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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Green Signs $4B Lahaina Settlement Bill
By News Release @ 12:27 AM :: 188 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Development

... House Bill 1001 (Act 301) establishes the Maui Wildfires Settlement Trust Fund ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Maui Bill 76: Restore Farmers' Food Truck Rights
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:22 PM :: 147 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Small Business

... Before the Planning Department’s rule change, Maui County residents could operate food trucks “by right” on their own properties in agricultural districts ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Firearm Permits Subject of Hawaii County PD Hearing
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 154 Views :: Hawaii County , Second Amendment

... proposal to repeal “Rules and Regulations of the Hawai’i Police Department Governing the Issuance of Licenses to Carry Concealed and Unconcealed Weapons” ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Good Jobs Hawaiʻi participants see significant wage gains, UHERO finds
By UHERO @ 9:15 PM :: 134 Views :: Higher Education, Labor

... Wage gains were particularly significant in the skilled trades and clean energy sectors, where completers earned 35% more than non-completers ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Carpenters Union Announces Plan to Harass Non-Union Contractors
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 155 Views :: Ethics, Labor

"... a new compliance initiative to strengthen oversight of construction projects that utilize taxpayer funds ...."

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Paid in full. Trust? Still pending.
By Selected News Articles @ 8:36 PM :: 140 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Small Business, Tourism

... while the names may change, the pattern — unfortunately — hasn’t ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Maui County Sewer Rates Jump 9%
By News Release @ 7:57 PM :: 131 Views :: Maui County, Cost of Living

... sewer user fees have increased by an overall average of 9% for Fiscal Year 2026, which started on July 1, 2025 ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
SB933CD1: Shell Bill Gives Legislators $50M to Dole out to their Friends
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 152 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... assigned to a Conference Committee where it was totally rewritten with content not included in any previous version ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
OHA-Connected DTL Selected to Handle Iwilei Master Planning
By News Release @ 2:31 PM :: 271 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, OHA

... OHA bought up several properties in Iwilei.  Now OHA-connected and Dela Cruz connected DTL is handling the master plan.  See how that works? ....

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Green Signs Condo Insurance Stabilization Law
By News Release @ 2:15 PM :: 220 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

... Zephyr Insurance Company, has partnered with the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to accept and process applications from Condominium and Townhouse Associations ....

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Monday, July 7, 2025
79.1% of Homeowners in Hawaii Will Face a Hidden Home Equity Tax If They Sell
By Selected News Articles @ 10:36 PM :: 390 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... This “stay-put penalty” is locking up inventory and making it even harder for new buyers to break into the market ....

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Monday, July 7, 2025
Hawaii’s Police Corruption Scandal: Cash Flow to Crooks Continues
By Selected News Articles @ 2:33 PM :: 411 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police

... Something is off about the math in Honolulu’s police department corruption scandal, and taxpayers will be left shortchanged ....

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Monday, July 7, 2025
Building New Schools
By Tom Yamachika @ 2:27 PM :: 253 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes

... the fees have been collected but have not been used, and for a very long time ....

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Monday, July 7, 2025
July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 52138 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Labor

...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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Sunday, July 6, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 3, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 5:55 PM :: 289 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... Bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....

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Sunday, July 6, 2025
Green signs bills aimed at alleviating Hawaii’s housing shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:53 AM :: 824 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes, Tourism

... I’ve had no choice ....

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Saturday, July 5, 2025
Testimony: Bill 9 Debunked by Former AG David Louie
By Video @ 3:14 AM :: 2049 Views :: Maui County, Development, Small Business, Tourism

... short-term rentals have been lawful, residential uses in these districts for decades ....

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Friday, July 4, 2025
The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:02 AM :: 22271 Views :: Hawaii History

In 1840 the Kingdom of Hawaii adopted a constitution with strong parallels to the Constitution of the United States....

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Friday, July 4, 2025
The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
By Robert Thomas @ 3:15 AM :: 25830 Views :: National News, Hawaii History

...the structure and style of the Declaration follows a form familiar to most modern lawyers: a complaint initiating a lawsuit....

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Friday, July 4, 2025
Green Vetoes Eight of 20 on 'Intent to Veto List'
By News Release @ 3:13 AM :: 627 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Legislature will not schedule override session ....

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Friday, July 4, 2025
DPP to Launch New On-Line Permitting System
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 468 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

...'HNL Build' will officially launch on Monday, August 4, 2025....

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Friday, July 4, 2025
Green: 'Big Beautiful Bill' Cuts MedQuest and EBT Cards
By News Release @ 2:39 AM :: 779 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care

“While it won’t be easy to stop all the damage from these cuts, we’re moving quickly to protect our communities."

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Friday, July 4, 2025
Hawaii prison guard gets eight years for sexually abusing inmates
By Court House News @ 2:18 AM :: 516 Views :: Law Enforcement

... A federal judge opted to add more years onto the correctional officer's sentence than the "shockingly low" two to three years recommended by federal guidelines....

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Thursday, July 3, 2025
In Chile, where science is appreciated, UH Telescope discovers visitor from outside solar system
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 542 Views :: Higher Education

... The discovery was made by UH’s NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile ....

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
After Much Gnashing of Teeth, OHA Trustees Approve Amended Budget
By News Release @ 1:58 PM :: 554 Views :: Education K-12, Labor, OHA

“Trustees rolled up their sleeves and engaged the details like never before — offering and approving amendments live at the table, line by line, in full public view."

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Lawsuit Settlement will Impose ‘Big Expense’ on Your ‘fuel, groceries, and airfare’
By News Release @ 4:38 AM :: 993 Views :: Environment, Taxes, Cost of Living

... The biggest and costliest piece of the plan is establishing clean fuel requirements for all types of transportation vehicles, including cars, passenger jets and cargo ships ....

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Hawai‘i’s state road usage charge begins for electric vehicles on July 1
By News Release @ 4:07 AM :: 717 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes

"...by 2033, the program is expected to expand to all light-duty vehicles...."

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Red Hill: BWS Sues Navy for $1.2B
By News Release @ 1:20 AM :: 519 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... BWS past, ongoing, and future restoration, remediation and mitigation efforts are currently estimated to total approximately $1.2 billion ....

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Green Signs State Budget
By News Release @ 11:35 AM :: 404 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Green today signed House Bill 300 (Act 250), the Executive Biennium Budget ....

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Obscure federal laws could preserve birthright citizenship in Alaska and Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:16 AM :: 1243 Views :: National News, Hawaii History

... No other states have a specific law establishing birthright citizenship there ....

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Puna Meth Lab Busted
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 615 Views :: Hawaii County , Drugs

"... a known narcotics trafficker was frequently visiting Hostetler’s property under a suspected arrangement to stash firearms, money, and narcotics...."

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
HECO Preps Power Safety Shutoff System for Dry Season
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 416 Views :: Energy, Environment

... Persistent drought conditions, Wind gusts 45 mph and higher, and Relative humidity below 45% ....

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
May Tourist Count up 1%
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 417 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism, COVID-19

... May 2025 total visitor arrivals represent a 91.0 percent recovery compared to pre-pandemic May 2019 ....

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Monday, June 30, 2025
Aloha Stadium FAIL: NASED Lists Latest Excuses
By News Release @ 4:41 PM :: 688 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Tourism

... NASED project team today announced an extension of the deadline for its negotiations with Aloha Hālawa District Partners (AHDP) ....

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Monday, June 30, 2025
Lawsuit Challenges “Dam Special Fund” Used to Undermine Constitutional Expenditure Controls
By Tom Yamachika @ 3:57 PM :: 529 Views :: Ethics, Agriculture, Hawaii State Government

... The lawsuit alleges that the Special Fund was intended to be, and is, used to circumvent expenditure controls that are in the Hawaii Constitution for the protection of taxpayers ....

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Monday, June 30, 2025
Maui Police Launch Digital Firearms Registration System
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 502 Views :: Maui County, Second Amendment

... individuals can apply for firearm purchase permits, carry licenses, and register locally-acquired firearms —all through a secure, user-friendly digital platform ....

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Sunday, June 29, 2025
Ethics Complaint Exposes Ties Between Maui Councilmembers, Lahaina Charity Fraud, and Lobbyists
By News Release @ 7:49 PM :: 4190 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Tourism, Drugs

... the organization has a history of threatening and attempting to intimidate anyone who speaks out against them ....

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Sunday, June 29, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 27, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 2:35 PM :: 468 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....

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Sunday, June 29, 2025
July Fourth: Freedom should include your choice of doctor
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:17 PM :: 462 Views :: Health Care, Small Business

... When it comes to healthcare in Hawaii, it is clear there is room for more freedom .... 

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Sunday, June 29, 2025
Twenty Years of Nickels
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1075 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Taxes

... the fund has swollen to over $50 million ....

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Saturday, June 28, 2025
Interstate telehealth to boost local medical care
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:42 PM :: 508 Views :: Health Care, Small Business

... easy, virtually cost-free way to improve healthcare access and quality in Hawaii would be to remove the state’s regulations on interstate telehealth ....

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Saturday, June 28, 2025
Japan buys Gulf Coast oil, Hawaii doesn’t, thanks to 1920 Jones Act
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:32 PM :: 808 Views :: Energy, Jones Act

...last year Japan imported over 9.5 million barrels of crude from Texas....

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Saturday, June 28, 2025
No Surprise: BLNR Rejects Another Army EIS
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 627 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Environment, Hawaii State Government, Military

... this is a negotiating position for the master lease renewals ....

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Friday, June 27, 2025
Should Tulsi Beware India’s Spies?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:04 PM :: 594 Views :: Tulsi Gabbard

... she personally addressed a conference hosted by India’s foreign ministry and Observer Research Foundation, a think tank that openly employs former R&AW director Vikram Sood ....

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Friday, June 27, 2025
​UH to tear down 3rd Perfectly Good Maunakea Telescope
By News Release @ 4:38 PM :: 975 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA

... "Right up to the end, UKIRT remained highly productive and will leave a lasting scientific legacy.” ....

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Friday, June 27, 2025
Lahaina Maui HI - DRONE Update - June 2025 - Is there ANY Progress ???
By Video @ 3:51 PM :: 779 Views :: Maui County, Development

Lahaina Maui HI - DRONE Update - June 2025 - Is there ANY Progress ???

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Friday, June 27, 2025
Moszkowicz will not seek Honolulu Chief Position
By News Release @ 2:05 AM :: 689 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Police

"I would love to stay here (on the Big Island), as your Chief, and would publicly commit to not applying to be the Chief anywhere else."

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Thursday, June 26, 2025
OHA Withdraws Maunakea Litigation
By News Release @ 10:42 PM :: 774 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Higher Education, OHA

... Klein Quit as OHA’s Maunakea Lawyer Six Months Ago ....

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Thursday, June 26, 2025
Inflexible policies continue to hinder Lahaina wildfire recovery
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:38 PM :: 673 Views :: Maui County, Development

... almost two years after the fires, fewer than two dozen homes have been rebuilt ....

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Thursday, June 26, 2025
'Self-Certification' to Bypass DPP Delays
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 551 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

... online registration is now open for DPP's new Self-Certification Professional (SCP) Program ....

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