Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Hawai'i Daily News Read

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
April 30, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. SCR198: Screwed out of Subrogation, Insurers Urged to Serve Legislature's Agenda by Suing Big Oil
  2. Honolulu loses 2nd-Most 20-somethings of any US City
  3. Blangiardi Admin: Vancouver Tax a ‘huge administrative burden’
  4. HB477:  Modernize Hawaii unemployment insurance system
  5. SB1296: State Lawmakers Echo Bissen -- Removing A Hurdle To Rebuild Lahaina.
  6. Lahaina: Historic design rules may block ‘modern’ buildings from being rebuilt after wildfire devastation
  7. Maui Council to consider response to Young Brothers’ proposed shipping rate hike
  8. Kamaʻāina housing bill dies in Senate amid statewide affordable housing crisis
  9. Pet Projects And Low Budgets: How Lawmakers Undermine School Repairs
  10. Westside Faces More Delays As New Law Threatens Landfill Relocation

Tuesday, April 29, 2025
April 29, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Honolulu 3rd-Worst City to Start a Business
  2. Best States for Nurses? Hawaii Ranks 47th
  3. Hawaii Child Support Hearings Now Virtual
  4. Alaska Air reports softening demand, cuts hundreds of flights from Honolulu’s airport, HNL
  5. A quick look at the top lobbyists during Hawaii’s current legislative session
  6. June 30 Deadline Looms After Legislature Cuts Aloha Stadium Funding
  7. What The State Refuses To Say About Fatal Child Abuse Cases
  8. Here's How Many Kids Are Unvaccinated At Your School
  9. Honolulu EMS Chief Says Medics Aren't Safe In Oʻahu Prisons
  10. Supreme Court Allows Pearl City tenant back in to public housing after son attacks neighbor with baseball bat
  11. HB212: Homeless ‘Return-to-Home Program’ dies in conference committee at Legislature
  12. Knife-Wielding Homeless Psychos Terrorize Residents
  13. Pharma to Slaughter: Federal Judge Sends Hawaii Case Against PBMs Back to State Court

Monday, April 28, 2025
April 28, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. ‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37%
  2. You Got Tricked into Voting for ANOTHER Pay Raise to Honolulu City Council, Executives
  3. New Contracts Give More Than $1 Billion In Union Pay Raises (and that doesn’t include the counties)
  4. Stuck on Stupid: Failed Vancouver Tax Back for 7th Year at Honolulu Council
  5. State Legislature Advances HECO Securitization and Wildfire Liability Cap Legislation
  6. Maui Asks Feds To Flex Rules Governing $1.6 Billion Wildfire Recovery Grant
  7. Legislature Guts Kauhales, Homeless Emergency Decree Rules
  8. Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill Changes in Conference Committee

Sunday, April 27, 2025
April 27, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Resolutions a sign that legislators are listening
  2. HB1175: Small Victory Over Procedural Trap
  3. Judicial Vacancy Kauai Fifth Circuit--Deadline Extended
  4. Pay to Play Bill?  Yamashita and Dela Cruz refused to “release” the measure
  5. SB1571 Approved by Conference Committee--changes oversight of Hawai’i Tourism Authority
  6. Legislators Refuse to Do Anything About Long Lines at Polling Places
  7. ‘Duke’s Law’ one step closer to reality in win against agricultural land crime
  8. Just for Show: Hawaii lawmakers to vote on over 200 bills this week
  9. Government gridlock on evacuation plan frustrates Leeward residents

Saturday, April 26, 2025
April 26 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Schatz to Replace Durbin as Whip?
  2. Hawaii lawmakers reject bill to legalize sports gambling
  3. Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Kill Pay-to-Play Bill — Again
  4. Green Fee: Conference Committee Boosts TAT by 0.75%—all receipts to be wasted on ‘climate change’
  5. Bill aimed at inflation could make shoreline development easier with no public say
  6. Chamber supports tax relief for Maui homeowners
  7. Hawaii lawmakers scurry to advance flurry of bills past key deadline
  8. Settlement in $324M Hitachi suit is coming, HART says
  9. Lawmakers hammer out changes to Hawaii’s medical marijuana program
  10. Bill to give tax credits to film industry for local productions deferred
  11. Lawmakers aim to explore nuclear power options in Hawaii
  12. Bill to expand speed enforcement program in final stages at Capitol
  13. Hawai‘i Lawmakers To Require Audit Of Green's Kauhale Homeless Initiative
  14. DHHL on track to award 2,600+ leases in 2025

Friday, April 25, 2025
April 25, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Matson Moves to Intervene in Jones Act Lawsuit
  2. Focus should be on job growth and progress, not more and more taxes
  3. Lahaina sewer system 100% restored
  4. City spending up 83% despite fewer residents
  5. SB401: Gut-n-Replace Assault weapon ban in Hawaii heads to senate floor
  6. HB1308: Photo Finish for Online sports betting
  7. HECO Energy Bills Battle Legislative Deadline
  8. Aloha Stadium Spending Bill Dead?
  9. Budget Bill Includes $30M for New Jail
  10. After Killing Girl, Driver with 164 Violations Finally gets some Jail Time
  11. SB1571: HTA to Lose Autonomy after CNHA Cleaned it Out?
  12. Bills aimed to help sex trafficking victims
  13. Legislature Imposing Higher Electric Bills-Will Trump Executive Order Save Hawaii from Green Energy Initiative?
  14. HART eyes Iwilei, Kakaako properties to condemn for rail

Thursday, April 24, 2025
April 24, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Republicans Give Josh Green Opportunity to Appoint his Former Office Manager as State Rep
  2. Hawaii Housing Costs 53.47% of Median Income
  3. Former death row inmate convicted of sex trafficking in Hawaii
  4. HB371: Kouchi and Nakamura Gut Pay-To-Play Bill
  5. HB1001: Bill sets aside $807.5 million for Maui wildfire claims
  6. SB1373: Sex Offenders Lose Massage License Immediately – Instead of years later
  7. FEMA cracks down on Lahaina residents not paying rent
  8. 'I thought she was safe,' Aunt of dead Laie girl speaks out
  9. U.S. Army releases final environmental impact statement for Pōhakuloa Training Area
  10. City Council Should Reconsider Its Plan To Increase Sewer Fees

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
April 23, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. SB295: Tougher Penalties for TRO Violations
  2. Operator Syndrome: Hidden toll on first responder life
  3. SMA Commissioners Exploiting Lahaina Fire to Kick Rich Guy off Island
  4. Japan Trade Deal Negotiations Fail
  5. 9 projects with over 800 housing units could get funding from Maui County for construction, rising costs
  6. Hawaiʻi May Cut Grass On More State Land To Prevent Spread Of Wildfires
  7. Hawaii set to pay $750,000 in wrongful death settlement
  8. Plaintiff Attempts to Interfere with Police Chase, then Sues Officers

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
April 22, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
  2. Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret
  3. SB1296: Apply rebuilding waivers to all Lahaina fire victims
  4. Conference Commitee Approves State Budget Bill -- Text Still Not Available
  5. Secret Conference Committee: After Budget What’s Next?
  6. “When you need a casino to make your stadium pencil out, that’s not planning. That’s panic.”
  7. Upcountry residents say vacant, state-owned apartment complex in Kula should be used to help fire victims
  8. Maui Activists Openly Campaign Against Fire Victims Rebuilding Homes
  9. Federal Cuts at UH now total $36M
  10. HB613:  OYS to run shelters for minors without parental consent
  11. FBI investigating allegation that HPD officer switched meth pipe from one meth-head to another

Monday, April 21, 2025
April 21, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Town Hall: What to do about Illegal Fireworks?
  2. SB281: Will Conference Committee produce torture bill?
  3. HB900 Dead: No Lawyers for Abused Foster Kids
  4. Young Brothers Rates Push up Hawaiʻi grocery bills
  5. Maui County labor force shrinks as people leave state
  6. HB126: Watered Down Property Seizure Bill Moves Forward
  7. Act 17: Police records will answer questions for victims’ families
  8. Hawaiʻi County Council hires Mom—Then Moves To Adopt Nepotism Rules For Government Employees

Sunday, April 20, 2025
April 20, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Will Trump Reform Jones Act Shipbuild Requirement?
  2. HB1369: Category Killer
  3. Grassroot Wrap-up: How Legislature handled housing, taxes, rebuilding Lahaina and more
  4. Progressives Whine Because Ed Case Thinks for Himself
  5. Ige, Lingle: Gambling’s costs far outweigh benefits
  6. UH Cancer Funding Cut by Dela Cruz and Trump Working in Tandem
  7. Look Who's Taking Big City Council Pay Raises After All
  8. Final EIS—Will Army Buy Pohakuloa Training Area?
  9. Lanai to be first island in state to have Hawaiian Homes waitlist eliminated?

Saturday, April 19, 2025
April 19, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Debating Jones Act defenders is like playing whack-a-mole
  2. Hawaii Egg Prices Increase Even More
  3. Republican Party announces nominees to fill Gene Ward’s East Oahu House seat
  4. Shamed at the Shoreline: When Did Visiting Hawaii Start Feeling Like a Crime?
  5. Hawai‘i County Council fills Leeward Planning Commission seat with mother of a council member
  6. Maui County water rates to Jump 50%?
  7. Hawaiʻi isn't doing well with employment: 3 findings from a new study
  8. Could Hawaiʻi go nuclear? Some lawmakers want the option investigated

Friday, April 18, 2025
April 18, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
  2. Trump Re-Opens Fisheries within Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
  3. Mayor Calls for Lawyers to Step Up--Needed to Commit Mentally Ill Homeless
  4. Hawaii Coral Reef Insurance Policy Renewed
  5. Second Measles Case Found on Oahu
  6. SB1166: Hawaii Democrats Cooking Up Another Climate Lawfare Scheme
  7. SB934: Dela Cruz Pork Gambit Puts Rail Project In Jeopardy
  8. ‘Precedent Setting’ -- Activists Get Another Crack at Stopping Lahaina Fire Victims from Rebuilding Homes
  9. New University of Hawaii Athletics Director's base salary could top $500,000
  10. UH loses only $30M in federal funds; only 36 research programs to be cut
  11. HPD officer arrested again in violation of restraining order
  12. Warning extended: Speed cameras catch 30k speeders weekly
  13. Radiology workforce shortage hits Hawaii hospitals with thousands of patient scans in the queue

Thursday, April 17, 2025
April 17, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Representative Gene Ward's Celebration of Life
  2. American Samoa 125th Anniversary Flag Day
  3. Daughter-in-law in Hawaii crime syndicate sentenced to 7 years
  4. HVCB CEO: 'I am here to end Tourism as we have known it'
  5. Pay Hike Mania: Maui mayor’s salary to outpace Hawaiʻi governor’s until mid-2028
  6. Online sports betting’s illusory value not worth human toll
  7. UH: Senate Robs Cancer Center to Line Contractors Pockets with Unnecessary CIP
  8. City to lose only $11 million in federal funding
  9. The State Spent Millions On Housing For The Homeless. Show Us The Receipts

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
April 16, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. 139,000 small businesses in Hawaii could face significantly higher taxes
  2. DLNR Attempts to Clarify Ocean Commercial Use Permitting Status
  3. Court backs mosquito suppression plan to save Hawaii’s rare birds
  4. How many people are receiving substance use treatment in Hawaii?
  5. ‘We don’t have a slush fund’ – HTA probed for $11M of purposeful late payments to HVCB
  6. Anti-Technology Protesters Cause Hawaii Economic Decline
  7. SB1202: Campaign Funds can be used to line pockets of friends and family
  8. Rail fiasco is one of the biggest deceptions in Hawaii history
  9. After Clearing the Trannies out of Female Sports, Maybe Trump will make Hawaii DoE Build Female Lockerrooms
  10. Wisdom: Measles vaccinations increase after Oahu child infected
  11. 100s of Volunteer Lawyers Needed to Commit Mentally Ill Homeless
  12. Police shut down cockfighting derby in Waianae
  13. Hawaiian Ocean View Has Abandoned Cars As Far As The Eye Can See

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
April 15, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Former death row inmate on trial for sex trafficking charges in Hawaii 
  2. 367 Guns Turned in at 'Buyback' Event
  3. Hensel: How Trump is Affecting UH
  4. Sister’s testimony offers clues to what happened to Ariel Sellers’ body
  5. Hawaii’s ‘Renewable’ Fossil Fuel Get Rich Scheme
  6. Commission manipulates aquifer data to jack up cost of housing in West Maui
  7. Voting Blind: Why Lawmakers Don't Know The Cost Of Bills Before They Vote
  8. More than 400 bills still alive as end of Legislative Session nears
  9. Green Signs Two Gun Bills into law—two more pending
  10. Keeping Christians Out of Schools Could Cost Hawaiʻi $100k
  11. How China's Military is Quietly Gaining Control of the Pacific
  12. Honolulu DCS Director Scores Free Trip To Poland ‘to approve colors’ of new licenses
  13. Councilwoman denies public safety conflict over relationship with fire battalion chief
  14. Several international students at UH have visas revoked
  15. Appeals court rules Maui mosquito release can proceed to help control avian malaria
  16. Transair to resurrect Hawaii cargo business after defeating FAA shutdown

Monday, April 14, 2025
April 14, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Waianae Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Methamphetamine Distribution and Operating Illegal Chicken Fights
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 11, 2025
  3. Community input is sought to guide state wildlife action plan
  4. Federal Judge Won't Make Bribery Investigations Public
  5. State Water Commission Announces plan to Block Lahaina rental housing construction ‘for years’  
  6. Case Family Conspires with State to Ensure Housing not Built on Kauai Land
  7. Speedier Reviews, Quicker Honolulu Building Permits? Not So Fast
  8. City fails to collect $100M in TVR fines
  9. Cruise Lines Threaten Lawsuit Over Hawaii’s 11% 'Cabin Tax' Proposal
  10. Pay Raises: Honolulu Opened Floodgates, More to Follow
  11. Neighbor island businesses worry of shipping rate hike, tariffs
  12. Sports betting: All or Nothing in Conference Committee?
  13. Hawaii Governor calls for increased NZ leadership amid US funding freeze
  14. Lahaina Burning to the Ground Fooled 6% More into Believing Global Warming Hype
  15. Navy seeks to reactivate wells closed during Red Hill crisis

Monday, April 14, 2025
April 14, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 11, 2025
  2. Community input is sought to guide state wildlife action plan
  3. Federal Judge Won't Make Bribery Investigations Public
  4. State Water Commission Announces plan to Block Lahaina rental housing construction ‘for years’  
  5. Case Family Conspires with State to Ensure Housing not Built on Kauai Land
  6. Speedier Reviews, Quicker Honolulu Building Permits? Not So Fast
  7. City fails to collect $100M in TVR fines
  8. Cruise Lines Threaten Lawsuit Over Hawaii’s 11% 'Cabin Tax' Proposal
  9. Pay Raises: Honolulu Opened Floodgates, More to Follow
  10. Neighbor island businesses worry of shipping rate hike, tariffs
  11. Sports betting: All or Nothing in Conference Committee?
  12. Hawaii Governor calls for increased NZ leadership amid US funding freeze
  13. Lahaina Burning to the Ground Fooled 6% More into Believing Global Warming Hype
  14. Navy seeks to reactivate wells closed during Red Hill crisis

Sunday, April 13, 2025
April 13, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Supporting Government’s Central Services—the Grand Skim of Things
  2. WSJ: Lahaina's Lessons for Los Angeles
  3. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
  4. Grassroot 'legislative wrap-up' tour starts May 13
  5. Pay to Play Keeps your Electricity Expensive and Dirty: DelaCruz Steers Geothermal Money to Convicted Felon Campaign Contributor
  6. Buckle Up, The Legislature's Frenzied Final Act Is About To Begin
  7. No ‘Moving On’--It’s the unlearned lessons that defeat a better Hawaii
  8. Remembering Hawaii's Gene Ward: A Politician of Passion and Prayer
  9. Shoplifting: 1,000s of Cases Produce Only One Conviction
  10. Anti-Fluoridation Nut News:  RFK is Just Like the Honolulu Council

Saturday, April 12, 2025
April 12, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Why are "blankety blank" tax-hike bills even allowed?
  2. Salary Commission Chokes on Some of its Pay Hikes
  3. Counties could lose some oversight over affordable housing developments
  4. Hawaiʻi lawmakers plan special sessions to address federal funding cuts
  5. Hawaii to reopen hurricane relief fund after two decades of inactivity
  6. Historic Hawaii Theatre pounded by insurance crisis
  7. Legislative update: Senate budget omits UH priorities
  8. State Legislature poised to pass sweeping weapons ban
  9. Hawaii Governor Signs Bill To Speed Marijuana Record Expungements Process
  10. Will Board of Education require financial literacy for Hawaii students?
  11. Another Day in the DoE: McKinley employee banned from school grounds following sex misconduct allegations
  12. Waimanalo Gulch Continues—No Surprise: Hawaii lawmakers advance bills banning landfills over aquifers


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SCR198: Screwed out of Subrogation, Insurers Urged to Serve Legislature's Agenda by Suing Big Oil
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, April 30, 2025

"...We kicked your butt and took your subrogation money.  Now you work for us and serve our agenda by wasting your time on yet another bogus climate change lawsuit filed by Sher-Edling, of course...."


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Honolulu 3rd-Worst City to Start a Business
by News Article Tuesday, April 29, 2025

... only San Jose and Washington, DC are worse ....


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Best States for Nurses? Hawaii Ranks 47th
by News Article Tuesday, April 29, 2025

... WalletHub compared the relative attractiveness of the 50 states across 20 key metrics ....


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Hawaii Child Support Hearings Now Virtual
by News Release Tuesday, April 29, 2025

... Attorney General Office of Child Support Hearings has successfully transitioned to conducting administrative hearings almost exclusively by video conference ....


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‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37%
by Andrew Walden Monday, April 28, 2025

... Even the bill’s supporters don’t pretend rents will come down ....


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HB1175: Small Victory Over Procedural Trap
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, April 27, 2025

... It’s a genuine procedural trap ....


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Resolutions a sign that legislators are listening
by Kelii Akina Saturday, April 26, 2025

... fiscal notes and building codes ....


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Judicial Vacancy Kauai Fifth Circuit--Deadline Extended
by News Release Saturday, April 26, 2025

... the Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy ....


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Schatz to Replace Durbin as Whip?
by News Article Saturday, April 26, 2025

... Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Patty Murray of Washington are also seen by some Senate insiders as potential candidates ....


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Hawaii lawmakers reject bill to legalize sports gambling
by Court House News Saturday, April 26, 2025

... Hawaii lawmakers failed to reconcile House and Senate versions of a sports betting bill, leaving the state without legal wagering ....


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Matson Moves to Intervene in Jones Act Lawsuit
by Grassroot Institute Friday, April 25, 2025

... A recently filed lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Jones Act has not surprisingly caught the eye of Hawaii-based shipping giant Matson, which filed a motion on April 11 to intervene in the case ....


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Focus should be on job growth and progress, not more and more taxes
by Kelii Akina Friday, April 25, 2025

... Hawaii continues to suffer anemic economic growth — the second slowest in the country ....


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Lahaina sewer system 100% restored
by News Release Friday, April 25, 2025

... When County crews began work on sewer repairs in April 2024, approximately 1,822 lots had inactive sewer service ....


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Former death row inmate convicted of sex trafficking in Hawaii
by Court House News Thursday, April 24, 2025

... McCoy faces a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, as well as mandatory restitution. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 18 ....


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Republicans Give Josh Green Opportunity to Appoint his Former Office Manager as State Rep
by Andrew Walden Thursday, April 24, 2025

... It is not clear what low-budget legislative shenanigans caused Republicans to give Green this chance ....


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Hawaii Housing Costs 53.47% of Median Income
by News Article Thursday, April 24, 2025

... Hawaii Residents Spend the Highest Percentage of Income on Housing ....


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SB295: Tougher Penalties for TRO Violations
by News Release Tuesday, April 22, 2025

... The bill increases penalties for individuals who violate temporary restraining orders (TROs) and orders for protection (OFPs) ....


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Operator Syndrome: Hidden toll on first responder life
by News Article Tuesday, April 22, 2025

... years of trauma can lead to a complex set of injuries: sleep disorders, PTSD, hormonal imbalances, pain, depression and more ....


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FULL TEXT: Conference Commitee Approves State Budget Bill
by News Release Tuesday, April 22, 2025

... finalized in a joint conference committee after both chambers initially passed different versions. The bill will now be up for final reading in both chambers before heading to the Governor's desk ....


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Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
by News Article Tuesday, April 22, 2025

There's an initial Eden, a paradise, a state of grace and unity with nature, there's a fall from grace into a state of pollution as a result of eating from the tree of knowledge....


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Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret
by News Article Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Ira Einhorn, Master of Ceremonies, Earth Day Rally on Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park, Phila, PA, Apr. 22, 1970.


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SB1296: Apply rebuilding waivers to all Lahaina fire victims
by Kelii Akina Monday, April 21, 2025

...  SB1296 seeks to exempt buildings anywhere in Hawaii destroyed by a disaster from needing a Special Management Area permit to rebuild ....


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Town Hall: What to do about Illegal Fireworks?
by Joni Kamiya Monday, April 21, 2025

... We walked over to the offenders and called them over to talk and asked them to stop shooting their aerials over our home and shed. Thankfully, they obliged ....


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Grassroot Wrap-up: How Legislature handled housing, taxes, rebuilding Lahaina and more
by Grassroot Institute Sunday, April 20, 2025

... Registration open for Grassroot’s legislative wrap-up luncheons ....


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HB1369: Category Killer
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, April 20, 2025

"...all of the negotiations and conversations take place behind closed doors...."


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Will Trump Reform Jones Act Shipbuild Requirement?
by News Article Saturday, April 19, 2025

... Trump has signaled interest in some kind of reforms and floated working with Congress to pass legislation authorizing the purchase of ships from foreign countries ....


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Hawaii Egg Prices Increase Even More
by News Release Saturday, April 19, 2025

... The price of locally produced organic eggs increased sharply by 18.8%, to $12.07 per dozen ....


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Debating Jones Act defenders is like playing whack-a-mole
by Grassroot Institute Saturday, April 19, 2025

... No matter how many times the law’s supposed benefits are debunked, the same old arguments pop up again and again ....


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SB1166: Hawaii Democrats Cooking Up Another Climate Lawfare Scheme
by News Article Friday, April 18, 2025

“...provide a new, specific cause of action...."


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Mayor Calls for Lawyers to Step Up--Needed to Commit Mentally Ill Homeless
by News Release Friday, April 18, 2025

... Local experts estimate that 300 – 400 individuals could benefit from ACT on Oʻahu ....


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Trump Re-Opens Fisheries within Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
by News Release Friday, April 18, 2025

... The proclamation lifts the prohibition on commercial fishing in areas of the PRIMNM that are between 50 to 200 nautical miles from land and within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) ....


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Second Measles Case Found on Oahu
by News Release Friday, April 18, 2025

... Vaccination is the best way to protect loved ones and prevent an outbreak ....


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Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
by Robert Thomas Friday, April 18, 2025

If you ask how "a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary" squares with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, let us explain ....


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Hawaii Coral Reef Insurance Policy Renewed
by News Release Thursday, April 17, 2025

... The Nature Conservancy (TNC) renewed Hawai‘i’s coral reef insurance policy for 2025 with Munich Re Group. TNC initially purchased the policy in 2022, the first in the U.S., to fund rapid coral reef repair and restoration ....


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Daughter-in-law in Hawaii crime syndicate sentenced to 7 years
by Court House News Thursday, April 17, 2025

... Delia Fabro-Miske gets seven years ....


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Representative Gene Ward's Celebration of Life
by News Release Thursday, April 17, 2025

... The celebration of life for Representative Gene R. Ward is scheduled for Monday May 15th 10am at King's Chapel East Oahu ....


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American Samoa 125th Anniversary Flag Day
by News Release Thursday, April 17, 2025

... The American Flag was raised for the first time above the islands of American Samoa on April 17, 1900 ....


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How many people are receiving substance use treatment in Hawaii?
by News Article Wednesday, April 16, 2025

... Hawaii ranks #50 among states for the share of its population seeking treatment ....


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DLNR Attempts to Clarify Ocean Commercial Use Permitting Status
by News Release Wednesday, April 16, 2025

... At this time, no new CUPs will be issued ....


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139,000 small businesses in Hawaii could face significantly higher taxes
by News Release Wednesday, April 16, 2025

... 139,000+ small businesses in Hawaii could face significantly higher taxes if Congress does not make the 20% Small Business Tax Deduction permanent this year ....


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Court backs mosquito suppression plan to save Hawaii’s rare birds
by Court House News Wednesday, April 16, 2025

... mosquito “birth control” in Maui forests ....


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Hensel: How Trump is Affecting UH
by News Release Tuesday, April 15, 2025

... impacts of recent changes in federal policy across our 10-campus system ....


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367 Guns Turned in at 'Buyback' Event
by News Release Monday, April 14, 2025

... O‘ahu residents turned in an estimated 367 firearms of all types in exchange for $37,900 in Foodland gift cards ....


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Former death row inmate on trial for sex trafficking charges in Hawaii
by Court House News Monday, April 14, 2025

... running a sex trafficking ring involving four women and one minor ....


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Community input is sought to guide state wildlife action plan
by News Release Monday, April 14, 2025

... Updated every 10 years, the SWAP identifies “Species of Greatest Conservation Need” and outlines voluntary, proactive strategies for protection and restoration ....


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Waianae Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Methamphetamine Distribution and Operating Illegal Chicken Fights
by News Release Monday, April 14, 2025

... Caspino is the first to be sentenced among the six illegal gambling business conspirators ....


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

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


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Grassroot 'legislative wrap-up' tour starts May 13
by Grassroot Institute Sunday, April 13, 2025

... dates, times and locations ....


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WSJ: Lahaina's Lessons for Los Angeles
by Kelii Akina Sunday, April 13, 2025

... how intractable regulations have delayed rebuilding in Lahaina ....


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Supporting Government’s Central Services—the Grand Skim of Things
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, April 13, 2025

... “The Grand Skim of Things” ....


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Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
by Hawaii Family Forum Saturday, April 12, 2025

... status of sports betting ....


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Why are "blankety blank" tax-hike bills even allowed?
by Kelii Akina Saturday, April 12, 2025

... In addition to the TAT-related bills — HB504 and SB1396 — our state legislators also are considering a big tax increase — via HB202 — on all Hawaii businesses through a stealthy redefining of what is considered an adequate reserve fund of the state's unemployment insurance program ....


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Kauai, Maui zoning changes would help farmers, food trucks
by Grassroot Institute Friday, April 11, 2025

... Lawmakers on Kaua‘i and Maui are considering bills that would increase income opportunities for farmers and other small businesses ....


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History Repeated Leads to Suffering
by Joni Kamiya Thursday, April 10, 2025

... the age of pseudoscience ....


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Hawaii County Honokohau Sewage 'Sue-n-Settle'
by News Release Thursday, April 10, 2025

... The settlement resolves a Clean Water Act lawsuit filed in 2023 by Earthjustice ....


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AG: 2,200 Concealed Gun Permits in Hawaii
by News Release Thursday, April 10, 2025

... 2,456 licenses were issued (some licensees hold multiple licenses in order to select between different carry guns), 119 were denied, and six were revoked ....


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CNN: Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii
by News Article Wednesday, April 9, 2025

... Gabbard could face a challenge to her registration or an investigation into her vote in the 2024 election ....


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Lahaina Ferry Pier Rebuild Named Best of 2024
by News Release Wednesday, April 9, 2025

... Maui’s Lahaina Small Boat Harbor Ferry Pier Improvements was named one of the most significant construction projects of 2024 ....


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Kouchi, Nakamura Agree: Legislators will not have to vote on Massive Pay Hike
by News Release Wednesday, April 9, 2025

... pay raises ranging from 35% to 48% over the next six years for top state executives, lawmakers and judges ....


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Testimony: Grassroot Bills on the Move
by Grassroot Institute Tuesday, April 8, 2025

... state and county testimonies the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii submitted for consideration by the respective lawmakers in late March and early April 2025 ....


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Hawaii Homes More than Double US Average
by News Release Tuesday, April 8, 2025

... Hawaii ranks as the least affordable state, with a median home price of $840,256 and a relatively high cost of living ....


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Hawaii Taxes: $145K salary needed to take home $100K
by News Article Tuesday, April 8, 2025

... you need a gross salary of roughly $145,000 in order to actually take home $100,000 in Hawaii.  This is the third-worst in USA ....


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10 reasons Lahaina rebuilding has been so depressingly slow
by Grassroot Institute Tuesday, April 8, 2025

... only 341 permits to rebuild have been issued as of the end of March 2025, and only eight homes have been completed ....


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SB401: House Approves Gut-n-Replace Gun Ban Bill
by NRA ILA Monday, April 7, 2025

... SB 401, as amended, is now over 2,600 words long and will ban semi-automatic rifles with a detachable magazine, “assault shotguns”, and standard capacity magazines ....


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Deadline for Real ID Hawai‘i driver’s license is coming soon
by News Release Monday, April 7, 2025

... Beginning May 7, 2025, every air traveler 18 years of age and older must have a Real ID-compliant driver’s license or state-issued identification card to board domestic flights and enter some federal buildings ....


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Hawaii most expensive state to raise a child
by News Article Monday, April 7, 2025

... Hawaii has the highest annual costs associated with raising a small child, at $36,472 ....


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Young Bros Wants ANOTHER Massive Rate Hike--Hearings Set
by News Release Monday, April 7, 2025

... Young Brothers filed an application requesting Commission approval of a total revenue increase of $26,368,923 (27.06%) ....


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 5, 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, April 6, 2025

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


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Taxing Capital Gains
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, April 6, 2025

... If Auntie’s kids sell her house for a $500,000 gain to provide money for her to go to a nursing home, for example, the tax will fall on her the same as anyone who earns $500,000 in one year ....


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Turns out you can fight city hall — and win!
by Kelii Akina Saturday, April 5, 2025

... Ausman sued Hawai‘i County’s Board of Appeals after finding himself in the strange position of owning a beach house in Milolii that he couldn’t live in or renovate ....


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