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Friday, May 2, 2025
HB1422: Nonprofits Exempt from Motor Carrier Law
By News Release @ 3:21 PM :: 40 Views :: Kauai County, Small Business

“This bill recognizes that programs like the Hā‘ena State Park access and entry management program, which reinvests its proceeds into environmental and community benefits, shouldn’t be treated like traditional, for-profit carriers,”

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Friday, May 2, 2025
Visitor Industry Expanded in March 2025
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 97 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... There were 903,891 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in March 2025, up 3.0 percent from the same month last year ....

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Friday, May 2, 2025
Grassroot hails passage of bills aimed at boosting housing supply, helping Lahaina
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:30 AM :: 145 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... State legislators also OK'd bills that will increase healthcare access and reform civil asset forfeiture, pending approval by the governor ....

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Friday, May 2, 2025
DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Hear Hawaii ‘Gun-Free Zone’ Case
By Selected News Articles @ 2:21 AM :: 150 Views :: Second Amendment

... The move boosts the odds that the Supreme Court will take up the case ....

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Friday, May 2, 2025
Complete Debunk: Hawaii AG Files Climate Change Lawsuit in State Court
By News Release @ 12:47 AM :: 215 Views :: Energy, Environment

"... The federal lawsuit filed by the Justice Department attempts to block Hawaiʻi from holding the fossil fuel industry responsible ....”

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Thursday, May 1, 2025
​State Launches Operation Hire Hawai‘i to Fill Vacant Positions
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 193 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor

... More than 900 interested job seekers attended ....

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Thursday, May 1, 2025
Trump Admin Sues to Block Hawaii from Taking Fossil Fuel Companies To Court Over Climate Change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 PM :: 292 Views :: Energy, Environment, Judiciary

... Hawaii's anticipated lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry interferes with U.S. policy on greenhouse gas regulation and is an “extraordinary extraterritorial reach” ....

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Thursday, May 1, 2025
Hawaii legislature approves $20 billion state budget
By Court House News @ 1:38 PM :: 262 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Hawaii lawmakers passed the budget for the next two years and began voting on more than 200 bills as the legislative session draws to a close ....

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Thursday, May 1, 2025
Health Measures up for Final Passage
By News Release @ 12:44 PM :: 235 Views :: Health Care

... A series of health-related measures is up for final reading today on the House floor ....

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Thursday, May 1, 2025
Senate Confirms Eight Judges
By News Release @ 10:59 AM :: 268 Views :: Judiciary

... Hawai‘i State Senate’s confirmation of eight judges across the state — including Judge Karen T. Nakasone as Chief Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) ....

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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Trump Admin: Native Hawaiian History NOT Considered 'DEI'
By Selected News Articles @ 8:30 PM :: 384 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii History, Higher Education

... On April 25, the Department of Education issued a letter clarifying that Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, and American Indian communities are not considered part of DEI or CRT categories ....

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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
SCR198: Screwed out of Subrogation, Insurers Urged to Serve Legislature's Agenda by Suing Big Oil
By Andrew Walden @ 1:33 PM :: 357 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment, Ethics

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

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Honolulu 3rd-Worst City to Start a Business
By Selected News Articles @ 3:01 PM :: 254 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Small Business

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

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Best States for Nurses? Hawaii Ranks 47th
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 245 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Cost of Living

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

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Hawaii Child Support Hearings Now Virtual
By News Release @ 2:32 PM :: 213 Views :: Family, Judiciary

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

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Monday, April 28, 2025
‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37%
By Andrew Walden @ 1:40 PM :: 2961 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Taxes, Cost of Living

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

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Sunday, April 27, 2025
HB1175: Small Victory Over Procedural Trap
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 429 Views :: Taxes

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

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Saturday, April 26, 2025
Resolutions a sign that legislators are listening
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:39 PM :: 425 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government

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

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Saturday, April 26, 2025
Judicial Vacancy Kauai Fifth Circuit--Deadline Extended
By News Release @ 8:31 PM :: 1394 Views :: Kauai County, Judiciary

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

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Saturday, April 26, 2025
Schatz to Replace Durbin as Whip?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 AM :: 825 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians

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

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Saturday, April 26, 2025
Hawaii lawmakers reject bill to legalize sports gambling
By Court House News @ 4:30 AM :: 374 Views :: Gambling

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

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Friday, April 25, 2025
Matson Moves to Intervene in Jones Act Lawsuit
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:21 PM :: 1109 Views :: Jones Act

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

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Friday, April 25, 2025
Focus should be on job growth and progress, not more and more taxes
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:06 PM :: 325 Views :: Taxes

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

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Friday, April 25, 2025
Lahaina sewer system 100% restored
By News Release @ 2:14 PM :: 309 Views :: Maui County

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

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Thursday, April 24, 2025
Former death row inmate convicted of sex trafficking in Hawaii
By Court House News @ 6:43 PM :: 596 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement

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

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Thursday, April 24, 2025
Republicans Give Josh Green Opportunity to Appoint his Former Office Manager as State Rep
By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 3580 Views

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

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Thursday, April 24, 2025
Hawaii Housing Costs 53.47% of Median Income
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 AM :: 531 Views :: Energy, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

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

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
SB295: Tougher Penalties for TRO Violations
By News Release @ 7:41 PM :: 414 Views :: Family, Judiciary, Law Enforcement

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

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Operator Syndrome: Hidden toll on first responder life
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 460 Views :: Hawaii County , Police

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

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
FULL TEXT: Conference Commitee Approves State Budget Bill
By News Release @ 2:21 AM :: 809 Views :: Hawaii State Government

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

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
By Selected News Articles @ 12:02 AM :: 146524 Views :: Environment, Religion

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

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 80550 Views :: Environment

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

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Monday, April 21, 2025
SB1296: Apply rebuilding waivers to all Lahaina fire victims
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:09 PM :: 463 Views :: Maui County, Development

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

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Monday, April 21, 2025
Town Hall: What to do about Illegal Fireworks?
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:01 AM :: 780 Views :: Law Enforcement

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

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Sunday, April 20, 2025
Grassroot Wrap-up: How Legislature handled housing, taxes, rebuilding Lahaina and more
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:20 PM :: 639 Views :: Hawaii State Government

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

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Sunday, April 20, 2025
HB1369: Category Killer
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 799 Views :: Small Business, Taxes

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

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Saturday, April 19, 2025
Will Trump Reform Jones Act Shipbuild Requirement?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 PM :: 830 Views :: Jones Act

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

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Saturday, April 19, 2025
Hawaii Egg Prices Increase Even More
By News Release @ 1:35 PM :: 789 Views :: Agriculture, Cost of Living

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

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Saturday, April 19, 2025
Debating Jones Act defenders is like playing whack-a-mole
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:16 PM :: 827 Views :: Jones Act

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

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Friday, April 18, 2025
SB1166: Hawaii Democrats Cooking Up Another Climate Lawfare Scheme
By Selected News Articles @ 4:54 PM :: 1131 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Environment

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

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Friday, April 18, 2025
Mayor Calls for Lawyers to Step Up--Needed to Commit Mentally Ill Homeless
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 672 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness

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

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Friday, April 18, 2025
Trump Re-Opens Fisheries within Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 1002 Views :: Environment, Small Business

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

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Friday, April 18, 2025
Second Measles Case Found on Oahu
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 2285 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care

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

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Friday, April 18, 2025
Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
By Robert Thomas @ 12:01 AM :: 40431 Views :: Hawaii History, Labor, Religion

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

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Thursday, April 17, 2025
Hawaii Coral Reef Insurance Policy Renewed
By News Release @ 11:01 PM :: 717 Views :: Environment, Tourism

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

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Thursday, April 17, 2025
Daughter-in-law in Hawaii crime syndicate sentenced to 7 years
By Court House News @ 1:48 PM :: 1411 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Drugs

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

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Thursday, April 17, 2025
Representative Gene Ward's Celebration of Life
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 754 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party

... The celebration of life for Representative Gene R. Ward is scheduled for Monday May 5th 10am at King's Chapel East Oahu ....

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Thursday, April 17, 2025
American Samoa 125th Anniversary Flag Day
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 799 Views :: National News, Hawaii History

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

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
How many people are receiving substance use treatment in Hawaii?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:53 AM :: 945 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs

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

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
DLNR Attempts to Clarify Ocean Commercial Use Permitting Status
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 752 Views :: Maui County, Small Business, Tourism

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

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