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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
DLIR: Welfare and Food Service to be Top Growth Industries
By News Release @ 8:26 PM :: 581 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... 28,060 net new jobs statewide ....

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Honolulu retiree celebrates win in lawsuit challenging City’s excessive TVR fines
By News Release @ 7:24 PM :: 714 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Small Business, Tourism

" ... she sued in federal court for imposing excessive fines in violation of the Eighth Amendment .... "

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Monday, July 27, 2026
DHHL Sued Over Courtyards at Waipouli Evictions
By News Release @ 6:55 PM :: 846 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Cost of Living

... David Kalahiki and Linda Twitchell allege that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ blood-quantum rule violates their rights by conditioning housing on ancestry ....

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Monday, July 27, 2026
Voter Service Centers Open July 27
By News Release @ 10:41 AM :: 4973 Views :: Honolulu County, Office of Elections

"...To beat the long lines on August 8, officials urge voters to take advantage of the opportunity to vote early...."

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Friday, July 24, 2026
Another Filipino National Charged with Unlawfully Voting as an Alien
By News Release @ 2:31 PM :: 6146 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Office of Elections

... said her uncle pressured her to cast ballot ....

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Thursday, July 23, 2026
Indian National Arrested in Hawaii for Role in Gold Bar Elder Fraud Scheme
By News Release @ 8:35 PM :: 1695 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement

... Harsh Fojalal Shah, 25, an Indian national, was arrested in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 20 ....

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Thursday, July 23, 2026
BWS Agrees to Waste $6M on Useless Kalaeloa Desal Plant
By News Release @ 11:49 AM :: 1797 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Cost of Living

... The company recently received a Limited Notice to Proceed from its client, the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, authorizing the procurement ....

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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
AG Sues to Force Shutdown of HECO's oldest Oil Burners on Maui, Big Island
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 1958 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Energy, Environment

... Kanoelehua Hill, Kahului, Māʻalaea and Puna generating stations were identified as the top contributors of human-caused, haze-causing pollution ....

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Tuesday, July 21, 2026
DLNR: 80 Meth Addicts Removed from Waianae Boat Harbor, 30 Still Waiting
By News Release @ 9:21 AM :: 2344 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Drugs

... Globalization Personified: 30 American drug addicts are sitting around waiting for Chinese workers to finish building them homes ....

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Monday, July 20, 2026
Upgraded HECO Waiau Plant 'can run on LNG'
By News Release @ 8:52 AM :: 2376 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment

"...can operate on a variety of liquid fuels...and can be converted to run on liquefied natural gas if it becomes available...."

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Saturday, July 18, 2026
Hilo Internet 'Cultist' Gets 10 Years for Child Porn
By News Release @ 2:48 PM :: 2645 Views :: Hawaii County , Family, Law Enforcement

...Cultists members collaborated to victimize children in a systematic attempt to trigger social collapse and topple the current world order....

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Saturday, July 18, 2026
Solar: HECO Announces Plan to Pave Koolaus in Glass
By News Release @ 9:20 AM :: 3638 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment

Solar farm sacrifice zones.

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Friday, July 17, 2026
Marijuana: Is the Honolulu Police Department ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court?
By News Release @ 1:18 PM :: 2920 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment, Drugs

...On June 18, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that the government cannot impose a blanket prohibition on firearm rights simply because someone is, or was, a medical marijuana patient....

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Friday, July 17, 2026
UPDATE: AG Investigators "work toward completing" bribery investigation
By News Release @ 10:20 AM :: 31974 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement

... "work toward completing the investigation" .... 

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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Green Vetoes One, Line-item Another
By News Release @ 4:21 PM :: 2984 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government

... Green concluded this year’s bill signing period and issued his final veto decision with 266 of the 267 measures becoming law ....

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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Kauai CASPER Survey Results
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 2816 Views :: Kauai County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

...Kauaʻi District Health Office (KDHO) has released its report of the 2026 Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey....

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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Soft on Crime: Lifelong Criminal Busted Again in $1.2M Fraud
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 3353 Views :: Law Enforcement

... the defendants allegedly manufactured and deposited fraudulent checks totaling approximately $1.2 million between June and August 2024 ....

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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Oahu Man Pleads Guilty to Transferring Money to Iran in Violation of U.S. Sanctions
By News Release @ 7:11 AM :: 3013 Views :: National News

... Arash Einolghozati, 37, of Waialua, Oahu, pled guilty on July 13, 2026 ....

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Report: 'Possible Loss of Life' Due to Tsunami Evacuation Confusion
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 3294 Views :: Honolulu County

"...Extended care medical facilities and medically fragile populations lacked individual evacuation plans and procedures...."

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Hawaii: 95% Child Care Desert
By News Release @ 11:52 AM :: 3219 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Cost of Living

... only Alaska has a worse child care availability shortfall ....

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Bill Collectors Cheer as Hawaii Enacts Medical Debt Relief Program
By News Release @ 9:46 AM :: 3297 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Cost of Living

...With the signing of SB 3025, Hawaii joins a growing roster of 27 cities and states utilizing nonprofit partnerships to purchase and forgive health care debt portfolios....

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
APA Applauds New Prescribing Psychologist Law in Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:28 AM :: 3289 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Health Care

"...New legislation will help psychologists provide an integrated model of care for patients, APA says...."

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Hawaii Voters to Receive Primary Election Ballots by July 21
By News Release @ 8:02 AM :: 3120 Views :: Office of Elections

... Return your ballot as soon as possible. Ballots must be received, not postmarked, by 7:00 PM on August 8, 2026. Ballots received after the deadline cannot be counted ....

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Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Next Kakaako: City Buying up Property in Iwilei
By News Release @ 9:44 AM :: 3555 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

...advancing the administration’s long-term strategy to assemble and revitalize land surrounding the future Kūwili Skyline Station and support the delivery of thousands of ... housing units through transit-oriented development....

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Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Act233 Another Massive Pay Hike for Teachers
By News Release @ 9:31 AM :: 3586 Views :: Education K-12, Labor

...who needs collective bargaining when legislators keep enacting raises outside of the contract process?....

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Saturday, July 11, 2026
SD18: Democrats Send Three Nominees to Green
By News Release @ 11:40 AM :: 4308 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Hawaii State Government

... Laiu, Fukumoto, Bass ....

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Saturday, July 11, 2026
Act 225 Extends Statute of Limitations for Bribery
By News Release @ 7:15 AM :: 4078 Views :: Ethics

... Under existing law, bribery offenses, which are classified as Class B felonies, must be prosecuted within three years, or within six years under certain circumstances. SB2494, Act 225, extends the statute of limitations for bribery offenses to nine years ....

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Friday, July 10, 2026
Act 220: State to buy up Medical Debt
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 4262 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living

... SB 3025 requires the Office of Wellness and Resilience (OWR), now under DHS, to establish and administer a Medical Debt Acquisition and Forgiveness Program ....

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Friday, July 10, 2026
Line-by-Line: State Energy Office Debunks UHERO Solar Report
By News Release @ 8:37 AM :: 4534 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Higher Education

...The Hartley/Roberts report’s centerpiece assumption of installing 5,243 MW of utility-scale solar on 31,500 acres on Oʻahu is deeply flawed....

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Auditor Gives Up: Homeless CORE Program too Chaotic to Audit
By News Release @ 3:21 PM :: 4507 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness

"...The program's scope is currently transitioning away from purely voluntary engagement toward the 'MH-3' framework...."

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026
AG Nabs Three Sex Offenders
By News Release @ 2:08 PM :: 4437 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement

... Investigators conducted compliance checks on multiple registered sex offenders ....

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026
'That Study was Baloney': UHERO Withdraws Report co-written by Paid Solar Activist
By News Release @ 5:43 AM :: 5005 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Higher Education, Cost of Living

... “one of the individuals on that study ... was completely compromised. They run a think tank that is all in on one issue, and that is fully renewable solar. ” -- Green ....

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026
'No Firearms Allowed?' Think before you post
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 4895 Views :: Second Amendment, Small Business

... It’s important to understand who these signs actually affect ....

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Green Signs Act 189 and Act 190: Most Vapes to be Outlawed
By News Release @ 8:46 PM :: 4410 Views :: Health Care, Drugs

... beginning January 1, 2027 ....

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Monday, July 6, 2026
Tax Credits: Green Signs $60M give away to Movie Moguls
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 4713 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits, Tourism

...sets the aggregate annual cap at $60,000,000. Beginning with costs incurred after December 31, 2023, any unused portion of the aggregate cap will carry over to increase the next year’s cap....

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Monday, July 6, 2026
Military-Related Urgent Needs Now Qualify for Hawaii Family Leave
By News Release @ 4:22 PM :: 4428 Views :: Family, Labor, Military, Small Business

... up to four weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave during any calendar year ....

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Monday, July 6, 2026
Half of Oahu residents say transportation costs hurt their access to daily life
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 4634 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail, Cost of Living

...Twenty-eight percent of households earning below $75,000 have zero cars....

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Thursday, July 2, 2026
Medicaid Fraud: Hawaii AG Joins Another 'Global' Settlement
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 4508 Views :: Ethics, Health Care

... joining other states' global settlements is easy, but if Hawaii doesn't initiate its own cases, it just isn't getting the message ....

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Wednesday, July 1, 2026
State Senate District 18 Special Election Proclamation
By News Release @ 7:05 PM :: 4442 Views :: Office of Elections

... Party candidates for the unexpired senate term shall be nominated by the county committees of the parties and file a nomination paper at the Office of Elections not later than 4:30 p.m. on September 4, 2026 ....

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Wednesday, July 1, 2026
14 Missing Children Recovered on Oahu
By News Release @ 11:21 AM :: 4716 Views :: Honolulu County, Family

...Operation Shine the Light VII resulted in the safe location and recovery of 14 minors between the ages of 13 and 17, including 9 females and 5 males....

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Wednesday, July 1, 2026
DPP Launches Priority Review to fast-track permits using CivCheck
By News Release @ 10:21 AM :: 4560 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Small Business

"Priority Review, a new program that rewards applicants who use DPP’s AI-guided software, CivCheck"

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Wednesday, July 1, 2026
AG Amesty for Delinquent Charities
By News Release @ 10:13 AM :: 4180 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

...Eligible Charities that Complete Overdue Filings and Satisfy Registration Requirements May Have their Applicable Late Fees and Penalties Waived....

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Wednesday, July 1, 2026
8a Corruption: Dawson Changes Name to 'Laukoa'
By News Release @ 9:35 AM :: 4861 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA

"...The transition to LAUKOA is a brand evolution and does not represent a change in ownership, leadership, management, or organizational structure...." 

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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
May 2026 Tourism Stats: More Visitors; Shorter Stays
By News Release @ 11:53 AM :: 4663 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

...Visitors who came in May 2026 also spent more on an average daily basis ($292 per person, +13.1%) compared to a year ago. ...

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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Small Business Regulatory Review Board Elects officers for FY26-27
By News Release @ 11:46 AM :: 4760 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Small Business

“...The SBRRB gives small businesses a voice when rules and regulations are being developed or reviewed....”

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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Lahaina: Rebuilt Affordable Apartments Immediately Fill Up
By News Release @ 10:34 AM :: 4335 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living

...fully occupied with approximately half of its 89 households made up of returning residents and the other half fire victims, many of whom had lived in temporary housing for nearly two years....

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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Price Fixing Case Lays Free Eggs for Hawaii AG
By News Release @ 9:36 AM :: 4229 Views :: Agriculture, Cost of Living

"...Attorney General Anne Lopez today secured 53 million eggs for consumers nationwide ...."

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Sunday, June 28, 2026
Poll: Kawakami 49% -- Belatti 18%
By News Release @ 11:04 AM :: 5322 Views :: Politicians

"...Kawakami’s 'recent information' footprint is nearly twice as large...."

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Sunday, June 28, 2026
Poll Shows Tight Kauai Mayor’s Race--will Cowden beat Carvalho?
By News Release @ 10:46 AM :: 5725 Views :: Kauai County, Politicians

... Rapozo leads the field (31%), followed by Carvalho (24%) and Cowden (22%) ....

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Saturday, June 27, 2026
100lbs of Meth: West Oahu Man Gets 15 years
By News Release @ 8:01 AM :: 4169 Views :: Honolulu County, Drugs

"...It’s only a matter of time before the person you’re making these deals with is working with us....”

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