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Sunday, February 1, 2026
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted February 1, 2026
By GovTrack .us @ 1:00 AM :: 35 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, February 1, 2026
Ethics: DoH Employee Responsible for Regulation of Ambulance Services was Employed by One of Them
By News Release @ 12:22 AM :: 47 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

"Around April 2019, Respondent acquired employment with AMR, while continuing to work in his state capacity at the EMS Branch"

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Sunday, February 1, 2026
OIP: Eight Opinions Issued
By News Release @ 12:16 AM :: 37 Views :: Ethics

"...Requester made two requests to the Department of Transportation, Airports Division (DOT) for copies of records concerning a two-year contract and an emergency Wiki Wiki contract...."

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Sunday, February 1, 2026
Tax Versus Judiciary
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:01 AM :: 29 Views :: Judiciary, Taxes

...There are two Hawaii Supreme Court cases pending that involve fights over the extent to which courts can get involved in taxation at all....

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Saturday, January 31, 2026
Antivaxxer School at Center of Chickenpox outbreak on Kauai
By News Release @ 8:30 AM :: 56 Views :: Kauai County, Education K-12, Health Care

... All five cases were not vaccinated against chickenpox ....

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Saturday, January 31, 2026
Police Commission Selects Reed Mahuna for Police Chief
By News Release @ 6:13 AM :: 52 Views :: Hawaii County , Police

... Mahuna, who has served as interim Police Chief since September, is a nearly 28-year veteran of the Hawaiʻi Police Department ....  

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Friday, January 30, 2026
Hawaii court blocks state’s satire censorship law
By News Release @ 4:51 AM :: 68 Views :: First Amendment

... Babylon Bee, Hawaii resident prevail against state law banning political memes ....

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Friday, January 30, 2026
2025: Tourist Count Down Spending Up
By News Release @ 3:18 AM :: 50 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... A total of 9,642,991 visitors arrived in calendar year 2025, down slightly from 9,701,499 visitors (-0.6%) in 2024 ....

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Friday, January 30, 2026
Census Bureau: Hawaii Population Decline 2nd-Fastest in USA
By Andrew Walden @ 2:06 AM :: 89 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Young local families dominate Hawaii’s departure statistics .... 

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Friday, January 30, 2026
Money Laundering: Keanu Sai Flunky Gets Nine Years in Federal Penitentiary
By News Release @ 1:54 AM :: 85 Views :: Ethics, OHA

... more sovereignty scammers heading for the Big House ....

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Friday, January 30, 2026
Kaneshiro-Mitsunaga Conspiracy: Judge Allows Lawsuit to Proceed
By Court House News @ 12:38 AM :: 70 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement

... Federal prosecutors couldn't make criminal bribery charges stick for a former Honolulu prosecutor and engineering firm executives, but civil versions of the claims may live to see another trial ....

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Thursday, January 29, 2026
Hawaii Leads the U.S. in Average Weekly Grocery Bills
By Selected News Articles @ 2:29 AM :: 62 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... In Hawaii, households spend $157 per week on groceries, up 9.6% from the prior year ....

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Thursday, January 29, 2026
Hawaii Keeps Vaccine Schedule Free of AntiVaxxerism
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 60 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19

... the 2026 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule ....

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Thursday, January 29, 2026
Hawaii officials admit Department of Education doesn’t use E-Verify
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 70 Views :: Education K-12, Law Enforcement

... the processes used to screen candidates, review credentials and monitor conduct ....

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Thursday, January 29, 2026
Molester List: DoE Forced to Initiate 'Harm to Students Registry' for Hiring
By News Release @ 12:20 AM :: 23 Views :: Education K-12, Law Enforcement

...Participating entities include public schools, public charter schools, private schools, and early learning educational programs....

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
$1,000 Trump accounts to start July 4
By Selected News Articles @ 11:08 PM :: 61 Views :: National News, Family

... included in the "Big Beautiful Bill" signed into law in July 2025. It provides a $1,000 contribution from the U.S. Treasury Department to a tax-free account for babies born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028 ....

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Candidate Filing Begins – Here’s What You Need to Know
By News Release @ 2:31 PM :: 86 Views :: Office of Elections

... Candidate Filing is now underway ....

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Hawaii Baseball Coach at Center of MLB Gambling Scandal
By Court House News @ 12:21 PM :: 246 Views :: Gambling

... Donny Kadokawa is one of the key witnesses in Yasiel Puig's trial over charges the former MLB star lied to federal agents about his dealings with an illegal bookmaker ....

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Hawai‘i Police Department Vice 2025 Drug Recovery Stats
By News Release @ 12:32 AM :: 75 Views :: Hawaii County , Police, Drugs

...Hawai‘i Police Department recorded a significant increase in drug recoveries to the point it now leads the state in total drug seizures....

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Monday, January 26, 2026
FULL TEXT: Green State of the State Speech
By Video @ 11:30 PM :: 82 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... video and full text as prepared for delivery ....

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Monday, January 26, 2026
Two-and-a-half years later, Maui County has Some House Rebuild Designs, but no actual rebuild project
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 168 Views :: Maui County

"Should the required environmental clearance not be obtained or if HUD declines to authorize the use of grant funds for this project, this Notice of Intent to Award may be rescinded and no contract will be awarded"

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Monday, January 26, 2026
Hawaii families take part in School Choice Week events
By News Release @ 10:00 AM :: 718 Views :: Education K-12

... more than 35 public, charter, and private schools will have representatives available to talk with families about their school options .... 

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Sunday, January 25, 2026
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 24, 2026
By GovTrack .us @ 2:26 PM :: 308 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, January 25, 2026
Hegseth 'Taking Sledgehammer' to 8a Military Contractors
By Selected News Articles @ 8:29 AM :: 1080 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA, Small Business

... a "breeding ground for fraud" ....

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Sunday, January 25, 2026
Hawaii RNC members pay their way to represent state: ‘It’s not a cheap hobby’
By Selected News Articles @ 6:29 AM :: 389 Views :: Republican Party

... Typically, there are at least three meetings per year ....

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Sunday, January 25, 2026
New Year, New Variance
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 462 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... A mortality rate of 620 per thousand is something you might get with an atomic bomb ....

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Saturday, January 24, 2026
Looking forward to the 2026 legislative session
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:44 PM :: 422 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Taxes, Cost of Living

... it could be another year for big, positive changes ....

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Saturday, January 24, 2026
Auditor: Not Much to Show for $324.3M Burned by City Office of Economic Revitalization
By News Release @ 12:48 PM :: 971 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Economy, Small Business

"OER’s priority was to create staffing capacity over economic recovery and revitalization."

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Saturday, January 24, 2026
States Race to Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans
By Selected News Articles @ 11:28 AM :: 469 Views :: Health Care, Small Business

"they will repeal certificate-of-need laws"

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Saturday, January 24, 2026
Notice of Judicial Vacancy – Oahu District Judge
By News Release @ 10:14 AM :: 326 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....

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Saturday, January 24, 2026
Eight Missing Children Found
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 640 Views :: Honolulu County, Family, Law Enforcement

... resulting in the safe location and recovery of eight children between the ages of 13 and 17. Two children recovered in the operation had been reported as runaways over one year ago ....

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Friday, January 23, 2026
FEMA Extends Lahaina Emergency Housing One More Year
By News Release @ 10:36 PM :: 496 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Kristi Noem has approved Hawaiʻi’s request to extend FEMA Temporary Housing Assistance for Maui wildfire survivors until February 2027 ....

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Friday, January 23, 2026
FAA Exposes $23M Airports Division Lie: We did not order HDoT to Replace Firefighting Systems
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 1609 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Tourism

... The non-existent FAA mandate is HDoT’s rationale for a $22.26M contract to replace the brand new systems ....

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Thursday, January 22, 2026
House Updates Leadership and Committee Assignments
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 432 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... to include newly appointed Rep Hartsfield ....

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Thursday, January 22, 2026
Eight Hawai'i County Police Chief Candidates Announced
By News Release @ 8:42 PM :: 423 Views :: Hawaii County , Police

... Hawaiʻi County Police Commission will interview eight candidates for Police Chief during meetings on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30 ....

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Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Politics in Hawaii: What Makes Politics Unique in the Aloha State?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:35 PM :: 618 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government, Republican Party

... Keli'i Akina interviews Colin Moore ....

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Lawsuit: Should Fishing Boats Be Required to Pay for Federal Monitors?
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 433 Views :: Environment, Small Business

...They would be charged $710 per day to have government monitors on board.... 

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
AG Flip-Flop: Suddenly decides to open 'investigation' into $35K Bribery Case
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 817 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement

... CLUE: They already know who took the $35K.  Instead of just announcing the name, this is intended to keep it quiet at least until the session is over ....

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Surprise: Hawaii's Gun Control Case Based on 'Black Codes', not 'Aloha Spirit'
By Selected News Articles @ 7:02 PM :: 859 Views :: Second Amendment

...Neal Katyal, a lawyer representing Hawaii, argued that the purpose of including Black codes in its explanation is to argue evidence that states have historically been allowed to implement gun regulations....

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Panos: How Hawaii Can Reduce Traffic Fatalities
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 PM :: 580 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement, Police

... by focusing on VRUs, the Vulnerable Road Users, such as pedestrians, motorcyclists, bikers and construction workers ....

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Applicants Wanted for State Ethics Commission
By News Release @ 9:33 AM :: 480 Views :: Ethics

... The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill two upcoming vacancies on the Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission ....

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Monday, January 19, 2026
Hawaii is 3rd Worst State to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 8:55 PM :: 585 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

... Hawaii ranks 46th in Avg. Growth in Number of Small Businesses ....

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Monday, January 19, 2026
Hawai‘i Physician Workforce Short 833 Doctors
By News Release @ 2:08 PM :: 619 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... year to year the physician workforce lost 31 full-time-equivalents ....

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Monday, January 19, 2026
AUDIO: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Hawaii Second Amendment Case
By Selected News Articles @ 12:47 PM :: 1111 Views :: Second Amendment

... click here to hear live arguments before Supreme Court 10am EST/ 5am HST ....

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Monday, January 19, 2026
1959: Martin Luther King Jr Salutes Hawaii Statehood
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 51131 Views :: Hawaii History

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Sunday, January 18, 2026
Ag Housing: Do these rules work?
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:10 PM :: 699 Views :: Agriculture, Development, Cost of Living

... three important recommendations that would enable farmers and ranchers to build more housing on their land ....

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Sunday, January 18, 2026
'Cost of Government' -- Honolulu Charter Commission OKs Grassroot ballot proposal
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:01 PM :: 427 Views :: Honolulu County

... P065 proposes setting up a volunteer Cost of Government Commission to help identify inefficiencies and waste in city operations. Honolulu is the only county in the state without such a commission ....

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Sunday, January 18, 2026
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 16, 2026
By GovTrack .us @ 5:01 PM :: 463 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, January 18, 2026
Idle Agriculture Funds
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 728 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... millions of dollars lying around ....

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Sunday, January 18, 2026
Alternatives to ‘pausing’ Hawaii’s income tax cuts
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:43 AM :: 685 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

... rather than walk back the tax cuts, the Legislature could simply identify and reallocate about $350 million a year in current state funding ....

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