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Wednesday, July 2, 2025 July 2, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:19 PM :: 217 Views Lawsuit Settlement will Impose ‘Big Expense’ on Your ‘fuel, groceries, and airfare’ Red Hill: BWS Sues Navy for $1.2B Hawai‘i’s state road usage charge begins for electric vehicles on July 1 After Much Gnashing of Teeth, OHA Trustees Approve Amended Budget The Only Real Strategy for Tourism is to Make it Cost More After threatening $2.19M fine, DOH admits East Hawaii Urgent Care clinics have resolved paperwork issue Green Line-Item Vetoes $90M in Bogus DoE ‘Maintenance’ How Oahu Lawsuit Settlement Neuters Law Against Vacation Rentals 86 drown on the North Shore of Oʻahu in Decade Maui Council advances Honuaʻula project amendments with a slim 5-4 vote in marathon session Lahaina Is Rising Slowly Girl Scouts of Hawaii's new plan to put a troop at every public elementary school in the state Maui Police arrest new MPD employee for sex assault allegations Hawaii Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill, After Calling One Of Its Provisions 'A Grave Violation Of Privacy' Read More..

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 July 1, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:28 PM :: 352 Views Obscure federal laws could preserve birthright citizenship in Alaska, Hawaii, and Territories Lawsuit Challenges “Dam Special Fund” Used to Undermine Constitutional Expenditure Controls Aloha Stadium FAIL: NASED Lists Latest Excuses May Tourist Count up 1% Puna Meth Lab Busted HECO Preps Power Safety Shutoff System for Dry Season Green Signs State Budget Visitors Donated Millions To Maui. Where Did It Go? Senate GOP scrambles to save Alaska/Hawaii SNAP carveout More Than $100 Million Cut From Hawaiʻi State Budget ‘Dehumanizing Chaos’: OHA budget pits CEO against Chair of the Board Immigration: Ed Case Thinks for Himself Prosecutors want ex-prison guard to serve 7 years Read More..

Monday, June 30, 2025 June 30, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 341 Views Ethics Complaint Exposes Ties Between Maui Councilmembers, Lahaina Charity Fraud, and Lobbyists July Fourth: Freedom should include your choice of doctor Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 27, 2025 Maui Police Launch Digital Firearms Registration System The Lahaina Fire is Proof that ‘Performance Based Regulation’ of HECO is a Failure Questions during Senate hearing deftly sidestepped PUC whistleblower’s allegations After 20 Years of Bumbling--Kauaʻi's Embattled Drug Addiction Treatment Center For Youth Is No Longer Empty   Kai Kahele’s OHA Spending Plan Filled With Bizarre Cuts, Changes   Fish Farm Sues State for Crippling its Business Usual Fruitcakes Freak out over Proposed Big Island Plastic Recycling Plant Read More..

Sunday, June 29, 2025 June 29, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:04 PM :: 636 Views Twenty Years of Nickels Japan buys Gulf Coast oil, Hawaii doesn’t, thanks to 1920 Jones Act Interstate telehealth to boost local medical care Gays Rewrite State Constitution, State History, and Language Legislators make appetizer of state tourism overseers Police Commission: Problem is too much Mayoral Control, not too little Taxpayers Keep Paying For Disgraced City Officials University of Hawaiʻi’s telescope dedicated in 1970 now honored for enduring impact on space exploration Hawaii Got the Slowdown It Asked For. Now It's Running Scared. Pinata: Eco Groups Start Grabbing for Green Fee Money REMEMBER?  Tulsi Gabbard was once Hawaii’s Most Popular Politician Read More..

Saturday, June 28, 2025 June 28, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:36 PM :: 749 Views ​UH to tear down 3rd Perfectly Good Maunakea Telescope Should Tulsi Beware India’s Spies? No Surprise: BLNR Rejects Another Army EIS Public Utilities Commission approves whopping 18.1% rate increase for Young Brothers Puna Geothermal Venture to start ‘Repower Project’ to boost production, lower prices Senate GOP adds SNAP waivers for Hawaii in new megabill text—if State can reduce 20% Error Rate How 13 teenagers and some California lawyers rule Hawai’i Hawai‘i interstate telehealth to solve doctor shortage Minimizing Utility Rates Starts With That Goal Let’s Not Confuse Lobbying With Influence-Peddling Another Delay in Kalua Murder Case Read More..

Friday, June 27, 2025 June 27, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 1547 Views Moszkowicz will not seek Honolulu Chief Position OHA Withdraws Maunakea Litigation Lahaina Maui HI - DRONE Update - June 2025 - Is there ANY Progress ??? Lahaina Meth Gang Behind ‘Out of Control’ Debate over Vacation Rentals Maui Council set to begin deliberations on short-term rental phase-out bill DPP sorts through thousands of illegal rental notices, collecting only 2% of $90M in vacation rental fines FEMA housing units bring wildfire survivors back to Lahaina Tragically, Stadium project funding won’t be lost over delay Astronomers concerned by federal cuts Government Schools: Sen. Mazie Hirono teaches us a lesson—but not the one she intended Teachers say retaliation reason for job nonrenewal at Laupāhoehoe Community Public Charter School Hawai'i 'Blue' Fee: What does it take to actually get the State to do its job? HPD officer vacancies at 461 with twice as many retirement eligible than incoming Makaha Police Shooting Caused by use of probation instead of incarceration Hawaii County Police Bust Rare Meth Lab Court for homeless meth-heads now permanent Tulsi Gabbard in Trump’s ‘Line of Fire’ Read More..

Thursday, June 26, 2025 June 26, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 PM :: 1138 Views Inflexible policies continue to hinder Lahaina wildfire recovery HTA Hearing Uncovers an Old Story: The State Still Doesn’t Pay on Time Forgery, Fraud and Theft: Former Top Honolulu Attorney Charged with 22 Felony Counts 'Self-Certification' to Bypass DPP Delays Lawsuit Settlement will Impose ‘Big Expense’ on Your ‘fuel, groceries, and airfare’ CNHA Erodes Public Trust in Tourism Management Legal fees for criminal former city officials total in the six figures HPD Chief: Officers Shot Man In Mākaha After He Rammed Their Police Car HPD seizes gambling paraphernalia from illegal game room Read More..

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 June 25, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:44 PM :: 638 Views FULL TEXT: Whistleblower Exposes PUC Parties with HECO Execs--“We are setting ourselves up for the largest cost increase to consumers in history" Feds Rule on Campaign Spending Complaint Four Days after Hawaii Republican Convention tosses out Crazies Former CEO of Guam Helicopter Company Sentenced to 405 Months in Federal Prison for Criminal Aviation Violations Green Adds One More Bill to 'Intent-to-Veto' List Bills that passed the Lege now on the edge FAIL: State extends deadline for Aloha Stadium agreement (again) East Maui Water: Usual Suspects grift for control so they can force you to leave island School Choice Works Wonders: How Hawaiʻi's School Transfer System Allows Parents to Rescue Their Kids from Bad Schools Governor Says He May Veto Bill To Reduce Judges' Pensions Maui zoning code must serve residents Hawai‘i County sets cell tower regulations, despite outcry Honolulu Prosecutor: 2023 HPD Fatal Shooting In Pearl City Was Justified City of Honolulu hit with negligence lawsuit over crash at erased crosswalk Penn asks judge for ‘identity verification’ of his mother Read More..

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 June 24, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:08 PM :: 1196 Views Lahaina fire rebuild will be complete in 2038 at current pace Bills, Backers, and Blocs: A Data-Driven Look at Lobbying in Hawai‘i Hawaii 2nd-Healthiest State Amended fuel contract expected to save Oahu households nearly $3 a month on electric bills Study: 60,000 Oahu property tax bills artificially inflated, due out in July Vote on Maui vacation rentals could come July 2 The Lesson of the Maui Fires: Prioritize Recovery Before the Disaster Mayor expected to file revised $5B city budget today Daily Violence At State Hospital Triggers Workplace Safety Complaint Governor calls for HTA board resignations while lawmakers grill its leaders A Roadmap to Revive Hawai‘i’s Economy and Future House and Senate Allowances: Travel to LA for Movie Premier End of an era: Alexander & Baldwin transfers full ownership of East Maui Irrigation to Mahi Pono PUC to Consider: Should deadbeats get more free Electricity? Trial begins over proposed Kauai hotel project on alleged anthrax site Read More..

Monday, June 23, 2025 June 23, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:37 PM :: 1065 Views Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 21, 2025 Miske Made Possible by “corruption or inaction within local law enforcement and city agencies” Will Maui County Waste $1.6B Buying Up TVRs? Hawaii tourism is 'significantly down,' and experts are worried State Buys $21M Food Processing Machine, it sits unused because Health Department ‘isn’t used to it’ Firewise: Long before last week’s 330-acre blaze, Kahikinui community spent years preparing for fires Read More..

Sunday, June 22, 2025 June 22, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 PM :: 1510 Views Trump: US Attacks Three Iran Nuke Sites Let Moszkowicz Go Dam Special Fund How Hawaii Democrats Escape Accountability Thanks to Useless Hawaii Republicans $77M HI-5 Fund--Mismanaged For 20 Years Senator Dela Cruz Didn't Disclose Possible Conflict of Interest Before Voting Hawai‘i Tourism Authority board in limbo as lawmakers call for briefing Make Fire Victims Pay $4,500/mo  for a 1br?  Say Anything to Kill TVRs White House Doctors Gabbard Video Former Honolulu attorney indicted in alleged probate fraud Read More..

Saturday, June 21, 2025 June 21, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 2840 Views Saving for a Home in Hawaii Takes 29 Years Navy faces key ruling in Hawaii fuel contamination case Barking Sands Land Leases Set to Expire 2027-30 Jones Act keeps U.S. lagging in global shipbuilding output Mayor Signs Three Bills to Crack Down on Game Rooms City awards contract to continue construction on second floor of HPD’s Waiʻanae Substation County of Maui, HUD sign $1.6B grant agreement for disaster relief Moszkowicz Out as Hawaii County Chief? $324.1M Lawsuit: HART dysfunction caused cost increases to go off the tracks Lawmakers slash Hawaii school construction request Trial postponed for alleged driver in fatal McKinley hit-and-run Crime: Drones and License Plate Readers in Waikiki Read More..

Saturday, June 21, 2025 Letters to the Editor June 2025 By Letters to the Editor @ 3:00 PM :: 2674 Views Let Moszkowicz Go Sigh of Relief After Mostly Peaceful Protests Read More..

Friday, June 20, 2025 June 20, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:27 PM :: 821 Views AG Terminates Lahaina Investigation Priced out: The growing challenge of teacher pay and housing costs Bubble: Investors Flood into Hawaii Housing Market UH Grad Student $6.7M Settlement in 2016 Lab Explosion Hawaiʻi Wants More Geothermal Power Plants but Dela Cruz Rewards Campaign Contributors Instead Governor Should Sign Mental Illness Treatment Legislation Threats to Hawaii Judiciary officials on pace to double ‘We want closure’: Oahu family waits for justice more than two years after deadly crash Homeless Camp Burns Under H-1 Freeway Mayor Blangiardi signs new laws targeting illegal game rooms Fishing council to ask Trump to lift fishing ban in Papahanaumokuakea Read More..

Thursday, June 19, 2025 June 19, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 1539 Views Hawaii Democrats Outraged Over Ban on Juvenile Sex Change   Wahiawa Veteran Wins in Class Action Lawsuit Against Iran HMSA: 2nd Worst Health Insurance Company in USA Maui residents’ recovery sees gains, but health and housing challenges persist Trump ‘incensed’ – Gabbard “on the brink of nuclear annihilation.” Rade Vanic picked to serve as interim Honolulu police chief Honolulu's Effort to Fast-Track Affordable Housing Projects Hasn't Worked Queens Urologist: ‘There’s No Wrong Way To ‘Delete’ Zionists’ BJ Penn back in the courtroom, jury trial set Testimony continues over bill to ban thousands of Maui vacation rentals What if the 100% Renewable Energy Law is the Wrong Goal New Homeless Drug Addict Behavior: Laying in Road and Walking on Freeway Oʻahu Wants To Crack Down On Homeless Bus Riders Shakedown: Another Bogus Surfrider Beach Pollution Report Read More..

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 June 18, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:16 PM :: 807 Views Lawsuit by State Hospital Medical Director Details How Retaliation Games Keep Hospital Understaffed Why Hawaii lawmakers should adopt interstate telehealth Eight apply to serve as interim Honolulu police chief Honolulu City Council Votes To Shake Up Its Leadership Update: Stories from the ‘Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure’ Trump contradicts Tulsi Gabbard’s assessment on Iran’s nuclear program It’s Not Just Tourists: Hawaiʻi Residents Drown At Alarming Rates  After Master Lease is Signed, UXO Cleanup to Become Big Business for 8a Contractors Drones Could Be Dispatched As First Responders To Crime Scenes In Hawaiʻi State survey reveals workforce housing would keep Hawai‘i educators in classrooms Happy News: State Spends no Money to Stop Feral Chickens Read More..

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 June 17, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:34 PM :: 1642 Views Matt Elliott approved by BOR as next UH Mānoa athletics director HMSA’s ‘Take-it-or-leave-it’ Contracts ‘Fundamentally Unfair’ Honolulu City Council leadership changes proposed After Engineering the Woke Ouster of Isaac Choy, CNHA is back at HTA for ‘Mo Money Union COVID Cash Bonanza Continues: $124.4 Million In Pandemic Hazard Pay For Prisons Affordable Housing Fraud?  ‘Still working on it’ Lawsuit Asks Court To Halt Haʻikū Stairs Demolition, Citing State Flip-Flop BYU-Hawaii alum killed as Utah ‘No Kings’ protesters shoot at each other ICE agents arrest Russian woman at Marine Corps Base Hawaii Hawaii DOH could seize unregulated THC products in 2026 Heated moments at Makaha meeting on transitional homes project Fiber cut causes outage in Windward Oahu Read More..

Monday, June 16, 2025 June 16, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 1092 Views Sigh of Relief After Mostly Peaceful Protests Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 14, 2025 Affordable Housing Scam was Easy to Pull Off City seeks developer for Iwilei transit-oriented housing Report: Honolulu Inflation Among Worst In Nation Investigators: High Winds, Rotor Flap Caused Fatal Kauaʻi Helicopter Crash Kidnapper Issac Pascua arrested in Texas after escape from Hawaii jail Read More..

Sunday, June 15, 2025 June 15, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:19 PM :: 918 Views A blue wave is helping rock the boat on Jones Act reform Intent to Veto Supreme Court decision makes it easier for disabled students to sue school districts for bias How To Protect Politicians from Ethics Investigations?  Eliminate Staff No Robots Day: Ed Case Thinks for Himself on Defense, Immigration Army to Trade Oahu Leases for Pohakuloa Renewal? Goal of new partnership of hospitals: More specialty doctors for Big Island, fewer medical trips to Oʻahu Elliott expected to be confirmed as Hawaii AD on Monday Read More..

Saturday, June 14, 2025 June 14, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:30 PM :: 2830 Views June 14, 1900: The Abolition of Slavery in Hawaii $294K Income Needed for Family of Four in Hawaii   Hawaii: Fewest Boat Owners Per Capita 37 Current and Former Hawaii Police Officers Call for ‘Military Government’ BJ Penn Legal, Mental Issues Growing Moszkowicz rescinded resignation when he learned it’s the responsibility of the Honolulu Police Commission and not the mayor to select interim chief Kauai: Police Chief Todd Raybuck retires; Kalani Ke takes over leadership Maui: Meth-addled firebugs continue to accumulate on Holomua Road Tokuda Soft on Fentanyl Read More..

Friday, June 13, 2025 June 13, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:34 PM :: 997 Views DoH Coverup? Health Dep't Fines Hilo Medical Practice $2.19M for Minor Paperwork Violation Lawsuit: HTA bosses destroy Convention Center Roof in quest for retaliation House Announces New Assignments: Leadership, Committee Chair   Against all odds, Hawaii’s children are returning HART Designs Final Six Stations to Be Harder Than Ever for Riders to Reach Who’s Really to Blame for Hawaii Overtourism? Airbnb Pushes Back DOE Called For 12 New Schools In ‘Ewa A Decade Ago. It’s Built Two New laws will soften criminal prosecution of juveniles in Hawaii After Nine Months in Kapolei, Homeless HONU returning to Old Stadium Park B.J. Penn arrested — again A Navy Plan To Develop Barbers Point Will Erase History Read More..

Thursday, June 12, 2025 June 12, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 789 Views Cost of Bills Index: Hawaii 32% Above US Median Hawaii is a Leader for Preschool Quality But Last in Access Among Pacific States Hawaii 3rd-Highest Beer Taxes in USA Strategy: Make Tourists Pay More No Soda or Candy on EBT Card? Blangiardi on ICE: City to exercise "appropriate judgment" toward immigration law enforcement SHOPO Drives Search for new Kauai Police Chief Crime: Waianae a Sacrifice Zone for Decades Fentanyl overdose deaths drop in Hawaii as meth-related fatalities spike Burials Bring Kauai Jobsite to Screeching Halt—Fines and Lawsuits Begin Read More..

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 June 11, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:30 PM :: 1341 Views Hawaii justices examine doctors’ ability to challenge denied health insurance claims Kauai Sewer Rates a Model for Honolulu Council? Miske Crime Family Will Keep Some of His Money? Prosecutors Agree To Negotiate Settlement Over Asset Forfeiture Next Scandal: City’s new housing agency a Ewa Villages Retread Hawaiʻi Foster System In Crisis: Kids Still Sleeping In Offices, Hotels HECO scheme dies whimpering death New policy ‘czar’ will coordinate Hawaii’s role in Red Hill fuel cleanup Mission Valley man beaten and left for dead by Bouncers during Hawaii vacation Protective order against former UFC champ B.J. Penn extended Read More..

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 June 10, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 1062 Views Lawsuit: Hawaii AG Accuses Trump of 'Distributing Machine Guns' How Maui Bill 9 Would Destroy TVRs – and still not Create any New Housing for Local Residents Case splits from Democrat vote on shipping bill State Republican lawmakers meet with the White House, federal officials Hawaiʻi County Council seeks more oversight with passage of vacation rental bill Hurricane insurance is getting more expensive, harder to find in Hawaii Hawaiʻi Agriculture Dep’t Moves To Broaden Allowed Agricultural Uses SB935: Dela Cruz Cuts Judges’ Pension Benefits Report shows use of Hawaiian language growing at home Girl Scouts, Teachers Union Headline Kauai Gay Pride Parade Twice-deported immigrant faces prison sentence Drones Deliver Millions Of Mosquitos to Prevent Bird Extinctions In Hawai‘i Read More..

Monday, June 9, 2025 June 9, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:41 PM :: 1051 Views Lahaina: Hotel Unions, HSTA Join with Meth Gang to Demand Seizure of Vacation Rentals Hawai‘i children hit hard by high cost of housing Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 6, 2025 In Hawaii Only Military Water Systems are Fluoridated DEI Is Alive and Well in Hawai‘i Legislature: “Not factions, they’re prison gangs.” Maui Council gears up for pivotal vacation rental phase-out bill hearing Green: Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill a 'Grave Violation Of Privacy' Hawaiʻi To Settle Teacher’s Claim He Was Fired Over False Abuse Allegation Hawaii’s ombudsman facing chronic issues Ridding state Capitol of water leaks will not be complete by 2027 More Bogus Sunscreen: Fears and Lies Waianae Traffic enforcement “dissuaded criminal activity, and resulted in several notable arrests” Read More..

Sunday, June 8, 2025 June 8, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 785 Views "Diversified ag" rhetoric doesn't match reality    The Unseen Stopper Committees REPORT: Hawaii Math Instruction 'Unacceptable' Grassroot: Democratic Congressional Staffers focus on Jones Act Maui Council approves tax-rate hikes More Electric Rate Hikes Coming Council Leadership Shakeup After Sewer Fee Vote Will Police Commission Pick Next Chief? Officials expect federal funding to continue for Honolulu rail project Price of Wokeism: DAGS takes on convention center project despite ‘aggressive’ timetable 'NCIS Hawaii' Studio Empty, Overgrown by Weeds Beth Fukumoto: Holding Billions Of Dollars, These State Funds Need Scrutiny Maui Council approves staff pay raises after contentious debate on transparency Samoa US Nationals Illegal Voting in Alaska, Oregon, Hawaii Teachers at Hilo public charter school put on administrative leave after raising concerns about contract breaches Read More..

Saturday, June 7, 2025 June 7, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 742 Views Governor Green Releases 'Intent-to-Veto' List Supreme Court to Decide: Are HMSA Physician Contracts “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable”?  Short-Staffed HPD 20-minute Wait for 911 Callers to Reach an Operator ACLU of Hawai‘i (again) asks county leaders not to collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement City launches funeral assistance program for COFA families Oʻahu racetrack gets the green light Residents want sustained enforcement on Diamond Head homeless Remember the Office of the Ombudsman? Read More..

Friday, June 6, 2025 June 6, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:55 PM :: 1971 Views VIDEO: Rep Elle Cochran Calls for Trump Administration to Investigate Lahaina Corruption Hawaii’s energy future: Red tape is in the way Mystery: Is Kouchi Really Planning to Retire from Senate? How Much Say Should Gays Have Over What Your Kids Learn In Public Schools? Hawaii passes bill expanding insurer of last resort, revives hurricane fund Hawaii Expands Lobbying Law to Cover Procurement Activities City Attorney Delays Raise Price Tag In $3.25M UPW Garbage Settlement Man facing murder trial in death of daughter makes a plea offer Schizo tweeker caught smuggling pound-quantities of meth into prison—2 dead Read More..

Thursday, June 5, 2025 June 5, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 PM :: 1258 Views Babylon Bee challenges Hawaii law criminalizing political memes, satire Guilty on All Counts: Big Island Affordable Housing Fraudsters Lawsuit Alleges More Affordable Housing Fraud Matt Elliott selected as the next UH Mānoa athletics director Honolulu Sewer Fee Hike: How They Voted Mercado Kim News: Thomas Aiu Tries for Chief Again Honolulu City Council adopts HART’s $968M budget Key amendments proposed for vacation rental phase-out bill ahead of Council committee hearing Lahaina Front Street building manager fights looters again and again Blackmail:  Dela Cruz, Kim Threaten UH Cancer Center (again) New jail: Green says he will not knuckle under to ACLU DAGS now part of project to repair Hawaiʻi Convention Center's leaky roof Capitol, Convention Center, Stadium Are All Great Landfill Sites HSTA Member Guilty of Child Molestation New Hawaii law aims to better protect children from torture Oahu jail on lockdown as officers search for contraband Read More..

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 June 4, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 2501 Views UH: Feds Cut Funding for Sea Level Hysteria Hawaii Child Molester Caught by Feds -- gets 41 years Kapolei Video: Druggie Deported as Parking Lot Lawyers Interfere Lahaina Calls for Resignation of Absent Rep Elle Cochran SHOPO Bags 3 of 4 Police Chiefs 40% Astronomy Cuts - Beyond TMT Cancellation Maui Council ‘Affordable’ Homes Plan—Property Tax Increase on ALL rental homes Honolulu Council to review city’s proposed $5.14 billion budget for approval Community Solar: Total Fail – “We just want out” 252 Days to Get Residential Building Permit New Bill Could Offer Insurance Relief for Hawai‘i Condo and Home Owners Milestone agreement to strengthen health care in West Hawaiʻi EPA Terminates $14M Waianae Homeless Puuhonua Grant Read More..

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 June 3, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 PM :: 1150 Views HPD Chief Logan Quits--Moszkowicz to Return from Big Island Hawaii 3rd Worst Economy in USA Hawaii County Launches Community Survey Share your feedback on HPD's compliance with CALEA and more State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next Who Killed TMT? Gay flag to fly over Hawaii State Capitol for the first time Cost of HECO Wildfire Safety Plan Suddenly Jumps to $350,000,000 Hawaiʻi's First State Fire Marshal In Decades Has A Long To-Do List Hawaii's film incentives stay; Governor Green vetoes controversial bill We taxpayers won’t have a say in decisions on AD, stadium PUC Anticipates Explosive Growth in Shared Solar State Housing Czar Demands Church Return Housing For Homeless Elderly U.S. defends detention, deportation of military wife in Honolulu, noting ‘unusual activity’ Read More..

Monday, June 2, 2025 June 2, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:24 PM :: 694 Views Auditor: HTA has been promising 'Destination Management' since 2005 Twenty Years of Hawaii Recycling: 10th Audit Also Exposes Fraud Hawaii Driver Education: 59 Years Without a Plan Honolulu Sewer Rates Are Likely To Go Up — A Lot Maui Council Budget: Musk has left the building, and so goes our excuse for tax hikes and bloated spending Honolulu Police Can’t Spend Entire Budget Because It Can’t Fill Positions Following the evolution of Miske’s living trust Read More..

Sunday, June 1, 2025 June 1, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 856 Views Red tape strangling Hawaii's energy future Tax Liens: Light at the End? Pearl Harbor to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII Some Hawaii Republicans try to Rationalize their Support for BJ Penn for Governor Senate WAM Chair Dela Cruz gets Defensive Green Fee Tip of a Half-Billion Dollar Pyramid Cataluna: Green Fee Doesn’t do enough to make Hawaii Like it was During COVID Shutdowns Legislators Push Gigantic Land Swap to Grift Luxe Alii Place Offices for Themselves Fully funded Olowalu fire station on hold over ‘iwi kupuna discovered 2 years ago in subdivision Media to Regain Access to Police Scanners? Read More..

Saturday, May 31, 2025 May 31, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 3671 Views Next Tulsi?  Mrs Kaniela Ing Finally makes the Big Time--with the Trump Administration! Visitor Industry Grows Again in April 2025 Trump’s Plan to Land SpaceX Rockets on Johnston Atoll Naturally Spurs Eco-Lawsuit Hawaii Loses TMT: Trump Budget Redirects Telescope Funding to Chile, Where Science is Appreciated Hawaii Extends Green Energy Fees Lunacy to Ocean Car dealers frustrated by city’s 8,000 title, registration backlog Big island covered playcourt cost $1,545 per square foot Only FBI has what it takes to Clear Homeless Meth Addicts from Mapunapuna Pearl City Graves Being Robbed by Homeless Meth Addicts AGAIN Read More..

Friday, May 30, 2025 May 30, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 3672 Views Hawaii cops sued over DUI arrests of sober drivers Kauai Police Commission seeks public's input for new KPD Police Chief Following Biden's Lead, Trump Shuts Down Hawaii Job Corps for Second Year in a Row Lahaina Rep Elle Cochran Tangled in Lies After Missing 85% of Legislative Session KSBE Operatives Urge Governor To Veto Bills That Streamline Permitting Process Meet Miske’s “inner circle” Appeals court rules Buntenbah must forfeit $250,000 mortgage Developer Accused Of Campaign Fraud Allowed to Travel out of Country While Out On Bail Uncertain Outcomes Raised In Phasing Out Maui Short-Term Rentals Aloha Stadium $20M to demolish Parents, students call for firing of Kahuku principal after turbulent year Maui police officer arrested for sex assault Moody’s upgrades Hawaiian Electric Industries’ credit ratings, positive outlook B.J. Penn wanted by Hawaii island police after missing court date Read More..

Thursday, May 29, 2025 May 29, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 1261 Views Can the Trump Administration save Honolulu from wasting $2.5B on Sand Island Sewage Plant? DBEDT Lowers Hawaii Economic Growth Projections Joe Gedeon Appointed to Fill Gene Ward's House Seat New Republican Chair Pledges to Focus on Winning Elections Hawaii Democrats Tout Marijuana Crackdown Legislation Hawaii Firearms Bills Passed in 2025 Failed ‘Assault Rifle’ Ban a Sign of Things to Come? PUC to Require MLP to Register as Water Utility so they can be forced to choke off water supplies to drive up the cost of housing and make more people leave Maui Legislators to Abolish HTA? Maui fire survivors could see first paychecks from $4B settlement this year Hawaiʻi solar industry to be gutted as State, Federal Subsidies are Killed Off Panda Express And A Bathroom? Honolulu Airport’s $14M "Upgrades" Spark Debate Assault video exposes use of untrained guards at Oahu jail Guards Selling Drugs to Inmates:  Another Multiple drug overdose in Halawa Forced out by SHOPO, Kauaʻi Police Chief finally announces retirement date City grant program for rail-affected businesses doesn’t amount to much Lawmakers demand answers from Navy on dummy bombing plan of remote Hawaiian island AI Hallucination? Hawaiʻi Attorney Cited For Submitting A Fake Case Read More..

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 May 28, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:09 PM :: 732 Views Neighborhood Board Election results now available online SB1396 Green Fee: Green Signs TAT Increase, Promises to Waste it all on Global Warming Lawyer Outlines Cruise Industry Case Against Green Fee Honolulu City Council rushing 60% sewer fee hike – Afraid Trump Administration Would Eliminate Need for Sand Island Project, thus eliminating excuse for rate hikes Will Hawaii’s New $100M Climate Fee From Tourists Actually Fix Anything? Developer applies for permit to demolish Aloha Stadium Want To Diversify The Local Economy? Make Hawaiʻi Pro-Business Hawaiʻi Has A New Ghost Gun Law. Will It Make A Difference? Lunch Debt And Book Fines Are The Last Barriers To Graduation Read More..

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 May 27, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 689 Views Delegates Elect New Hawaii Republican Party Chairman Bill 47: Hawaii County Developers to Build TVR Subdivisions   Feds bust Chinese-Canadian fraud ring operating in Hawaii targeting seniors As Big as Rail: $10.1B Sewer Rate Hike Heading for Third Reading PRP: Grab Property tax Revenues to Pork Up Aloha Stadium Project Even More ‘Experts’ Coming to Hawaii to Impose Federal Consent Decree on Prisons—Mass Release for Hardened Criminals is Next State’s Top Economist Retires Hawaii’s New Cruise Tax Is Entering Some Uncharted Legal Waters Rep Kila: Do not scrutinize DHHL.  Let them waste money as they see fit. Honolulu Sees Doubling Of Vacation Rental Registrations Under New Rules B.J. Penn arrested in Hawaii charged with abuse of family or household member Read More..

Monday, May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 735 Views VIDEO: $4000 Dela Cruz Campaign Contribution buys Shouting Match in Hilo Will Hawaiʻi's Supreme Court Curb Governor's Power To Suspend Laws? In 2026 Kauai Council will Lose Four Incumbents Zombie News: Meth Camp Returns to Amala Place Four Years after Fentanyl Read More..

Sunday, May 25, 2025 May 25, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 991 Views Keanu Sai News: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud 2025 Legislative Special Funds -- 0 for 86 No, we don't have low property taxes VIDEO: Honolulu Rail--We're not going to do THAT Again Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 23, 2025 Time to fight back against antivax gaslighting Laid-off federal workers fill 62 of state’s 4,000 vacant positions Gutted Democrat Bench Thin so … Brian Schatz? 771 Medical Professionals get student loan repayment Read More..

Saturday, May 24, 2025 May 24, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 3194 Views Hawaii: Where Clean Energy Projects Go to Die Audit: How to Speed up Building Permits Grassroot Council Testimony: Cutting Red Tape to Build Housing Bill 2591 Changes Kauai Zoning to Allow Farmers' Markets VIDEO: Grassroot legislative wrap-up tour HI-EMA Fuel Tank in Violation Since 1997 'Evil' teen bullies get taste of vigilante 'justice' after they were filmed beating disabled woman In yearlong wait for vote on short-term rental ban, Maui condo sales, prices have dropped significantly Rail line a ‘curse’ 93% Reduction: Army proposes giving up leased Oahu land Hawai‘i County Council passes first reading of FY 2025-2026 budget 'Tesla road rage guy' alleged Hawaii attack is a 'failure of the system,' attorney says Trump to the Rescue: After pathetic State Judiciary Sets Hime Free,  Man who terrorized UH Manoa student now facing deportation to Micronesia Keanu Sai News: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Read More..

Friday, May 23, 2025 May 23, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:44 PM :: 2071 Views Hawaii: A far-left state trying to hijack U.S. energy policy Trump Squeeze Leads to Suspension of 'Faculty Special Salary Adjustments' at UH UHERO Survey Documents Declining Physical and Mental Health Hawaii Mortgage Delinquency Jumps Medical Malpractice? Hawaii 5th Worst Miske Drug Overdose Death Shapes Legal Strategy to keep Money in Family Mokulele Methamphetamines News: 33-Time Loser Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case After HPD Raid, CBD Dealer Shocked, SHOCKED to Discover His Products Contained THC Total Fail: HECO ‘Time-of-Use Rates’ Abandoned Bill 47: Hawaiʻi County Council revisits more oversight on the short-term rental industry $70M to rebuild Lahaina homeless shelter? How The Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor Has Gone From Cash Cow To Eyesore Read More..

Thursday, May 22, 2025 May 22, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 1816 Views VIDEO: Senators Grill Green over COVID Shutdowns Feds Launch Process for Potential Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Near American Samoa Anti-Development Activism Poisons the ‘Aina Lawsuit Challenges Reopening of Pacific Monument Zero homes sold within typical Maui residents’ financial reach in 2024 Tax Hikes Coming: COR ‘adjusts’ projection, creating $550M Gap DHHL sitting on federal grants since 2008--$75.9M unspent Hawaii Convention Center $64M repair project in limbo ACLU Hawaii prepares to sue HPD over ‘concerning trend’ of sober drivers arrested for DUI HB126: Prosecutor Alm Pushes Back on Forfeiture Illegal gambling arrests on Oahu increased in 2024 Shakedown: Surfrider’s Bogus Bacteria Report Targets Turtle Bay and Whalers Cove Read More..

Thursday, May 22, 2025 Letters to the Editor May, 2025 By Letters to the Editor @ 1:09 AM :: 2325 Views Anti-Development Activism Poisons the ‘Aina Conspiracy Theorists Hijack Hawaii County General Plan Maui County Responsible for Lahaina Fire Read More..

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 2345 Views Honolulu Ranks #3 in U.S. for Micro-Housing — New Study Finds Study: More Housing Units Built-But Fewer Available for Residents Hawaii 'Clean' Hydrogen to Come from Oil Refinery Brenton Awa vs Tokuda for Congress? Alien Enemies: Gabbard Staff Pushed to Rewrite Intelligence So It Could Not Be ‘Used Against’ Trump BWS Votes to Give State Water Commission control of Oahu – First Step, dumping water into dry Waianae streambeds Lahaina: Infrastructure in Just 100 Days Congresswoman asks UNOS to change kidney allocation policy following HNN investigation Geothermal energy solutions need study Opportunity to pay less for electricity during sunlight hours yields mixed results Manager Alleges Potential Fraud In Homeless Village Construction Criminals Mailing Illegal Fireworks To Hawaiʻi Mostly Get Away With It  City moves to take over property where family has been squatting for decades HGEA finalizes $41 million COVID hazard pay settlement Read More..

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 May 20, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 889 Views Cleaning up Hawaii’s permitting mess Gov. Green on military land leases: ‘I think that we will be able to settle pretty straightforwardly’ Activists surprised by Army’s willingness to let go of Makua Valley land lease Claim by Miske’s mother to represent his granddaughter’s interests denied by judge, at least for now Soft on Crime: After 10 State Felony Convictions, Meth Dealer Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case Local fireworks industry contends with possible sky-high tariffs on China Bill To Guard Against Imitation Hawaiian Tea Could End Up Hurting Industry Hu Honua Bioenergy Files (another) State Antitrust Lawsuit Against HECO Nuisance money: City Council approves $40K Liquor Commission settlement Read More..

Monday, May 19, 2025 May 19, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 2869 Views Hawaii has third-lowest percentage of single-mother households, study reveals Big Beautiful Blue Collar Tax Cuts Coming—but Hawaii Legislators Want EBT Cards Legislators Will Try to Use EBT Card as Excuse for Special Session Hawaii: New housing units are coming online at the lowest rate since the 1940s Retirement: Social Security to be Garnished to pay Student Loans? Retirement: Meth-Head Finally Agrees to Accept Shelter After 40 years on Streets Usual Suspects: Today they are Whining About Rocket Launches from Johnston Island Kahuku Coach Removed Over One Complaint Read More..

Sunday, May 18, 2025 May 18, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 1121 Views 2025 Legislative Also-Rans   Rules Vote a Self-Serving Scam to Take Over Hawaii Republican Party Six Weeks to Deadline -- Sketchy, Blurry Plans to Pay for Aloha Stadium Green Campaigning in Washington DC Cruise Lines Claim Inclusion in Hawaii's New Hotel Tax Bill is Unconstitutional Kona coffee farmers devastated by loss of deported workers Blundering Gabbard Fiasco: Aide pressed analyst to redo intel on Venezuela gang Hawaii Just Won't Give Up Its Harsh Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws Recktenwald to Retire in October Republicans to Elect Party Chair Loser Complains About GOP Selection Process State agency’s preschool production pipeline bulges while other projects hit roadblocks Soft on Crime: Steroid-induced Road Rage Guy has 20 Year Record We Moved From Hawaii to Italy. Our Mortgage Is Less Than Our Rent Was Read More..

Saturday, May 17, 2025 May 17, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 1989 Views UHERO: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Maui’s Immigrant Community Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Trump's DEI Ban Mindless Hysteria: Trump Cuts Almost Nothing on Maui, Becomes Excuse for Council Budget Bloat City Council OKs foreclosure of illegal vacation rental Mexican national to be sentenced for selling meth in Hawaii (Again) Feds to Cut DHHL Funding because it is not being spent DOBOR Hassles Canoe Club UH AD Search Firm Refuses to Interview Craig Angelos Hu Honua Bioenergy -- Federal Round No. 3 Read More..

Friday, May 16, 2025 May 16, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 1627 Views Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court Hype?  Hawaii Trump Cuts only $95M – Mostly at UH Cruise lines are signaling a fight against Hawaii's tourism tax Three More Army EIS Will Be Rejected Next Month Before Croaking, Miske names two Trustees and directs funds to granddaughter Carvalho, Rapozo, Kouchi for Kauai Mayor? University of Hawaii tuition to rise for first time since 2018 Kona property housing 22 illegals under investigation for code violations University of Hawaii continues search for $500k/yr Athletics Director Hawaiʻi Electricity Shut-Offs Are Nearly Triple Pre-Pandemic Levels Five Delayed Hawaiian Electric Projects Hawaii Restaurant Closed for Roaches—But Who Would Know? Read More..

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