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Sunday, August 31, 2025
No Tax on Tips
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 71 Views :: Labor, Taxes, Tourism

An individual who receives tips can exclude up to $25,000 of those tips from his or her gross income....

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Saturday, August 30, 2025
Appeals Court Rules Trump Tariffs Unconstitutional
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 232 Views :: National News, Taxes, Cost of Living

“...For the second time in this case, a federal court has held that the President’s so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs are unlawful....”

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Four Convicted in Sovereignty-Related Scam
By News Release @ 11:39 PM :: 276 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, OHA

... a tax refund fraud scheme ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Ex-Honolulu Police Officer Sentenced to 23 Years in Federal Prison for Engaging in Child Sex Crimes While Serving as a Sworn Officer
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 242 Views :: Honolulu County, Police, Drugs

... He used his access to proprietary police databases to research his victims and monitor police investigations into his criminal activities ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Waianae Meth Dealer got $12.5M from City--Now Gets 10 Years in Federal Prison
By News Release @ 11:19 PM :: 351 Views :: Drugs

... The state judiciary makes this guy a multi-millionaire.  The federal judiciary locks him up ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
VIDEO: Procession and memorial honoring fallen Maui Police Officer Suzanne O
By Video @ 10:49 PM :: 216 Views :: Maui County, Police

... funeral services held for Maui Police Department Officer Suzanne O who was shot and killed by a criminal suspect in the line of duty ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Maui County Board of Ethics hiring full-time staff
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 220 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... The County of Maui Board of Ethics is postponing its Sept. 10 meeting to focus on restructuring and hiring efforts ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Sunday Deadline to Submit Comments on HDOT Energy Plan
By News Release @ 6:08 PM :: 237 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living

“If you haven’t already, please take a moment to review this important plan and share your feedback,” said Representative Darius K. Kila, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation.

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Trump HHS tells Hawaii DoE to remove gender ideology from sex ed or lose PREP funding
By Selected News Articles @ 12:08 PM :: 285 Views :: Education K-12, Family

... The Trump administration directed 46 states and territories to remove gender ideology from their sex ed materials or else face possible termination of federal Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) funding ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Is the Jones Act invincible?
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 311 Views :: Jones Act

... glimmer of hope ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Tourist Arrivals Down 4.4%
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 333 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... Total visitor spending measured in nominal dollars was $1.95 billion, a 4.3 percent decrease from July 2024 ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Green Names Appointees to BLNR, Stadium Authority
By News Release @ 1:58 AM :: 256 Views :: Development, Higher Education, Land Use, Tourism

... two for BLNR, one for Stadium Authority ....

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Navahine Settlement: How Hawai‘i Was Sold Out
By Selected News Articles @ 12:28 AM :: 472 Views :: Environment, Economy, Judiciary, Cost of Living

... Mainland Lawyers, Local Leaders, and the People Left Behind ....

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Thursday, August 28, 2025
Federal Lawsuit Filed: Cruise Lines Challenge Hawaii’s ‘Green Fee’ as Unconstitutional
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 PM :: 550 Views :: Jones Act, Taxes, Tourism

... The 11% surcharge violates the US Constitution’s Tonnage Clause, which prohibits states from imposing taxes on vessels for entering and docking at ports ....

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Thursday, August 28, 2025
Applications Open for Honolulu City Lights Display Permits
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 308 Views :: Honolulu County, Religion

... A reminder for Non-Profit Organizations to submit applications by September 15, 2025 ....

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
City Accepting Bids for Kalihi Rail Station TOD Development
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 383 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail

... The property sits directly across from the future Mokauea (Kalihi) Skyline Station ....

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
DLE Creates Virtual Reality Capitol Security Cordon
By News Release @ 4:29 PM :: 501 Views :: Police

... Hawaii’s Department of Law Enforcement is now pioneering the use of virtual reality—using geographic information system (GIS) technology to build a geospatial digital twin—to enhance security and situational awareness. ...

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Second Amendment: “These arbitrary restrictions in Hawaii are unique and burdensome with no parallel in other states."
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 584 Views :: Judiciary

... While the Plaintiffs prevailed before a Ninth Circuit three-judge panel, the case is now being reheard en banc ....

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Monday, August 25, 2025
Supreme Court restores parental opt-out from LGBTQ Propaganda
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 872 Views :: Education K-12, Family

... The Supreme Court ruled 6-3, June 26, 2025, that parents have the right to opt their children out of storybooks that push one-sided ideology on gender and sexuality ....

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Sunday, August 24, 2025
Hawai’i Aloha: How Rev. Lorenzo Lyons helped save the Hawaiian language
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 905 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

...Samuel Elbert and Mary Kawena Pukui give credit to Lyons for helping save the Hawaiian language....

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Sunday, August 24, 2025
Classroom Heat
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1067 Views :: Education K-12, Energy, Ethics

... ten years ago Governor Ige kicked off an effort to get air conditioners into public school classrooms ....

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Saturday, August 23, 2025
Are you ready for another boondoggle?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:06 PM :: 1229 Views :: Rail

... Like the proverbial frog in a pot of hot water, we seem to have become desensitized to just how poorly the rail project has gone ....

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Saturday, August 23, 2025
The Worst Transit Projects
By Video @ 1:29 PM :: 1262 Views :: Rail

"what is the worst new transit project in the United States?”

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Saturday, August 23, 2025
$100M Green Fee Slush Fund: Green Appoints Advisory Council
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 1396 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Taxes, Tourism

... $100 million annually, directed toward environmental stewardship, hazard mitigation, infrastructure resilience and enhancing the visitor experience ....

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Saturday, August 23, 2025
Maui County releases 2025 human services assessment report
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 373 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... residents’ perspectives on community needs and access to social services, including kūpuna services, early childhood programs, services for disabled residents and more ....

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Friday, August 22, 2025
Maui Police Release Bodycam Video Surrounding Officer Death
By Video @ 12:13 PM :: 3556 Views :: Maui County, Police

... Maui Police Officer Was Killed By Bullet That Hit Above Her Protective Vest ....

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Friday, August 22, 2025
Little-Known Law Makes Hawai‘i Flights More Expensive
By Selected News Articles @ 4:19 AM :: 2489 Views :: Jones Act, Tourism

... U.S. Code (49 U.S.C. §41703), says foreign airlines cannot sell tickets between two U.S. cities ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Army to Green: 'We cannot wait'
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 1351 Views :: Land Use, Military, OHA

"We want to work with you to come to a mutually acceptable framework by the end of this year"

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Hawaii average annual tax cuts under 'Big Beautiful' Bill
By Tax Foundation @ 5:05 PM :: 1662 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes

... Hawaii average tax cut $3,030 for 2026.  Hawaii long-term jobs created 3,519 ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Cost of Living: Hawaii 82% Higher Than US Average
By Selected News Articles @ 4:40 PM :: 1569 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... Hawaii has the highest cost of living in the USA ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Hawaii Becomes The 50th State – This Day In History
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 1157 Views :: Hawaii History

... On August 21, 1959, Hawaii officially entered the Union as the 50th U.S. state when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation admitting the islands ....

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Green Unveils 2025 Policy Priorities
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 1226 Views :: Hawaii State Government

"...how the Green administration is tackling some of Hawai‘i’s most pressing issues...."

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Honolulu Least Pet-Friendly City in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:18 PM :: 1377 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... WalletHub compared the pet-friendliness of the 100 largest U.S. cities across 23 key metrics ....

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
​UH, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency sign partnership agreement
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 460 Views :: Higher Education, Military

... a new Education Partnership Agreement aimed at enhancing science and technology education while advancing DPAA’s critical mission of accounting for missing U.S. personnel from past conflicts ....

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Palacios' death leaves NMI vulnerable to China
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 AM :: 1514 Views :: World News, Gambling, Military

... Arnold Palacios, the 10th governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, died unexpectedly .... 

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
DBEDT Releases 2024 State of Hawaii Data Book
By News Release @ 1:37 AM :: 1372 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... The book is in electronic form and is available on the DBEDT website ....

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Hawaii Named Least Affordable State for College Grads
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 AM :: 1328 Views :: Higher Education, Cost of Living

... Hawaii: Recent college grad earnings gap -$11,840 ....

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Monday, August 18, 2025
‘New’ HTA board taking off with same old baggage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:50 PM :: 1856 Views :: Tourism

... Some bad ideas just won’t go away ....

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Monday, August 18, 2025
Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims
By News Release @ 6:13 PM :: 595 Views :: Education K-12

...Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims....

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Monday, August 18, 2025
Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 1316 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... how does your community college stack up? ....

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Sunday, August 17, 2025
From Koko Crater to Wahiawā: The long fight over Oʻahu’s trash
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 PM :: 1321 Views :: Honolulu County

... If history is any guide, the City will end up right back where it started: extending Waimānalo Gulch ....

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Sunday, August 17, 2025
No Tax on Overtime
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1743 Views :: Labor, Small Business, Taxes

... this is critical information for employers too ....

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Sunday, August 17, 2025
PRC National Sentenced to 55 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 1427 Views :: Drugs

... arrest and conviction of Yang and co-conspirator Ye Fang, also known as "Batu," a PRC national who was unlawfully present in the United States ....

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Saturday, August 16, 2025
Suspect Named: Maui Police officer killed in line of duty
By News Release @ 6:04 PM :: 6419 Views :: Maui County, Police

... Suspect in Maui police officer’s killing had extensive criminal record ....

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Saturday, August 16, 2025
UHERO: Hawaii has less inequality because nobody can get ahead
By UHERO @ 4:42 PM :: 1770 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Small Business, Tourism, Cost of Living

... 'equality' imposed by a tourism-driven economy and high cost of living ....

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Saturday, August 16, 2025
Lahaina rebuild could move along faster if ...
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 1422 Views :: Maui County, Development

... four recommendations — are all based off of bills that have been introduced at the Maui County Council or at the state level ....

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Saturday, August 16, 2025
Hawaiʻi County Reduces Permitting Backlog
By News Release @ 3:29 PM :: 1506 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Development, Small Business

... All Permit Types: Average duration of permit review and approval process has been reduced by 66%, from nearly five months to under two months ....

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Friday, August 15, 2025
Racists in Congress fought against statehood for Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 10365 Views :: Hawaii History

... the forces of segregation and racism in Congress effectively derailed statehood for more than a decade ....

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Friday, August 15, 2025
Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 69373 Views :: Hawaii History

... Opponents of Statehood were landed aristocracy fearful of being ruled by their employees ....

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Friday, August 15, 2025
Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 10695 Views :: Hawaii History

...Gallup first polled Americans on their support for Hawaii's statehood in 1940....

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