ....

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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Don't tax me, bro!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:16 AM :: 1224 Views :: Taxes

“...So, how many tax hikes are they trying to pass this time?”

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
ACLU, Judiciary Plot to Release Hundreds of Criminals onto the Streets
By News Release @ 11:31 PM :: 1439 Views :: Justice Reinvestment

"Assessing Hawaiʻi’s Justice System: Addressing Over-Incarceration, Disparities, and Pathways Forward"

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
SB1150 Would Legalize Child Kidnapping for Sex Change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:11 PM :: 4577 Views :: Family, Health Care, Law Enforcement

... Set for a February 11, 2025, hearing before Senate HHS/CPN committees, SB1150 grants a de-facto immunity and asylum in Hawaii for any kidnapper who claims to be helping a child receive so-called ‘gender-affirming’ treatments ....

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
First Christian Good News Clubs in Hawaii Schools after Court Victory
By News Release @ 12:29 PM :: 2672 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion

... Hawaii State Department of Education had previously denied every Good News Club request submitted over the last three years while approving non-Christian groups ....

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
Legislature Votes on Abortion, Vaccines and Marijuana--Sex Change Next
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 2:25 AM :: 1596 Views :: First Amendment, Life, Drugs

... Obtain child custody to provide "Gender Affirming Health Care Services" --SB1150 hearing scheduled for Tuesday, February 11 ....

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
‘Enough is enough’ says Case regarding Jones Act and Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:45 AM :: 1395 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act

... Case announced he was reintroducing three bills aimed at alleviating Hawaii of the burdens of the century-old maritime law ....

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
Monday: Salary Commission to Hear Testimony on Salary Increases
By Video @ 1:26 AM :: 922 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... should legislators get a 64% pay hike? ....

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Friday, February 7, 2025
GE Tax Imposed on 119% of State Personal Income
By Tax Foundation @ 3:14 PM :: 949 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... GE Tax: Audit Shows Tourists Pay 14.1%--not 30% ....

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Friday, February 7, 2025
Honolulu Rate Commission seeks input on recommended fare hikes
By News Release @ 1:21 PM :: 810 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Cost of Living

... Feb 10, 11 and 13 ...

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Thursday, February 6, 2025
PHOTOS: 'Lahaina Strong' Leaders Show Off Luxe European and Asian Vacations
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 4530 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... 'Lahaina Strong' Leaders Register Again as 'Our Hawaii' Lobbyists and Continue the Grift Amid Eroding Community Support ....

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Thursday, February 6, 2025
Lahaina Rebuild: Green's Latest Emergency Order Gives SMA Exemptions Mauka of Front Street
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 1157 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Properties mauka of Front Street or outside of the erosion hazard line are now exempt from SMA rules, which typically require lengthy review processes ....

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Thursday, February 6, 2025
Proof of Concept Study Completed for New Oahu Jail
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 852 Views :: Honolulu County, Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement

... Built in 1916, the OCCC is a tad outdated ....

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Thursday, February 6, 2025
Hawaii Attorney General Pledges to Continue Sex-Change Operations on Children
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 1311 Views :: Family, Health Care

“...female genital mutilation....”

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Thursday, February 6, 2025
California Home Insurance Crisis Provides Another Example of the Pitfalls of Government Intervention
By Selected News Articles @ 1:26 AM :: 769 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living

... government price controls come with negative consequences ....

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Do you think the city spends your money responsibly?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:30 PM :: 958 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... here's how the City and County of Honolulu spends your money ....

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Honolulu Charges the Highest Tourist Tax in the World
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 1014 Views :: Taxes, Tourism

... Honolulu, with its 10.25 percent tax rate and an average tourism tax of $51.70 per night, came out on top ....

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Here’s the Salary a Single Person Needs to Live Comfortably in Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 2096 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... your bank account will be overwhelmed by the cost ....

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
VIDEO: Tulsi's New Age Guru and the Source of Her Mysterious Wealth
By Video @ 3:34 AM :: 1407 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard

... Gabbard is a loyal servant of her Hare Krishna Guru Chris Butler ....

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Hawaii Gun Ban Bills Scheduled for Public Hearings this Thursday
By NRA ILA @ 3:23 AM :: 811 Views :: Second Amendment

... HB 125, HB 279, HB 392 and HB 893 ....

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
2024 Homeless Report showed many underutilized housing programs
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 AM :: 855 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Homelessness

... 82% utilization rate among the 139 emergency, transitional and permanent housing programs on Hawaii ....

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Greatness
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:23 AM :: 670 Views :: GMOs

... Let’s take a look at the definition of greatness ....

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Monday, February 3, 2025
Small business struggles highlighted in new UHERO report
By UHERO @ 7:19 PM :: 679 Views :: Small Business

... UHERO: Investigating and Tackling Barriers and Needs for Small Business Success ....

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Monday, February 3, 2025
SB1618 'Patently Unconstitutional'
By News Release @ 6:51 PM :: 851 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment

... SPJ opposes Hawaii bill that would penalize journalists for violating Donna Mercado Kim's 'ethical' standards ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Legislature: Grassroot Institute sifts through onslaught of bills
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:51 PM :: 838 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... many of the usual losers are back, mainly the proposals to increase taxes or impose new so-called fees ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Bill 105: Let Lahaina Rebuild as it Was
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:34 PM :: 1096 Views :: Maui County, Development, Religion

"... Bill 105, which would waive for five years the nonconformity rule for churches, temples and anyone else seeking to rebuild in the wake of the Lahaina fires...."

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Hawai'i Family Forum -- This Week in the Legislature
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 6:16 PM :: 661 Views :: Family, Life

... a working list of the bills we are tracking ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
City touts 'bold initiative' to expand affordable housing
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 969 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

... by partnering with developers to activate underutilized public lands, exploring innovative financing strategies to unlock new resources, and reorganizing its housing functions to centralize development, finance, and policy efforts ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
2024: Tourist Count Up--Spending Down
By News Release @ 5:52 PM :: 1475 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... 35 Years of Stagnation: Tourism Income Flat Since 1988 ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Honolulu Egg Prices up 52%
By News Release @ 5:38 PM :: 1500 Views :: Honolulu County, Agriculture, Cost of Living

... between 2021 and 2024, the price for a dozen locally produced eggs rose by 28.4% from $6.91 to $8.87 while the price of imported mainland eggs increased by 51.8% from $5.50 to $8.35 ....

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Sunday, February 2, 2025
Hold On to Our Gains!
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 814 Views :: Taxes

... highlights and low lights on some of the shenanigans ....

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Saturday, February 1, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 31, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 10:57 PM :: 772 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Saturday, February 1, 2025
Proposed "green fee" a reason for red flag
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:57 PM :: 1030 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Tourism

... Few ideas are as tenacious as the myth that we can make tourists pay for major programs without affecting locals ....

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Friday, January 31, 2025
Hawaii AG Claims Victory--Sued to Overturn Trump Funding Freeze
By News Release @ 11:16 PM :: 1207 Views :: National News

... coalition of 22 attorneys general suing to stop the implementation of a new Trump administration policy that orders the withholding of trillions of dollars in funding ....

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Friday, January 31, 2025
Trump Executive Order Mandates School Choice for Military Families
By News Release @ 7:31 PM :: 1243 Views :: Education K-12, Military

"... It directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a plan to the President for how military families can use Department of Defense funds to send their children to the school of their choice ...."

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Friday, January 31, 2025
What happens When UH Hires a Disbarred Ex-Con as Law Professor?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 PM :: 1551 Views :: Higher Education

... Ken Lawson uses images of UH administrators to illustrate hypothetical shooting ....

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Friday, January 31, 2025
DoE Tries to Spin Latest Batch of Failing Test Scores
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 1143 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
  • 4th-Grade Math -- Hawaii 26th-worst
  • 4th-Grade Reading -- Hawaii 10th-worst
  • 8th-Grade Math -- Hawaii 11th-worst
  • 8th-Grade Reading -- Hawaii 12th-worst
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Friday, January 31, 2025
'Severe Housing Problems' Drag Down Hawaii Health Rankings
By News Release @ 2:46 PM :: 921 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living

... crowded housing, dependency, low levels of education, per capita income, poverty and unemployment ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Puna Man Arrested in Alleged Neo-Nazi Child Molestation Ring
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 1290 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement

... Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge, 41, of Pahoa, Hawaii, was arrested this morning pursuant to a grand jury indictment ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
HB1246: Legalize Marijuana Edibles
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 9:57 PM :: 887 Views :: Drugs

... is legalizing edibles and vapes a 'Smart Approach to Marijuana?' ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Save Kakaako Makai: Friends of Kewalo Invites the Public to its Information Gathering Potluck BBQ
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 1208 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, OHA

... learn more about Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ plan to change the law that will allow residential development up to 400 ft tall in Kaka’ako Makai ....

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Thieves: Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Wealth Asset Tax Bill for Assets Above $20M
By News Release @ 8:25 PM :: 1029 Views :: Taxes

... Federal Court Ruling: Sen. Karl Rhoads participated in Honolulu County Council Kickback scheme ....

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