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| Saturday, July 18, 2026 |
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Hilo Internet 'Cultist' Gets 10 Years for Child Porn
By News Release @ 2:48 PM :: 141 Views :: Hawaii County , Family, Law Enforcement
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...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 |
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‘The Timing is Interesting’ -- How does Performance-Based Regulation affect HECO’s stance on LNG?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:03 PM :: 242 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Cost of Living
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...Performance-Based Regulation, adopted by PUC in 2020, (PBR) fundamentally changed HECO's financial incentives in a way that made pursuing LNG much less attractive....
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| Friday, July 17, 2026 |
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Marijuana: Is the Honolulu Police Department ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court?
By News Release @ 1:18 PM :: 483 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment, Drugs
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...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 |
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Soft on Crime Hawaii Supreme Court Gives Maui Rapist a Second Chance
By Court House News @ 11:18 AM :: 592 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary
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... The victim in the case reported that Granillo struck her in the parking lot, dragged her into his car, drove her to a beach, held her at knifepoint and repeatedly sexually assaulted and beat her before she escaped ....
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| Thursday, July 16, 2026 |
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Green Vetoes One, Line-item Another
By News Release @ 4:21 PM :: 668 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government
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... 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 |
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Kauai CASPER Survey Results
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 600 Views :: Kauai County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...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 |
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Soft on Crime: Lifelong Criminal Busted Again in $1.2M Fraud
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 852 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... 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 |
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Oahu Man Pleads Guilty to Transferring Money to Iran in Violation of U.S. Sanctions
By News Release @ 7:11 AM :: 699 Views :: National News
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... Arash Einolghozati, 37, of Waialua, Oahu, pled guilty on July 13, 2026 ....
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Decades of policy choices make gas more expensive for Hawaii, West Coast States: Report
By Selected News Articles @ 5:48 PM :: 885 Views :: Democratic Party, Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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“...most of that gap is driven by just four states: California, Hawaii, Washington and Oregon....”
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Judge stalls Turtle Bay resort redevelopment over outdated environmental reviews
By Court House News @ 2:29 PM :: 883 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Tourism
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"...The impacts to an endangered Hawaiian bee that moved into the redevelopment area were not included in previous environmental reviews...."
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Judge Gillmor closes Trump administration's case to stop Hawaii climate lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 2:22 PM :: 850 Views :: Environment
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... The Trump administration has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to stop the litigation ....
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Report: 'Possible Loss of Life' Due to Tsunami Evacuation Confusion
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 967 Views :: Honolulu County
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"...Extended care medical facilities and medically fragile populations lacked individual evacuation plans and procedures...."
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Hawaii: 95% Child Care Desert
By News Release @ 11:52 AM :: 854 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Cost of Living
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... only Alaska has a worse child care availability shortfall ....
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Bill Collectors Cheer as Hawaii Enacts Medical Debt Relief Program
By News Release @ 9:46 AM :: 930 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Cost of Living
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...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 |
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APA Applauds New Prescribing Psychologist Law in Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:28 AM :: 873 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Health Care
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"...New legislation will help psychologists provide an integrated model of care for patients, APA says...."
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Hawaii Voters to Receive Primary Election Ballots by July 21
By News Release @ 8:02 AM :: 841 Views :: Office of Elections
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... 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 |
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Act222: Hospital ERs to Provide Real-Time Disease Data to DoH
By Selected News Articles @ 10:04 AM :: 1018 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... Program provides an early warning system for emerging threats ....
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| Tuesday, July 14, 2026 |
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Next Kakaako: City Buying up Property in Iwilei
By News Release @ 9:44 AM :: 1175 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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...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 |
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Act233 Another Massive Pay Hike for Teachers
By News Release @ 9:31 AM :: 1204 Views :: Education K-12, Labor
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...who needs collective bargaining when legislators keep enacting raises outside of the contract process?....
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| Monday, July 13, 2026 |
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Honolulu Charter Commission considering vague ‘empty homes’ tax ballot measure
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 AM :: 1331 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Cost of Living
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... a nearly identical tax approved by San Francisco voters has been ruled unconstitutional in court and is still being held up by appeals, which means Honolulu could be walking into a similar costly legal battle ....
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| Sunday, July 12, 2026 |
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Planting the seeds for progress
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:51 PM :: 1487 Views :: Agriculture, Development, Small Business
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... two measures proposed by Grassroot to advance agricultural development in Hawaii have become law ....
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| Sunday, July 12, 2026 |
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Empty Homes Tax Won’t Go Away
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:00 AM :: 1787 Views :: Honolulu County, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... They have brought the matter to the Honolulu Charter Commission ....
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| Saturday, July 11, 2026 |
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Act 225 Extends Statute of Limitations for Bribery
By News Release @ 7:15 AM :: 1873 Views :: Ethics
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... 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 |
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Disqualify Dentons, Alston from OHA Litigation?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:45 PM :: 3793 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...lawsuit has dogged Kahele since it was filed last year....
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| Friday, July 10, 2026 |
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Act 220: State to buy up Medical Debt
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 2053 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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... 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 |
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Act 11 won’t stop wealthy individuals from financing campaigns
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:51 AM :: 1894 Views :: First Amendment
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... Act 11 unconstitutionally silences nonprofit organizations on ballot initiatives and other election-related topics in the name of campaign finance reform ....
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| Friday, July 10, 2026 |
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Line-by-Line: State Energy Office Debunks UHERO Solar Report
By News Release @ 8:37 AM :: 2186 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Higher Education
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...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 |
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Auditor Gives Up: Homeless CORE Program too Chaotic to Audit
By News Release @ 3:21 PM :: 2321 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness
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"...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 |
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AG Nabs Three Sex Offenders
By News Release @ 2:08 PM :: 2284 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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... Investigators conducted compliance checks on multiple registered sex offenders ....
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| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
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Shipping Thrived After Trump Waived the Jones Act
By Selected News Articles @ 1:53 PM :: 2760 Views :: Energy, Jones Act
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... Hawaii bought gasoline from Texas ....
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| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
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'That Study was Baloney': UHERO Withdraws Report co-written by Paid Solar Activist
By News Release @ 5:43 AM :: 2816 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Higher Education, Cost of Living
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... “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 |
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'No Firearms Allowed?' Think before you post
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 2779 Views :: Second Amendment, Small Business
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... It’s important to understand who these signs actually affect ....
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| Tuesday, July 7, 2026 |
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A career of serving America and Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:04 PM :: 2854 Views :: Hawaii History, Law Enforcement, Military
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...Former Hawaii Attorney General Michael Lilly has spent his career in uniform, in the courtroom, and in government....
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| Tuesday, July 7, 2026 |
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July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 62363 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Labor
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...When the USSR collapsed in 1991, long-secret archives of the Communist International were thrown open to western researchers for the first time. Many previously unknown details of communist history have been revealed--including the 1935 Comintern orders directing Communists to begin work in Hawaii....
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| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
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Official ballot drop boxes begin arriving across O‘ahu
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 2572 Views :: Honolulu County, Office of Elections
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...There are 17 official ballot drop box locations across Oʻahu....
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| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
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Tax Credits: Green Signs $60M give away to Movie Moguls
By News Release @ 4:32 PM :: 2757 Views :: Ethics, Tax Credits, Tourism
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...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 |
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Military-Related Urgent Needs Now Qualify for Hawaii Family Leave
By News Release @ 4:22 PM :: 2562 Views :: Family, Labor, Military, Small Business
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... up to four weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave during any calendar year ....
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| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
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Trump admin can't duck blue states' suit over canceled clean energy grants
By Court House News @ 4:14 PM :: 2562 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... Thirteen Democrat-led states can continue pursuing their lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of terminating multi-billion dollar clean energy programs without congressional approval ....
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| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
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Open the Books: Transsexual Agenda Being Forced out of DoD Schools
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 AM :: 3521 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Military
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"...These 'explicit conversations' provoke 'strong emotions' and crying students are expected...."
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| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
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Half of Oahu residents say transportation costs hurt their access to daily life
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 2897 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail, Cost of Living
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...Twenty-eight percent of households earning below $75,000 have zero cars....
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| Sunday, July 5, 2026 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 2, 2026
By GovTrack .us @ 11:02 AM :: 2756 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ...
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| Sunday, July 5, 2026 |
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SNAP Disaster Imminent
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:00 AM :: 3338 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... if the error rate is 10% or more, then we get socked for 15%, which would come out to about $109 million ....
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| Saturday, July 4, 2026 |
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UHERO: Honolulu remains among nation’s least affordable
By Selected News Articles @ 11:27 AM :: 3190 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... In 2024, the median home price in Honolulu was about twice what a median-income household could afford ....
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