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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 240 Views
  1. Central Pacific to Buy American Savings?
  2. Hawaii is 2024’s 2nd Worst State for Teachers
  3. Maui County Council asks Legislature to Dump Water in Ocean in Effort to Keep Housing Scarce and Expensive
  4. Maui Push For Rent Control Bill to Make Things Even Worse
  5. DHHL Project to Kick 100s of Affordable Renters off of Kauai
  6. FBI Audit Slams HPD Unvalidated DNA methods—criminal cases affected
  7. What a Concept! To Reduce Waianae Crime—HPD Flooding the Zone with Cops
  8. Will Medical Bum Flop Keep Homeless from Clogging up Emergency Rooms?
  9. Six Months to Clear 44 Bums from Farmland outside Wahiawa
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Monday, September 16, 2024
September 16, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 237 Views
  1. Hawaii Connection--FBI Searching Kaaawa Home of Alleged Would-be Trump Assassin
  2. Lawyer:  Jones Act Is Unconstitutional—here’s why
  3. ‘I can help, I love both sides,’ Governor Green to mediate Kapiolani lockout?
  4. No Computer Science for 90% of DoE HS Students
  5. New Scanner catches legal mail used to smuggle meth into Hawaii Prisons
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Sunday, September 15, 2024
September 15, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 823 Views
  1. State Workers Have Immunity – Even Without Being Trump
  2. Tax Hikes Coming: Socialist Legislators Launch 'Peoples Budget'
  3. US House Passes Pacific Partnership Act
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 14, 2024
  5. Plumbing the depths of Maui’s housing shortage: Can small changes have a big impact?
  6. Maui County Corp Counsel furious over interviews released in AG Maui report
  7. ABC special misrepresents facts about Maui, Lahaina
  8. Kapi’olani locks out hundreds of nurses after one-day strike
  9. Cost of Living Summit to address outmigration of Hawaii’s young professionals
  10. Rental housing tower for DHHL beneficiaries ready to rise
  11. ‘Top Two’ Primary Would have Stopped Tranny
  12. Some hikers blame ‘rancid’ toilet facilities for norovirus outbreak on Kalalau Trail on Kauaʻi
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
September 14, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 977 Views
  1. Will Taxes be Increased to Fund 'Vacant Positions'?
  2. Aloha Stadium Closure to blame for uncertain future of Hawaii football
  3. Will BWS Sue Navy? $1.2B Red Hill claim still under review
  4. Maui lawmaker proposes legislative action on nurse-patient ratios amid nurses strike, lockout
  5. Will City Regulate E-Bikes to Death?
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Friday, September 13, 2024
September 13, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 622 Views
  1. AG Lahaina Fire Report Rips Maui's 'Siloed Command Structure'
  2. Debris cleared from 100 percent of residential properties in Lahaina Impact Zone
  3. Secret ATF Report Remains Hidden: Federal Investigators Still Won't Say What Caused The Lahaina Fire
  4. Mayor says its wrong to blame city property enforcement for Waianae mass shooting
  5. Hawaii Supreme Court Justices grill county attorneys over new evidence in Dana Ireland murder case
  6. Strike set for 7AM Friday after negotiations between nurses, Kapiolani Medical Center end without a deal
  7. Maui Ethics Board Says Water Authority Appointee Has No Conflict of Interest
  8. Bill would Stereamline Naturalization Process for American Samoans
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Thursday, September 12, 2024
September 12, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 984 Views
  1. Hawaii Man Arrested for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
  2. Q-Anon Cult Leader Loses Hawaii Real Estate License
  3. Honolulu CIA man will serve 10 years for espionage involving China
  4. Common Cause Thinks Hawaii Congressional Delegation is Nearly Perfect
  5. Kouchi not running for reelection in 2026—Kawakami to take seat
  6. Waianae councilmember warns of rumors swirling following mass shooting
  7. Army Pacific Command Nominee Blocked over Cancer Coverup
  8. Republicans Optimistic About West Oahu Races
  9. Crime Pays: Convicted Hawaii Defense Contractor Will Attend Harvard While Awaiting Sentencing
  10. Hawai‘i’s Cost of Living Needs to Be Lowered, Say Survey Respondents
  11. Hawaii Attorney General Lopez to present Maui fire phase two report Friday
  12. Hawaii Supreme Court hears oral arguments on evidence in 1991 Dana Ireland murder case
  13. Another Raise for Unions without Collective Bargaining--Honolulu City Council backs HPD reimbursement plan
  14. Cesspools: Too Environmentally Harmful To Keep, Too Expensive To Get Rid Of
  15. City Knows Its New Half-Million-Dollar Beach Shower Isn’t Working Right
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
September 11, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 922 Views
  1. Hundreds of public school teachers still unpaid
  2. Hawaii Water Service Operations Manager Recognized Nationally for Response During Lahaina Fire
  3. Warning Labels on Social Media: Hawaii AG Joins 41 States
  4. Two Finalists for UH President named, public forums scheduled
  5. Despite 2021 threat, police chose not to arrest suspect accused in deadly Waianae shooting
  6. Hawaii condo owners begin to feel insurance rate increases
  7. Maui Whistleblower Lawsuit Could Cost Taxpayers Up To $450,000
  8. ‘We need a solution’: Hawaii parents frustrated over school bus shortage
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024
September 10, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 959 Views
  1. Hawaii Net Loss of 8,896 Residents During COVID
  2. Feds: “Housing on Maui is challenging to say the least"
  3. Presidential Race: Who is on the Ballot in Hawaii?
  4. Hawaii Voters Asked To Lock In Gay Marriage
  5. Green Gets to Appoint HD1 Seat All Over Again
  6. Forclosure for Kakaako ‘affordable’ housing so repulsive nobody wants to buy it
  7. Oahu's latest ‘affordable’ rentals -- $1740/mo for a single with no parking and no w/d
  8. Bulldoze Borneo: West Oahu refinery seeks to develop plant-based biofuels
  9. Three months after blackouts, Chinatown businesses still waiting for relief
  10. Slushfund: Hawaii Nonprofits Get Money From OHA After Delay
  11. Tourism: Mindless Mindfulness
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Monday, September 9, 2024
September 9, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:02 PM :: 1899 Views
  1. The FBI Continues To Stall On Releasing Hawaii Lawmakers' Bribery Investigations 
  2. Lahaina Strong Sells out to Hawaiian Electric:  Grabs for Millions from ‘Community-Based’ Energy Plan
  3. Waianae Shootings May Spur A Push To Change Hawaii’s Self-Defense Laws
  4. HNA files injunction to stop ‘morally indefensible’ lockout
  5. For more enjoyable, drama-free vacations -- Skip Hawaii
  6. Sidestepping Anti-5-G Nuts: Proposals would take County out of approval process for cell towers
  7. Hawai`i Shared Solar Projects in Deep Trouble
  8. Latest Plan to Renovate Natatorium
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Sunday, September 8, 2024
September 8, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:07 PM :: 2760 Views
  1. Give Me Your Documents
  2. Hawaii County beekeepers rejoice at Council's passage of Bill 144
  3. County Councils Consider tax relief, housing, simpler permitting and roadside vending
  4. Identifying Regulations that Hinder Lahaina Rebuild
  5. “Everybody knows you’re probably going to die before you ever get to the top”
  6. West Oahu is a new Republican ‘stronghold’
  7. Hawaii legislature to see 11 new faces even before November election
  8. Stand your ground here and get 40 hours of lockup
  9. St. Francis Healthcare pensions face chopping block
  10. Hilo mother charged in child abuse case
  11. County buys refrigerated containers to store bodies; Morgue at Hilo hospital is overcapacity
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Saturday, September 7, 2024
September 7, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 552 Views
  1. Investment Bankers: How to Force Lahaina Insurers into Accepting Smaller Settlement
  2. Costco Raises Membership Fee But It's Still 21 Percent Cheaper Than 1983
  3. Study: Hawaii Has the Best Budgeters in the U.S.
  4. Hawaii Solar: Seven Years Later the Deal Suddenly Changes
  5. Election 2024: Christian Voters Pledge to Participate
  6. War on the Rocks: U.S. Maritime Policy Needs an Overhaul
  7. Lets Make it Even Worse!  High rents on Maui prompt advocates to push rent control bill 
  8. 4,500 affordable residential units secure building exemptions under emergency proclamation
  9. HART board OKs new contract for CEO Lori Kahikina with 22% raise – requires her to attend ‘management training’
  10. No contested Honolulu city races on general election ballot
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Friday, September 6, 2024
September 6 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:31 PM :: 1114 Views
  1. DBEDT: With Tourism Down, Growth Remains Anemic
  2. Hawaii’s Cloak-and-Dagger Lore
  3. 9th Circuit Bans Guns in Hawaii's Bars and Beaches
  4. Kona Hospital May Lose Trauma Designation--Patients wait 100 days
  5. Lawless Waianae: Family targeted in mass shooting says Police, City Did Nothing After 2021 Complaints
  6. Saiki to be named Insurance Commissioner?
  7. Lahaina Modular homes arriving at Kahului Harbor this weekend
  8. Lahaina Homeowners want insurers to pay more for wildfire smoke damage
  9. Rate Hikes Coming: Hamakua Energy plans to convert power plant to 100% phony ‘renewable’ fuels
  10. Honolulu Council wheels out e-bike measures
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Thursday, September 5, 2024
September 5, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 1406 Views
  1. Report: Maui County plumbing rules hinder Lahaina Rebuild
  2. Insurance Institute: How to make the New Lahaina More Fire Resistant
  3. Unions pursue law changes to boost membership
  4. HPD Coverup? Police allegedly called to scene of Waianae shooting before it happened—did nothing
  5. HART City Center Guideway Already Over Budget
  6. Agencies answer how $3 billion in recovery aid being used on Maui
  7. CWS Fail: More lawsuits, settlements and verdicts
  8. Hawaii Visitor Fee Faces 2025 Comeback: What's Next?
  9. City Council passes Navy resolution over ‘emergency state’ on contamination plume
  10. Charges dismissed in case of the 2019 takeover of OHA’s headquarters
  11. Carbon Taxes would enable Hu Honua
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
September 4, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 1960 Views
  1. Is the US Department of Justice still ‘investigating’ the Maui Wildfires?
  2. Hawaii is 2024's 6th Least Innovative State for Education
  3. Dueling Parties and 20 years of DPP fines at Lawless Waianae Shooting Site
  4. Where is Jake Smith?
  5. As Another Trump Election Looms, Hawaii Elections Commission Meetings Descend into Farce
  6. What a Loser!  Clayton Hee Burned $167K on Failed Senate Race
  7. Some Small Businesses In Kailua Town Are Closing As Costs Continue To Climb
  8. Council bill could ease housing shortage
  9. Roadside vendors bill stalls
  10. ‘Never heard about this level of domestic violence’ until Hawaii: Schofield resident
  11. Chinatown Homeless: ‘It’s like the night of the living dead’
  12. Massachusetts welfare dollars spent in Hawaii, Virgin Islands, Alaska: ‘What the hell is someone doing in Hawaii?’
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
September 3, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 1067 Views
  1. UH developed, living coastal-protection system prepares for deployment
  2. Activists Pressure Lahaina Fire Victims to Hand Over Their Properties
  3. Governor: Hawaii Can Pay The Bills For Maui Fire Recovery, Hazard Pay without touching Rainy Day Fund
  4. Waianae: Flood of Cops lasted just one weekend
  5. Company that partnered with HECO to turn your batteries into ‘virtual power plant’ implodes
  6. State’s high court to hear arguments over release of new evidence in Dana Ireland murder case
  7. Several Lahaina small businesses say it’s been impossible finding affordable rentals
  8. Outlandish Restaurant Fees Shock Diners In Hawaii and Elsewhere
  9. U.S. Transportation Department holds fate of Alaska-Hawaiian merger
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Monday, September 2, 2024
September 2, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:08 PM :: 3477 Views
  1. Learn about ways Maui County can support more homebuilding
  2. Clear away legal barriers to hasten Lahaina homebuilding
  3. Four Bills for housing, tax relief at Honolulu, Maui councils
  4. Two Politically Connected Waianae Families Shoot it Out.  Four Dead.
  5. Fake it to make it: Esther Kiaaina and Kali Watson Conspire to Stick DHHL with unbuildable Kailua Landslide Parcel
  6. Board to review CEO’s contract on Friday, HART says
  7. Alaska-Hawaiian merger could hit new delay after major airline expresses concerns to feds
  8. Gender gap at UH Manoa
  9. Hotel Workers Strike For Higher Wages And Daily Room Cleaning Work
  10. HPD officers hamstrung by poor judicial policies
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Sunday, September 1, 2024
September 1, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:34 PM :: 1221 Views
  1. Foster Care Rape Room: Police Report Blows Away CWS Coverup
  2. Will Front Street become just a fond memory?
  3. Hawaii National Parks Attract 4,764,320 Tourists
  4. Green:  After reading Secret Fire Report, I know State will have to bail out Maui County
  5. Negotiations: Insurers Would Settle for $1.2B
  6. Miske Investigation: Unsealed Affidavit Offers New Clues In Killing Of Son's Friend
  7. Local 5 union workers at 8 Hawaii hotels go on 3-day strike
  8. Contract awarded for teacher housing at Mililani High campus
  9. Chemophobia Leads to Decade of Inaction on old Navy landfill under Radford HS
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Saturday, August 31, 2024
August 31, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:38 PM :: 1358 Views
  1. Green Appoints Kusch to HD1 Seat
  2. Former Waiakea HS Basketball Coach Charged with Felony Theft
  3. DLNR Wages Bacteriological War Against Mosquitoes
  4. Tuition Hike Coming: UH volunteers to pay higher electric bills to boost wind, solar.
  5. Mayor signs bill to drive creation of new rental housing for Oʻahu
  6. Green begs Supreme Court to Affirm his Fake 'Settlement'
  7. Lahaina residents question handling of donated relief funds
  8. State found 'grossly negligent' for placing 8 year-old in abusive foster home
  9. Former Hawaii Residents Living in Certain US Territories Can’t Vote in Federal Elections, 9th Circuit Upholds
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Friday, August 30, 2024
August 30, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 2191 Views
  1. Audit: Police Commission Gives 'inconsistent and ineffective oversight of HPD'
  2. Tourist Count Down, Spending Up
  3. $1.66B is just the ‘Base’--HART CEO announces dates for THREE cost overrun ‘surprises’
  4. Hawaiians Score Success when they get away from Hawaii (and Las Vegas)
  5. Honolulu City Auditor Resigns Nearly Halfway Through Her 6-Year Term
  6. Activist Grabs for Control of New East Maui Water Board
  7. Maui County Shocked that its Homeless Tent City is full of Drugs, overdoses, and deaths just like a regular tent city
  8. 'Automated abandoned callback' feature added to 911 system
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Thursday, August 29, 2024
August 29, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 2922 Views
  1. Meet the Meth Gang Behind ‘Lahaina Strong’
  2. Ninth Circuit rejects Hawaii rule sealing medical records in court filings
  3. Kennedy will not be on Hawaii Ballot?
  4. Deputy Killed Himself after Threats from Investigators Over Minor Homeless Hassle
  5. Maui Economic Director’s Business Associate Got Contracts From Her County Office
  6. Rail and stadium red flags
  7. Phoney Baloney: Green Shocked, Just Shocked that State Farm refusing to settle Maui claims for 12 cents on the dollar
  8. Lahaina Land Trust Pressures Fire Victims to Sell
  9. Ewa Beach residents urge state to join federal price fixing lawsuit
  10. Owner fights back after maintenance fees demanded for destroyed condo in Lahaina
  11. Preparing for possible Hawaii strikes over the Labor Day holiday weekend
  12. Helicopter Companies Push To Reopen New Plan Restricting Air Tours Over Volcanoes Park
  13. Gun Buyback: Is registration of surrendered gun also destroyed?
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
August 28, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:53 PM :: 1556 Views
  1. A Year After Hawaii Fire, Rebuilding Has Barely Begun
  2. Hawaii wants to force an oil ban on the rest of the country  
  3. Cockfighting ban legal in Northern Mariana Islands under federal law, Ninth Circuit says
  4. Hawaii Second Amendment Rights Advocates Openly Carry Swords, Battle-Axes In Public To Celebrate New Law
  5. Maui Officials Plot to Eliminate Front Street Lahaina
  6. Hawai‘i’s Condo Insurance Crisis Is Now Hurting -- Sales Down 48%
  7. Let’s Do For Hawaii’s Nurse Shortage What We Did For Our Doctor Shortage
  8. Some schools go "old school" when it comes to cellphones in the classroom
  9. Out on State Bail: Now facing federal charges in game room robbery
  10. BWS Consultants: Thousands Of Navy Water Tests After The Red Fuel Leak Are Invalid
  11. DOE contracts with Roberts Hawaii for school bus drivers to expire in October
  12. Fatal Kauai Helicopter Crash Intensifies Spotlight On Air Tour Industry
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
August 27, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 921 Views
  1. ‘If it can happen in Hawaii, it can happen everywhere’
  2. Green Appoints New Head of Water Resource Management
  3. State DLE Calls Gun Buyback Successful
  4. Corps of Engineers Clearing Debris from Final Residential Properties in Lahaina
  5. 141 Candidates on November Election Ballot
  6. Lawyers Dream State Supreme Court will make Josh Green’s Phony $4B wildfires settlement real
  7. Maui Tomorrow Sues to Block Lahaina Shoreline Reconstruction Regs
  8. A&B Exec Heads Group of Insiders manipulating ‘Climate’ Policy to Serve their own Interests
  9. Low morale, poor communication among complaints by HPD officers in internal survey
  10. Circumstances around death of young Deputy Sheriff under investigation
  11. Honolulu EMS Sued For Wrongful Death Over Kailua Ambulance Fire
  12. Lahaina Lots for Sale
  13. Hawaii County Wastes $70K per Bum to ‘Connect’ Homeless to Housing
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Monday, August 26, 2024
August 26, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 1398 Views
  1. UHERO: Shortage of Sister-Isle Medical Care Mostly Affects Low Income Residents
  2. Feds Plan Hawaii Kai offshore wind lease auction for Kaiwi Channel
  3. Will Insurers Keep Subrogation Issue in biased State Courts?
  4. Schatz Wants Another Random $1.2 Billion for Maui
  5. Five attempts to kill Honolulu police this year
  6. Aquarium fishing proposal stalls: DAR seeks to start permit process for commercial fishers
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Sunday, August 25, 2024
August 25, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:56 PM :: 2132 Views
  1. Maui’s Hidden Ethics – Who is Hiding Behind the Redactions?
  2. Justice Department Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme that Harms Honolulu Renters
  3. A California “Fix” Back to ‘66
  4. All Bluff and Bluster from Watson as DHHL’s $600M Clock Ticks Down
  5. Kakaako Makai: With Saiki out of the way, Developers salivate over OHA plans to create 400’ concrete megaliths
  6. Decline in Maui room bookings could cost the state more than $40 million in taxes
  7. Care homes key to isle homeless plight
  8. Homeless Rot on Honolulu Streets
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Saturday, August 24, 2024
August 24, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:34 PM :: 870 Views
  1. Red Flag Warning For Leeward Areas Of All Islands Saturday From 10 AM To 6 PM
  2. Paycheck delay hits hundreds of public, charter school teachers
  3. Twelve Ways to Reduce Housing Costs
  4. Alaska & Hawaiian Airlines’ Overlapping Routes Would Result In 2-To-1 Reduction In Supply
  5. Hawaii Supreme Court to hear arguments on release of evidence in Dana Ireland murder case
  6. Updated COVID-19 vaccine expected in Hawaii soon
  7. From Hiki to Iniki: A look back at some of the tropical cyclones that have battered Hawaii
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Friday, August 23, 2024
August 23, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:14 PM :: 1218 Views
  1. Which College Majors Pay the Most in Hawaiʻi?
  2. Save the Bees -- Stop Bill 64
  3. Reject empty homes tax, focus on policies that work
  4. Hawaii has been ranked the worst U.S. state overall for poor driving behavior
  5. Josh Green Surrounded by Anti-Semites during DNC Roll Call
  6. BoE Prepares to Evaluate Superintendent
  7. Honolulu police sergeant’s son sentenced 15 years for 2022 fatal shooting
  8. Saguaro Safer than Most Prisons: ACLU Targets it Anyway
  9. Homeless Drug Addicts take over abandoned houses, burn them again and again
  10. State grants Honolulu more time to pretend to find new landfill
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Thursday, August 22, 2024
August 22, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:43 PM :: 987 Views
  1. Maui Economic Development: Official Gets Paid Leave After Giving $1.4M to Friends and Family
  2. Zombie News: Vacant Home Tax Dies Again
  3. Skyline sees low rail ridership, high monthly costs during first year
  4. HPD looks to build citizen ‘army’ to help reduce crime in Waikiki
  5. Hawaii Has Done Little To Shore Up Neighborhoods Against Fire. Some Are Doing It Themselves
  6. Kauaʻi councilman ‘inappropriately’ messaged student on social media, school investigation reveals
  7. HECO Will Receive Federal Funds for Grid Hardening
  8. HECO Files PUC Mandated Utility Natural Hazard Mitigation Report
  9. Hawaii sheriff vetting faces scrutiny – Deputy Hired with history of Domestic Violence
  10. Honolulu Police Commissioners Check Boxes on Chief's Evaluation
  11. Waianae Crime Solution: “Numerous arrests over the weekend for violent crimes, narcotics offenses”
  12. Navy accused of ‘negligence and wrongful acts’ in Hawaii child abuse case
  13. Could Alaska-Hawaiian Air Deal Still Face Challenge?
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Wednesday, August 21, 2024
August 21, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:41 PM :: 2697 Views
  1. Lahaina 'Settlement' behind insurance price jump?
  2. Nigerian Prince Busted in Hawaii COVID Scam
  3. Dye Pack: Six Hours from Cesspool to Ocean
  4. Green’s fake Settlement -- $1.33B for Lawyers
  5. Companies get $2 million contract to help fix Honolulu's major permitting problems
  6. DHHL apartment purchase plan draws demonstrators on Kauai
  7. Hawaiʻi’s single parents caught in beleaguering cycle
  8. (Again) Officials pretend to ‘grapple’ with the decision of where to put Oʻahu's next landfill
  9. Who Needs Collective Bargaining?  Bill 197 Gives Money to SHOPO
  10. Big Island Police Try One Strange Trick—Arresting Drug Dealers
  11. Oahu fisherman shaken by off-duty sheriff's alleged gun threat
  12. What Happens To HawaiianMiles and Credit Card Amidst Alaska Deal?
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Letters to the Editor August, 2024
By Letters to the Editor @ 8:33 PM :: 2100 Views
  • Lahaina 'Settlement' behind insurance price jump?
  • Is it a ‘privilege’ to do business in Hawaii?
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
August 20, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:38 PM :: 1440 Views
  1. Justice Department Will Not Oppose Alaska-Hawaiian Air Merger
  2. Hacker Breaks into Hawaii Death Registry System to Fake Own Death
  3. Hawaii DNC delegation is #1 for Anti-Semitism: 7 members still uncommitted because Harris unwilling to surrender Israel
  4. Star-Adv Still ‘Pushing to finish rail on time, on budget’
  5. PUC Wildfire Secrets:  Do Solar Panels Enegize ‘Deenergized’ HECO Lines?
  6. HPD whistleblower alleges sexual discrimination
  7. HNN Investigates reveals which Oahu communities lack fire hydrants and the practices in place for their protection
  8. Pandering to 5G Paranoia: Proposed measure would increase cell tower construction regulations
  9. County bill would establish permit system for roadside vendors
  10. Harm Reduction Activists Want to give free Needles to Overdose Patients
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Monday, August 19, 2024
August 19, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 2491 Views
  1. Solution to Waianae Violence? Flood the Zone with Cops
  2. Micronesia and Am Samoa Among World's Fastest-Shrinking Countries
  3. Hawaii Spent Millions Responding To The Maui Wildfires. Here’s Who Got Paid
  4. Surprising Issues Could Break Alaska/Hawaiian Deal
  5. Hawaiian homestead spending plans still in flux
  6. Eco-Lawyers Aim to Destroy Hawaii’s Last Dairy
  7. Blue Planet Foundation Closing
  8. Case Against Hawaii Attorney Exposes Inner Workings Of Illicit Marshallese Adoption Business
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Sunday, August 18, 2024
August 18, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 1159 Views
  1. After Sovereignty ‘Army’ Ousted, Alleged Meth Dealer moves in on Local Country Club
  2. Empty homes tax haunts us again
  3. Another Emergency Proclamation for … Insurance
  4. Guam: Tax Evasion and Judicial Misconduct
  5. Insurers: Green’s Fake ‘Settlement’ Will Result in Higher Insurance Rates
  6. Saiki loss could embolden OHA Kakaako Makai Development Schemes
  7. Insurance Company Lawyers detail evidence against KSBE, HECO in Lahaina fire case
  8. Insurance ‘Solution’ Brings Condos up to Level of … Puna?
  9. Feds to Send another $1.2B for Maui?
  10. HD29: No Mo Mizuno
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Saturday, August 17, 2024
August 17, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 1727 Views
  1. “Six ways to speed up the recovery and rebuilding of Lahaina”
  2. HART’s Billion Dollar PIG Schemes in Secret to Extend Rail Further East
  3. Battle over evidence in Ireland murder case heads to high court
  4. After Shootings, Waianae to be Flooded with Cops
  5. Nearly 2 years since unpermitted rock wall fatal incident, Kailua homeowner remains in violation
  6. Trump Pulls in Tulsi Gabbard for Debate Prep
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Friday, August 16, 2024
August 16, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 892 Views
  1. Racists in Congress fought against statehood for Hawaii
  2. Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
  3. Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood
  4. HART Awards $1.66B Contract for Center City Rail
  5. DBEDT Releases 2023 Hawaii Data Book
  6. UH President finalists expected in September
  7. Blangiardi Vows to Remove 1,000 Homeless from Streets within One Year
  8. Why Hawaiian Electric Plunged 12.8% This Week
  9. Money News: CNHA Completes Takeover of Tourism Agencies
  10. This Year’s Excuse?  DOE blames school bus companies
  11. 11-Time Loser Shot Dead by Police
  12. DoH: Underage Transsexuals are Often Drug Addicts
  13. Desecrated by Homeless Meth Addict Grave Robbers--Pearl City cemetery finally sees hope
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Thursday, August 15, 2024
August 15, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:09 PM :: 2189 Views
  1. Eight Hawaii hospitals at risk of closure
  2. Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
  3. Honolulu 5th Highest Inflation in USA
  4. Hawaii Ranks 49th for Invasive Plant Presence
  5. Kauai: One guest house per dwelling another way to add housing
  6. Big Isle poised to ‘free the bees’ while Oahu mulls clampdown
  7. Criminal Kaniela Ing Refused to be Fingerprinted—finally complied under threat of jail
  8. In just one year, A Maui County Appointee Oversaw $1.4M Grants To Profitable Nonprofits Tied To Her Family Members
  9. Four More Days: DoJ Extends Review of Alaska-Hawaiian Air Merger
  10. New Law: Five vote margin = No Recount
  11. Hawaii Police Department wants state Supreme Court to block judge from releasing new details in Dana Ireland investigation
  12. Business Leaders Say Profits Are Down and Optimism Is Falling
  13. Fuel in Well: BWS Faking it?
  14. Evictions Due to Delays At The State Public Housing Agency
  15. Clayton Hee Burned $200K of his own Money in Senate Primary Loss
  16. Lahaina Future: Modular units for Kapalua Employees
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
August 14, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 1648 Views
  1. 30 Convictions in 29 Years: But Alleged Maui Bomber was Out on the Streets
  2. What Hawaii can learn from California’s long and bumpy road to ADU stardom
  3. Doomed: Green Begs Insurers not to Appeal Cahill Ruling
  4. Star Adv: Release ATF fire report promptly
  5. HART board considers contract for final segment of Skyline and “hypothetical funding source scenarios”
  6. One More Day—A Sign DoJ May Approve Hawaiian-Alaska Air Deal?
  7. Vegas Beckons: Lahaina emergency housing programs jack up rents islandwide
  8. Who Needs Collective Bargaining? New health benefit for Kaua‘i workers signed by mayor, union officials
  9. Excessive Lawyering Behind High Condo Fees, Insurance Costs
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
August 13, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:16 PM :: 1750 Views
  1. Full Text: Insurers Will Appeal Fake Maui Settlement Ruling
  2. Hawaii County Sued Over Unconstitutional Firearm Permit Denial
  3. UH breaks extramural funding record for 3rd consecutive year with $615.7M in FY 2024
  4. Neighborhood Board members, Honolulu Councilmember visit OCCC and new jail site
  5. Naming Names: Legislators Buy Factional Alliances with campaign funds
  6. Green admits Judge Cahill is biased against insurers
  7. DOJ antitrust expert to explain feds opposition to Hawaiian-Alaska Airline merger?
  8. Thousands Fleeing Maui
  9. Stopping deadly crashes on Oahu will cost up to $755 million; city outlines 'Vision Zero' plan
  10. No time to waste breaking campaign promises, post-primary
  11. Violent crime report shows rise in 2 disturbing categories for Honolulu
  12. Corrections Officer, Sergeant suspended after alleged assault of prison inmate, sources say
  13. BWS: 'We have a serious situation' over detection of crude oil chemicals at shuttered well
  14. Public Utilities Commission Hides Active Proceedings in a Dead Docket Repository
  15. 30 Prior Convictions: Maui police arrest Kahului suspect in Pukalani IEDs explosion
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Monday, August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:29 PM :: 2161 Views
  1. Hawaiian Electric shares “could go to zero”
  2. Hawaii most expensive state based on average monthly costs
  3. Tulsi Gabbard on Terror Watchlist?
  4. It was 126 years ago today: Hawaii Becomes US Territory
  5. Next Speaker -- Rep Nadine Nakamura?
  6. No mandatory recounts
  7. Hawaii Saw The Worst Voter Turnout Saturday Of Any Primary Since Statehood
  8. Lahaina: Makai of Highway Housing Rebuild Needs Variance
  9. DPP Bribery: Crime Might Pay After All  
  10. Hawaii’s Teacher Shortage Is Finally Improving
  11. City delays removal of Haiku Stairs segments
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Sunday, August 11, 2024
August 11, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 1133 Views
  1. Primary Election Results--Fourth Read
  2. Hooser Lists Wins and Losses for 'Progressives' in Democratic Primary
  3. Eminent Domain Justice: Maui Landowner Transfers Case to Federal Court
  4. Doing what we can to Help our Maui Ohana
  5. Thirteen Ways for Counties to Cut Regulations
  6. Hawaiian/Alaska Deal Verdict Sparks Wild Volatility
  7. High Condo insurance premiums are wake-up call
  8. Our state becomes moldy when Hawaii leaders age
  9. Handling of school bus crisis blasted
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Saturday, August 10, 2024
August 10, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 PM :: 718 Views
  1. Justice Department to Monitor Compliance with Federal Voting Rights Laws in Hawaii
  2. Bankruptcy News: Hawaiian Electric Admits Company may not be a 'Going Concern'
  3. Grand Wailea Bird Settlement Gives Enviros Monthly Cashflow
  4. Is it a ‘privilege’ to do business in Hawaii?
  5. A Legislative Analyst Office Created Decades Ago That Still Doesn’t Exist
  6. Lahaina ‘Settlement’: Nobody will be held accountable for Fire
  7. HEI Admits Fake Settlement ‘Not Ideal’ for Insurers or Fire Victims
  8. Another look back at the NextEra deal
  9. Feds Approve 50% Offset for HECO’s Grid Hardening Proposal
  10. Hawaiʻi County considers allowing homeowners 3 ADUs per property
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Friday, August 9, 2024
August 9, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:50 PM :: 797 Views
  1. Full Text: Insurance Company Lawyers Debunk Green’s Fake Lahaina Fire Settlement
  2. 34 School Bus Routes Restored
  3. Kaleo Manuel Memorial Waterway: Governor signs off on transition of Mokuʻula from the state to Maui County to become tourist attraction
  4. Early votes suggest apathetic turnout for Hawaii primary
  5. State's Legal Expenses For Maui Wildfires Topped $6 Million
  6. Problems in Honolulu’s FDC?
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Thursday, August 8, 2024
August 8, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:05 PM :: 1019 Views
  1. Trustees Raid KSBE -- 9% of Trust Burned to Save Hawaiian Electric
  2. Raising Taxes on So-Called 'Empty' Houses will not create More Housing
  3. Green Signs Emergency Proclamation on Condo Insurance Prices
  4. City Releases Revised Housing Plan
  5. One year later, Maui County Still Hiding ATF Report on cause and origin of Lahaina fire
  6. Make Way for the Water Features--Process to Move Lahaina School Underway
  7. Judge rebukes Hawaii County efforts to delay release of new evidence in Dana Ireland murder case
  8. Retired Hawaii County PD assistant chief allowed deferred plea
  9. Hu Honua Bioenergy Wants to Sign a New Power Purchase Agreement
  10. Hawaii County Council votes to offer tax relief to those who rent out part of their home for at least six months
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Wednesday, August 7, 2024
August 7, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:22 PM :: 751 Views
  1. 'Defend Hawaii' -- SHOPO Again Targets Kauai's Outsider Chief
  2. Eminent Domain: Tourism Marketers Dream of Remaking Lahaina as ‘Venice of the Pacific’
  3. Maui transitional housing for fire survivors ‘only a trickle’ one year after disaster
  4. Lawyers Admit Fake ‘Settlement’ Designed to Save Hawaiian Electric from Bankruptcy
  5. Tourism Is Still Way Down On Maui. And That’s Causing A Lot Of Problems
  6. Bill 46: Affordable Housing ‘Solution’-- Suurrrprise, its a 3% Tax on Housing
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
August 6, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:25 PM :: 1667 Views
  1. This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing
  2. Candidates sought for Honolulu Charter Commission
  3. One Year later: First Residents move into Lahaina Emergency Housing
  4. Schatz: “We have created housing scarcity on purpose”
  5. Income Tax Brackets Should be Indexed for Inflation
  6. There’s still time to submit your ballot as early voting numbers indicate low Primary turnout
  7. Hawaii Carpenters Union PACs Are Training Candidates To Run For Office
  8. State would pay about $800 million if Lahaina wildfires settlement wasn’t fake
  9. Judge orders police to turn over new evidence in Dana Ireland case for court review
  10. Criminal Defense Lawyer Suggests Guards in on Prison Attack
  11. Waianae homeless encampment leader & activist - Twinkle Borge passes
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Monday, August 5, 2024
August 5, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:36 PM :: 719 Views
  1. Hawaii Republican Party Sells HQ—Where is the $1.2M?
  2. Jones Act is bad deal for Guam
  3. Tax Cuts: “Grassroot Institute had a uniquely successful year”
  4. “The most immediate effect would be to shower Republican candidates with money”
  5. Ukulele Classes Can Boost Teacher Paycheck from $53K to $100K
  6. More Flight Reductions Hit Hawaii | Airlines Respond To Waning Demand
  7. Displaced Lahaina students lose access to long-distance school bus routes for high school students
  8. Oahu Condo Owners Are Debating Best Way To Limit Fire Safety Costs 
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Sunday, August 4, 2024
August 4, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 1383 Views
  1. Time Running Out to Return Your Ballot
  2. What Hawaii Businesses Really Need
  3. 1853 Hawaiian Mission to Marquesan Cannibals
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 4, 2024
  5. Plenty of Hysteria—but Only 27 Property Sales in Lahaina Town Since Fire
  6. Dana Ireland might have survived if ‘rescuers’ hadn’t wasted time arguing
  7. Randy Roth: Police And Prosecutors Were Irresponsible And Inept In Dana Ireland Case
  8. Former Damien president makes explosive claims in whistleblower lawsuit
  9. As Big as Rail: Sea Level Lies Could Bring on New Boondoggle
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Saturday, August 3, 2024
August 3, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:14 PM :: 1642 Views
  1. FAKE: Green Announces $4B Lahaina Settlement -- Without Insurers' Agreement
  2. Researching State Tax Law
  3. Green appoints new board chair, member to Hawaiʻi Paroling Authority
  4. Key witness against Miske assaulted three times in retaliation while in federal custody
  5. Lahaina Burn Zone has a 'Black Box' -- 'There's a lot of damage'
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Friday, August 2, 2024
August 2, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:13 PM :: 814 Views
  1. Six ways to speed up home rebuilding in Lahaina
  2. Workforce Shortage Cuts School Bus Routes and A+ Programs
  3. 3,000 UPW workers to get 30% COVID hazard pay lump sum
  4. First meeting in 8 Years: Proposed Oahu Floating Wind Farm Faces Significant Opposition
  5. Astronomers Still Trying to Figure out how to pay off OHA
  6. Three picked for state House seat, governor now will choose who will replace deceased Rep. Nakashima
  7. How to Block Affordable Housing by Denying Water:  Why A Key Vacancy On State Water Board Is Going Unfilled
  8. Homeowners Vote, Renters Don’t
  9. Pu’uhonua O Wai’anae: Eight homes built in Four Years
  10. Lawyer In Illicit Marshallese Adoption Scheme Now Accused Of Paying Texas Inmates For Babies
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Thursday, August 1, 2024
August 1, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:54 PM :: 687 Views
  1. Al Hee Laughed out of Court—“Close this Case!”
  2. HECO Announces Three Days of Rolling Blackouts -- Lists Communities to be Targeted
  3. DCCA Approves Hawaiian Tel Sister-Isles Cable TV Franchise
  4. NASED: One Bid Received for Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
  5. Honolulu Resident Files Lawsuit Over Concealed Carry Permit Denial
  6. Let’s Play Pretend Again: Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says settlement for 2023 Maui wildfire could come next week
  7. There Are So Few Doctors In Maui County That Even Medical Workers Struggle To Get Care
  8. TVR Fight Latest Excuse to Push the Failed ‘Vancouver Tax’?
  9. Statewide initiative is danger to Gay Agenda
  10. 61-Time Loser Gets Bail, Guess What Happens Next
  11. 63% of Bums Leave County Homeless Camp in First Month
  12. HPD Releases Body Camera Footage In Only A Fraction Of Deadly Encounters
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
July 31, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:56 PM :: 1262 Views
  1. Poll: Short-Term Rental Ban Unpopular
  2. Hawaiian Airlines Merger Delayed -- DOJ "Unlikely to Approve"
  3. Ag Department Slow-Walking Fire Ant Rules
  4. Green Skips Both Dem candidates to Appoint Waianae Senator
  5. Traffic Fatalities Up 17%
  6. June 2024: Tourist Arrivals Decline Again
  7. Hawaii Early Education System Ranks 42nd in USA
  8. Keeping Secrets: How Dana Ireland Murder Suspect was Set up for Suicide
  9. ‘Grasping at straws’: Prosecutors re-float theory that 4 men played a role in Dana Ireland’s murder
  10. Lawsuit: Keaau HS Accused Of Mishandling Sexual Assault Case
  11. Enviromental review for TMT extended: Federal report not expected until the end of 2026
  12. Maui: Conflict over Makena development
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