Saturday, August 2, 2025
Hawai'i Daily News Read

Friday, August 1, 2025
August 1, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Mayor Pleased by Dismissal of Myeni Shooting Case
  2. Public Safety Power Shutoff watch: Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions
  3. Brighter Futures, Stronger Ties: US Nonprofit Drives Educational Progress in Strategically Situated Micronesia
  4. Visitor Arrivals Down 1.8% for June 2025
  5. Wildfires: Maui PD Releases Final After-Action Report
  6. Numbers Show Beginning of Long-Term Tourism Slowdown
  7. Abercrombie Behind Challenge to Case
  8. Aloha Stadium demolition expected to start in late August
  9. Hawaiʻi Needs Lawyers. Now, Mainland Attorneys Can Practice Here
  10. Big Island Mayor Says State Won't Meet 2050 Deadline To Wipe Out Cesspools
  11. No charges for lifeguard who was arrested after stopping career criminal in Waikiki
  12. Thieves target business, homes during tsunami evacuation
  13. Socialists Love Hawaii’s Soft-on-Crime System

Thursday, July 31, 2025
July 31, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Rule by Decree: Is Hawaii's Democracy Broken?
  2. NBC News: Josh Green Running for President?
  3. New Software: DPP Promises 'Reduced Service'
  4. Case, Keohokalole announce plans to run for 1st Congressional District
  5. Cost of decarbonization still unknown, says HDOT
  6. Traffic gridlock leads city to pretend to reconsider evacuation advice
  7. Tsunami Gridlock: Hawaii Officials Have Learned Nothing in 40 Years
  8. USS Carl Vinson ties up at Pearl Harbor while Tsunami Approaches

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
July 30, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. VIDEO: Tsunami Draws Water Down 15 feet in Kahului Harbor
  2. Tsunami of Traffic: How One Gas Station Line Jammed up All of Kapolei
  3. UPDATE: DoT Extends Public Comment Period on Teenagers' Climate Plan
  4. Tsunami Proves Complete Streets are a Complete Failure
  5. Hawaii judge dismisses wrongful death lawsuit in Myeni shooting
  6. With Logan Gone, HPD Starts Sending Police to Waianae Coast
  7. After Felony Convictions, Affordable Housing Scammers Stripped of Law Licenses
  8. Kunia Farm Lots: High Cost of Housing Forces Families into 854 Acres of Illegal off-grid Dwellings
  9. Hawaii AI Robot Lawyers Still Charge $300/hour

Tuesday, July 29, 2025
July 29, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Corruption Lawsuit: Another Hawaiian ‘8a’ Defense Contractor in Court
  2. FBI Director Kash Patel visits Honolulu field office
  3. Spain Offers €400M to Bring TMT to Canary Islands
  4. Honolulu Lawsuit on the Cutting Edge of Climate Hysteria
  5. Growing Feud Between Public Utilities Commission and Solar Industry
  6. Kīlauea community to look at site layouts in next town expansion project meeting
  7. Manhattan NFL shooter identified as Shane Tamura, has Hawaii connection
  8. Almost 7 vehicles stolen daily on Oahu, church becomes latest victim

Monday, July 28, 2025
July 28, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. $40M Rate Hike for Hawaii American Water
  2. How 'Big Beautiful Bill' Affects UH Student Loans and Research Grants
  3. Trump Forcing UH to Dump Useless Programs?
  4. New Hawaii Fees Starting in 2026
  5. Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting dumps 27-year-old computer system
  6. Maui Food Bank Raises $77M After Lahaina Fire
  7. Hawaiʻi’s Clean Energy Future Can’t Ignore LNG

Sunday, July 27, 2025
July 27, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Affordable: Green Signs 'Shot Clock', other pro-development bills
  2. Baked to order: New cottage food rules
  3. Pay for No Work
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 25, 2025
  5. Trump: “Tulsi’s the hottest person in the room”
  6. Police: State AG has Kamehameha Schools theft case
  7. Hawaii’s Pathetic State Judiciary: Baby Killer out on work release after 13 years
  8. We're Being Watched And We Don't Care
  9. Displaced Lahaina fire survivors eager to rebuild with help from $1.6 billion federal grant  
  10. So far, looks like Green light for gov reelection
  11. Formby: How The Mayor Would Appoint New Police Chief
  12. Mufi: HTA’s Greatest Achievement was Getting Funding from Legislature
  13. Predictably, Hundreds oppose Haleiwa housing project
  14. Here’s How The Legislature Is Slow-Walking move to Full-Time

Saturday, July 26, 2025
July 26, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Chiefess Kapiolani: The greatest student of Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus)
  2. SHOPO leader to Quit: Retires hours after eligible, citing lack of incentives, burnout
  3. Hawaii’s homeless encampment crackdown in line with President Trump’s executive order
  4. Publisher sues Hawai‘i prisons for censorship

Friday, July 25, 2025
July 25, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Energy companies seek dismissal in Hawaii climate lawfare case
  2. Trump Executive Order: Clear Homeless Drug Addicts from Streets and Put them in Treatment Centers
  3. Schatz: National Housing Shortage Is A Problem The Government Has Created; We Can Fix It
  4. How to Apply for Honolulu Property Tax Credit
  5. First Read: Maui council committee approves bill to phase out vacation rentals -- ‘with reservations’
  6. Meth, Tats, and Murder: Gang Controls Guards at OCCC
  7. Media executives, police chief spar over access to scanners
  8. Hawaiʻi crisis: State ranks highest for unsheltered, homeless youth
  9. Alarming increase in Honolulu police shootings
  10. Hawaiʻi ranks as 7th most dangerous US state for motorcycle riders
  11. Crucial Insurance Deadline Looms In Two Weeks For Maui Fire Victims
  12. Lawsuit Claims Housing Authority Broke Promises To Displaced Tenants

Thursday, July 24, 2025
July 24, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii Attorney General Releases Annual Firearm Statistics
  2. Each Iron Worker pays George Paris $811 per year
  3. Maui's Bill 9 close to getting a vote
  4. City wages climate lawfare against Big Oil at cost of residents
  5. Decarbonization proposal raises eyebrows at Council meeting
  6. Proposed Ala Wai Watershed District raises concerns
  7. Lawsuit alleges sex assault, climate of fear at Youth Challenge Academy
  8. Working group set to meet to discuss bringing nuclear energy to Hawaii

Wednesday, July 23, 2025
July 23, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. DoE Ready to Resume Most School Bus Routes
  2. $350M Aloha Stadium Funding Illegally Extended
  3. Army secretary aims to move quickly on leasing training land in Hawaii
  4. Lahaina ‘historic guidelines’ to produce ‘stop work’ orders against fire victims
  5. Trump’s school voucher law raises questions in Hawaii
  6. Affordable Housing Scam: Convicted Felons Still Practicing Law
  7. IDG/Waika Lobbying Presentation Full of Outdated Info
  8. Maui fires class-action settlement to be disbursed
  9. Council Chair sends out Maui County-wide mailer on Bill 9
  10. Private initiative propels effort to bring new fire station to West Maui
  11. Bill would restore some media access to HPD radio communications
  12. Surfing the Nations brings business and redemption to Wahiawā
  13. Mark Zuckerberg’s expansive Kauai compound means money

Tuesday, July 22, 2025
July 22, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Teenagers’ Climate Plan to be 'Handed Down' from Above? House Leaders Call for Extended Public Testimony
  2. Hawaii's Only Oil Refinery Inks $100M 'Renewable' Fuels Deal
  3. Search is on for a new KSBE Trustee
  4. DoH: COVID Activity on the Increase in Hawaii
  5. Election Conspiracy Nuts Finally Get a Report on the Elections Commission Agenda
  6. Drastic changes could be coming to Hawaii's cruise industry
  7. The Insane Keep Dying in Jail Because We Closed the Insane Asylums
  8. Felon Gets (another) Federal Case
  9. Police leaders under pressure to allow media scanner access
  10. Hawai‘i Supreme Court rules on 7 years of "BS"
  11. Pandering Relentlessly, Hawai‘i County Council to discuss resolution asking military to end bombing at Pōhakuloa Training Area

Monday, July 21, 2025
July 21, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Sovereignty Activists team up with Chinese Communist Front Group
  2. TWO YEARS LATER: Lahaina Emergency Housing Village finally nears completion
  3. Audit Finds State Has Fallen Short On Driver Ed Programs
  4. Ala Wai Watershed Improvement District has new trick—Hide the Tax Hike

Sunday, July 20, 2025
July 20, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii climate policy going overboard on cruise ships
  2. Nonprofit Blankety Blank
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 18, 2025
  4. Green: ‘We’re totally fine’ –Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ ‘doesn’t hurt us right now’
  5. Case Only Votes with Hard Left 92% of the Time
  6. Lee Cataluna: Survival Sex In Lahaina? Says Who?
  7. Honolulu Charter Commission Begins Hearings
  8. No Confidence: We Need To Force Legislative Leaders To Clean Up Their Own Houses
  9. Maui enforcing overgrowth rules, warning violators of potential fines, jail time
  10. Two Miske associates to appeal their sentences

Saturday, July 19, 2025
July 19, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. So Many Pools, So Little Truth: Inside Maui’s Water Crisis Theater
  2. Fraud and Misrepresentation: IDG Geothermal Schemers Get Cold Reception from Hawaii County Council
  3. Maui lawmakers give green light to food trucks and kitchenettes
  4. Green Issues Emergency Proclamation for Wildfire Season
  5. Student Jones Act Essay Contest
  6. Maui County Clears Out Homeless Meth Addicts (again)
  7. Need $600K? Maui County Launches New Federally Funded Fire Recovery Program 
  8. Hawaiʻi State Workers Must Answer for Taking Girl from Her Mother
  9. Trial run for rail’s airport extension delayed, HART says
  10. Another Phony ‘Water Scarcity’ Story
  11. Native Hawaiian family moves into first DHHL home on Maui in 17 years
  12. Hawai‘i County Police Commission appoints Reed Mahuna as interim chief – activists seek leverage against ICE
  13. Hawaii's speed calming device data shows it works
  14. Trump cuts not enough to wipe out Hawaii Public Broadcasting

Friday, July 18, 2025
July 18, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Two Indicted for Fraudulent FEMA Claims for Lahaina Fire
  2. Transportation barriers impacting Hawaiʻi rural health care
  3. Trump Admin Takes Back $30M that Hawaii Never Got Around to Spending
  4. Maui: Usual Grifters Grabbing for Control of Water
  5. Kauai Council Begins Process of Destroying Oceanfront Properties
  6. SB15 signed into law to ease affordable housing crisis
  7. 'A huge win,' Larger police presence heading to West Oahu
  8. Filipino teachers arrive in time for school
  9. 15 Years Later, Kauai Foreclosure Case Still Bumbles thru Courts
  10. Independent audit into kauhale deals needed
  11. Amala Place Sweep Pushes 23 Bums into Shelter

Thursday, July 17, 2025
July 17, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Insurance Companies Dumping Single-Wall Homes
  2. Scott Saiki Appointed Insurance Commissioner
  3. NIMBY: ‘Overhyped, overused, inaccurate, simplistic and selfish’
  4. Hawaii Gov. Green 63% Approval Rating
  5. Case Fundraising Is Going Just Fine
  6. HIDoT Plan: Eliminate all Hawaii Cruise Ship Travel by 2040
  7. Mountain West leader: Permanent stadium part of Hawaii’s membership deal
  8. How Amazon and Maui pineapples could help diversify Hawaii’s economy
  9. Mauna Loa Observatory – Lynchpin of Global Warming Hysteria --Is One NOAA Site That Could Close Because of Budget Cuts
  10. SpaceX Rocket Splashdown Site Approved near Necker Island—Enviros want you to freak out

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
July 16, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. House Committee Approves East-West Center Funding
  2. After Latest Fire at Sea, Matson Begins Refusing Shipment of Electric Cars
  3. Ousted HPD Chief Logan demands $460K – sound familiar?
  4. State land board shuts down Maui water rights petition
  5. Cause of Maili wildland fire classified as undetermined
  6. Correcting Lahaina Fire Road Deathtrap Could Take Seven More Years
  7. Honolulu DPP to launch new permitting software (This time they will really reduce the backlog.  Really.)
  8. Hu Honua Federal Lawsuit Temporarily Put on Hold
  9. What If HOAs, Not Government, Enforced Wildfire Prevention Rules?
  10. ICE Is Moving Immigrants Arrested On The Mainland To Honolulu

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
July 15, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii gang enforcer gets 30 years, ending landmark case
  2. State Job Growth? 'Health Care and Food Services'
  3. HDoT Awards Contract for Removal of 'Falls of Clyde'
  4. Honolulu Rewards City Employee for Alleged Stealing – Five Years Paid Vacation
  5. Ousted Kahuku head football coach sues DOE, former team captain, and player’s father
  6. Hawaii Pushes Back on Anti-Tourism Sentiments in New Maui Campaign
  7. Man charged in meth money-laundering scheme
  8. Developer Loses Court Fight To Build Luxury Homes On 'Anthrax Graveyard'
  9. Kahala oceanfront condos face looming deadline
  10. TheBus considering pushing West Oahu riders to use Skyline to get to town
  11. Two ex-HPD officers indemnified in wrongful death suit
  12. This Common Precursor To Murder Is Too Rarely Prosecuted On Maui
  13. Investigator: Vocal Red Hill Whistleblower Faced Pushback For Speaking Out
  14. Staff shortage hinders Navy program in Hawaii tasked with cleanup of contaminated sites

Monday, July 14, 2025
July 14, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. LGBTQ Commission Pushing Green to Sign Executive Order Making Hawaii Sex-Change Kidnapping Sanctuary
  2. Discovery of unknown publications by Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus of Hawaii)
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 11, 2025
  4. Keohokalole, Tokuda Whine About Difficulties of Being in Congress
  5. State Sued for Playing Fast and Loose With Special Funds  
  6. New ownership unlikely to quench conflict over Maui water
  7. HPD: Number of illegal game rooms down in 2025
  8. ʻEwa Developer Settles Marina Case For $40 Million

Sunday, July 13, 2025
July 13, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. SNAP Cliffs Are Coming
  2. Permitting progress prevails
  3. Judicial Nominees Sought for Oahu, Maui, Big Island
  4. FBI Interfered in Legislature and ‘Let’ A Dirty Lawmaker Get Reelected  
  5. Who Framed Chief Pellitier? – no answers yet
  6. What’s Next for “Hammah”? Lance Bermudez, key Miske associate, to be sentenced
  7. Green: No Special Session Needed to Deal with Trump Cuts
  8. ‘Green fee’ questions needs answers
  9. Federal Solar Subsidies Coming to an End
  10. Hu Honua Pushing Power Deal Before ‘Clean’ Energy Subsidies Expire
  11. Shapiro: Let Hawaii voters have real choices—Knock Republicans off General Election Ballot
  12. Homeless Meth Addicts on Amala Place must leave by next week, Maui County says (again)


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Interstate telehealth could be lifesaver for Hawaii
by Grassroot Institute Friday, August 1, 2025

... If you need to see a medical specialist, you have to hope there is one on-island with an open appointment before it’s too late ....


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Logan: Blangiardi Threatened my Family
by Andrew Walden Friday, August 1, 2025

... Joe Logan’s son, Zane Logan, has a lengthy court record involving meth, theft, and prostitution, but he always manages to get away with minimal punishments ....


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Wildfires: Maui PD Releases Final After-Action Report
by News Release Friday, August 1, 2025

... a comprehensive review of the department's response and outlines 35 recommendations for improving future emergency operations ....


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Mayor Pleased by Dismissal of Myeni Shooting Case
by News Release Thursday, July 31, 2025

"... the court affirmed the City’s position that the officers involved did not act out of malice in the death of Lindani Myeni ...."


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Visitor Arrivals Down 1.8% for June 2025
by News Release Thursday, July 31, 2025

... 857,102 total visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in June 2025, down 1.8 percent from the same month last year ....


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Public Safety Power Shutoff watch: Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions
by News Release Thursday, July 31, 2025

... if weather conditions intensify in the next 24 to 48 hours Hawaiian Electric may proactively shut off power in communities with high exposure to wildfire risk ....


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Brighter Futures, Stronger Ties: US Nonprofit Drives Educational Progress in Strategically Situated Micronesia  
by News Release Thursday, July 31, 2025

... an American nonprofit is helping students from some of Micronesia’s most remote islands access the region’s top-performing private schools ....


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Rule by Decree: Is Hawaii's Democracy Broken?
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, July 30, 2025

... Do the math: 1+22+14+18+14+8 = 77 emergencies ....


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NBC News: Josh Green Running for President?
by News Article Wednesday, July 30, 2025

... Green, meanwhile, is up for re-election next year and indicated he’d run for a second term. But that didn’t preclude him from entertaining the idea of a run for higher office soon thereafter ....


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New Software: DPP Promises 'Reduced Service'
by News Release Wednesday, July 30, 2025

... The 27-year-old Posse system will be taken off-line at the close of business Monday, July 28, 2025, and will not be available to the public or DPP staff ....


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Tsunami of Traffic: How One Gas Station Line Jammed up All of Kapolei
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, July 30, 2025

... Behind this blockage, total traffic gridlock took hold for three hours between 4pm and 7pm on Kapolei-area roads ....


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VIDEO: Tsunami Draws Water Down 15 feet in Kahului Harbor
by News Release Wednesday, July 30, 2025

... Hawaii harbor mouths opening towards Kamchatka saw larger tsunami effects ....


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UPDATE: DoT Extends Public Comment Period on Teenagers' Climate Plan
by News Release Tuesday, July 29, 2025

“...This isn’t just a policy document. These proposals will have real and lasting impacts on families, kūpuna, workers, and businesses across Hawai‘i...”


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Spain Offers €400M to Bring TMT to Canary Islands
by News Release Tuesday, July 29, 2025

... Hawaii's master lease renewal process pays off big for Chile ... and now Spain ....


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FBI Director Kash Patel visits Honolulu field office
by News Release Tuesday, July 29, 2025

... He praised the great working relationships between the FBI and the local, state, and federal law enforcement partners ....


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Corruption Lawsuit: Another Hawaiian ‘8a’ Defense Contractor in Court
by Andrew Walden Tuesday, July 29, 2025

... alleges that ‘8a’ insiders from several interrelated 8a contracting firms are systematically shortchanging the Kailua-based ‘Native Hawaiian Legal Defense and Education Fund, LLC’ aka Ho‘omaka Foundation ....


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How 'Big Beautiful Bill' Affects UH Student Loans and Research Grants
by News Release Monday, July 28, 2025

... This message was shared with the students, faculty and staff of the 10-campus University of Hawaiʻi system on July 21, 2025 ....


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$40M Rate Hike for Hawaii American Water
by News Release Monday, July 28, 2025

... at Mauna Lani and Waimea the typical single-family customer will see a rate increase of approximately $18 to $25 per month ....


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 25, 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, July 27, 2025

... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....


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Pay for No Work
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, July 27, 2025

... $6.3M salary for 'administrative leave' ....


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Baked to order: New cottage food rules
by Kelii Akina Saturday, July 26, 2025

... to more easily produce and sell jams, relishes and sauces made with local ingredients ....


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Affordable: Green Signs 'Shot Clock', other homebuilding bills
by Grassroot Institute Saturday, July 26, 2025

... Green altered course when he signed a handful of bills that had been on his intent-to-veto list ....


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Chiefess Kapiolani: The greatest student of Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus)
by News Release Saturday, July 26, 2025

... a foundation builder of the Hawaiian church ....


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Trump Executive Order: Clear Homeless Drug Addicts from Streets and Put them in Treatment Centers
by News Release Friday, July 25, 2025

... Executive Order to restore order to American cities and remove vagrant individuals from our streets, redirecting federal resources toward programs that tackle substance abuse and returning to the acute necessity of civil commitment ....


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Schatz: National Housing Shortage Is A Problem The Government Has Created; We Can Fix It
by News Release Friday, July 25, 2025

... Schatz Introduces YIMBY Act To Encourage Localities To Cut Regulations, Adopt Pro-Housing Policies ....


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Energy companies seek dismissal in Hawaii climate lawfare case
by News Article Thursday, July 24, 2025

... Energy companies being sued by the city of Honolulu over climate change accusations have motioned for summary judgment, stating that Hawaii’s two-year statute of limitations makes the plaintiffs’ case unsubstantial ....


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How to Apply for Honolulu Property Tax Credit
by News Release Thursday, July 24, 2025

... Sept. 30, 2025 is the deadline to apply ....


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Hawaii Attorney General Releases Annual Firearm Statistics
by News Release Thursday, July 24, 2025

... 16,879 personal/private applications for permits to acquire firearms were processed statewide during 2024, marking a 28.3% decrease ....


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DoE Ready to Resume Most School Bus Routes
by News Release Wednesday, July 23, 2025

... nine routes remain temporarily suspended — about 6% of the 138 routes that were impacted at the peak of last school year’s disruptions ....


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Hawaii's Only Oil Refinery Inks $100M 'Renewable' Fuels Deal
by News Release Monday, July 21, 2025

... Par Pacific, Mitsubishi, and ENEOS to Establish Joint Venture for Renewable Fuels in Hawaii ....


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DoH: COVID Activity on the Increase in Hawaii
by News Release Monday, July 21, 2025

... The test positivity rate statewide was 12.4% as of July 19, 2025, up from 10.9% the previous week ....


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Search is on for a new KSBE Trustee
by News Release Monday, July 21, 2025

... Trustee to succeed Trustee Robert K.W.H. Nobriga, whose term expired on June 30, 2025 ....


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Sovereignty Activists team up with Chinese Communist Front Group
by Andrew Walden Monday, July 21, 2025

... "How a U.S. Tech Mogul Used Nonprofits to Sow Chinese Propaganda" -- NYT ....


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 18, 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, July 20, 2025

... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....


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Nonprofit Blankety Blank
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, July 20, 2025

... $50 million in the hands of a four-person committee ....


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Hawaii climate policy going overboard on cruise ships
by Kelii Akina Saturday, July 19, 2025

... the DOT is supposed to decarbonize every transportation sector in Hawaii, but there aren’t a lot of options when it comes to maritime emissions ....


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So Many Pools, So Little Truth: Inside Maui’s Water Crisis Theater
by News Article Saturday, July 19, 2025

... The only cited support was a comparison of empty non-owner occupied second homes in one phase of the Wailea Palms property to another phase that allows short-term rentals ....


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Need $600K? Maui County Launches New Federally Funded Fire Recovery Program
by News Release Saturday, July 19, 2025

... Hoʻokumu Hou programs are open to individuals and families who meet eligibility requirements that include income limits and loss of property during the 2023 Maui wildfires. ...


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Maui County Clears Out Homeless Meth Addicts (again)
by News Release Saturday, July 19, 2025

... Work crews encountered unsanitary conditions including rat infestations, feces and maggots ....


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Green Issues Emergency Proclamation for Wildfire Season
by News Release Saturday, July 19, 2025

... Hawaiʻi National Guard’s Operation Hoʻopauahi to Improve Emergency Response Time ....


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Student Jones Act Essay Contest
by Grassroot Institute Friday, July 18, 2025

... High school, college students can earn $10,000, $5,000 or $1,000 from Jones Act essay contest ....


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Maui lawmakers give green light to food trucks and kitchenettes
by Grassroot Institute Friday, July 18, 2025

... the Planning Commission backs a bill that would make it easier for B&Bs destroyed in the 2023 fires to rebuild ....


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Fraud and Misrepresentation: IDG Geothermal Schemers Get Cold Reception from Hawaii County Council
by Andrew Walden Friday, July 18, 2025

... Successful geothermal project leadership in New Zealand? There is a record of litigation surrounding those efforts which include claims of fraud and misrepresentation ....


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Transportation barriers impacting Hawaiʻi rural health care
by News Release Friday, July 18, 2025

... Long ambulance response times, costly and unreliable non-emergency transportation, and insufficient insurance coverage for travel-related health care expenses ....


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Two Indicted for Fraudulent FEMA Claims for Lahaina Fire
by News Release Friday, July 18, 2025

... Daylyn Harris, 34, and Chelsea Johnson, 32, of Honolulu, Hawaii, were arrested on July 15, 2025 ....


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Insurance Companies Dumping Single-Wall Homes
by News Article Thursday, July 17, 2025

... single-wall construction is considered structurally inferior in hurricane-prone areas ....


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Scott Saiki Appointed Insurance Commissioner
by News Release Thursday, July 17, 2025

... As Speaker, Saiki Co-chaired the Governor’s Executive and Legislative Condo and Property Insurance Task Force ....


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After Latest Fire at Sea, Matson Begins Refusing Shipment of Electric Cars
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, July 16, 2025

... Questions: Will Pasha follow suit?  Does Matson's ban extend to shipments of lithium batteries for consumer products and for solar installations? ....


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House Committee Approves East-West Center Funding 
by Andrew Walden Tuesday, July 15, 2025

... $16.7M for the East-West Center ....


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Hawaii gang enforcer gets 30 years, ending landmark case
by Court House News Monday, July 14, 2025

... drive-by shootings and armed robberies as part of the notorious Miske Enterprise ....


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HDoT Awards Contract for Removal of 'Falls of Clyde'
by News Release Monday, July 14, 2025

... The 146-year-old vessel has been docked at Honolulu Harbor since 2008 ....


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State Job Growth? 'Health Care and Food Services'
by News Release Monday, July 14, 2025

... Hawai‘i Projects 41,000 New Jobs by 2032, Led by Health Care and Food Services ....


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Discovery of unknown publications by Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus of Hawaii)
by News Article Monday, July 14, 2025

... New Evidence from the Ke Kumu Hawaii Newspaper ....


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 11, 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, July 13, 2025

... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....


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LGBTQ Commission Pushing Green to Sign Executive Order Making Hawaii Sex-Change Kidnapping Sanctuary
by News Release Sunday, July 13, 2025

... SB1150 failed in the Legislature, but the LGBTQ Commission still wants to grab your children.  Will Green help them do it? ....


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SNAP Cliffs Are Coming
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, July 13, 2025

... the USDA whacked our state with an $11 million fine for its huge error rate two years in a row ....


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Permitting progress prevails
by Kelii Akina Saturday, July 12, 2025

"...decisive action to address Hawaii’s notorious permitting delays...."


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Judicial Nominees Sought for Oahu, Maui, Big Island
by News Release Saturday, July 12, 2025

... The following notices were posted to the JSC website on Friday, 11 July 2025 ....


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HTA Board Positions Open
by News Release Saturday, July 12, 2025

... State Boards and Commissions Seeking Applicants ....


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VIDEO: HFD Chief Hao on the Māʻili wildfire
by Video Video Saturday, July 12, 2025

... On July 6, 2025, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 2:33 p.m. for a wildland fire near 87-253 Pa‘akea Road in Mā‘ili ....


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42 More Homeless Beds Available in Iwilei
by News Release Saturday, July 12, 2025

"...a culturally grounded, 90-day transitional housing program for working males who are striving for financial stability...."


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Chinese Naval Vessel Spotted Off Hawaiian Coast
by News Article Friday, July 11, 2025

... It is unclear how far offshore the Chinese vessel was, as is the mission it was pursuing ....


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Green Signed 313 Bills Into law
by News Release Friday, July 11, 2025

... Green took action on 313 of the 321 bills enrolled during the 2025 regular session ....


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Auditor Dings Hawaii ERS Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
by News Release Thursday, July 10, 2025

... Hawaii ERS received a 'disclaimer of opinion' ....


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Green Signs SB933, HB420, HB431
by News Release Thursday, July 10, 2025

...funding to support critical nonprofit organizations impacted by federal funding reductions....


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Green Signs $4B Lahaina Settlement Bill
by News Release Wednesday, July 9, 2025

... House Bill 1001 (Act 301) establishes the Maui Wildfires Settlement Trust Fund ....


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Maui Bill 76: Restore Farmers' Food Truck Rights
by Grassroot Institute Tuesday, July 8, 2025

... Before the Planning Department’s rule change, Maui County residents could operate food trucks “by right” on their own properties in agricultural districts ....


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Firearm Permits Subject of Hawaii County PD Hearing
by News Release Tuesday, July 8, 2025

... proposal to repeal “Rules and Regulations of the Hawai’i Police Department Governing the Issuance of Licenses to Carry Concealed and Unconcealed Weapons” ....


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Good Jobs Hawaiʻi participants see significant wage gains, UHERO finds
by UH ERO Tuesday, July 8, 2025

... Wage gains were particularly significant in the skilled trades and clean energy sectors, where completers earned 35% more than non-completers ....


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Carpenters Union Announces Plan to Harass Non-Union Contractors
by News Release Tuesday, July 8, 2025

"... a new compliance initiative to strengthen oversight of construction projects that utilize taxpayer funds ...."


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