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Monday, October 27, 2025
Brenton Awa to Challenge Tokuda for Congress
By Video @ 3:10 PM :: 150 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party

... Awa's state senate seat is not up in 2026 so he does not have to resign to run ....

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Monday, October 27, 2025
Grassroot: Lahaina, Jones Act, and Rail
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 390 Views :: Maui County, Development, Jones Act, Rail

... upward of 500 building permits have been issued for Lahaina residents and businesses whose homes and storefronts were destroyed ....

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Sunday, October 26, 2025
Rubber Stamp Legislature Needs More Dissent
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:42 PM :: 513 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

... Out of 94,000 votes cast during the 2025 session of the Legislature, 92,000 were “Yes.” ....

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Sunday, October 26, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted October 24, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 4:50 PM :: 241 Views :: Congressional Delegation

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

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Sunday, October 26, 2025
Spend That Money, Vought Is Watching
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1102 Views :: DHHL

... DHHL's carryover balances, and these high annual re-appropriations that they have, kind of made it low-hanging fruit for the Trump Administration .... 

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Sunday, October 26, 2025
Honolulu’s “No Firearms” Transit Signs Are Misleading
By Selected News Articles @ 4:41 AM :: 1036 Views :: Small Business

... HRS §134-9.1 explicitly allows people to transport an unloaded firearm in a locked, hard-sided case ....

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Saturday, October 25, 2025
Statewide Traffic Deaths Top Last Year's Total
By News Release @ 4:58 PM :: 641 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement

... The 106 were a combination of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, motorcyclists, scooter riders, bicyclists and people on non-traditional conveyances like skateboards, foot scooters and Utility Task Vehicles ....

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Saturday, October 25, 2025
Inch by inch, everything's a cinch!
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:22 PM :: 951 Views :: Maui County, Development

... If we can keep clearing away the regulations that hamper recovery efforts, we might someday see a rebuilt and prosperous Lahaina ....

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Friday, October 24, 2025
UH study: 19-year life expectancy gap among Hawaiʻi groups
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 1127 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

"... Other Pacific Islanders: 69.6 years ...."

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Friday, October 24, 2025
Contracts: How Much Money is in Honolulu's Sewers?
By UHERO @ 2:48 PM :: 1037 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment

... ENV’s role as a local engine of employment and income ....

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Friday, October 24, 2025
Pohoiki Boat Ramp Opens--Blocked by Shifting Shoreline within week
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 822 Views :: Hawaii County

... From October 16 – 19, 2025, the entrance channel filled with black sand, cobbles, and larger lava rocks carried by ocean swells ....

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Red Flag Could Lead to Blackouts
By News Release @ 6:54 PM :: 560 Views :: Energy, Environment

... Strong winds, low humidity could lead to Public Safety Power Shutoff ....

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Too Many Blackouts? HECO will buy you a Generator
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 1272 Views :: Energy

... Qualified Hawaiian Electric customers in wildfire risk areas who are subject to preemptive power shutoffs would be eligible to receive a rebate for the purchase of backup power equipment ....

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Hawaii needs help with its social worker shortage
By Selected News Articles @ 6:27 PM :: 446 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Higher Education

... Nearly half a million Hawaii residents live in mental health deserts, with just one provider for every 335 patients ....

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
VIDEO: Building common ground: Expanding housing in Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:06 PM :: 719 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... Speaking to an audience of more than 70, including state and county lawmakers and department executives, the four presenters touched on myriad possible reforms, including those related to land-use laws, inclusionary zoning, density regulations, parking and amenities requirements, and farm-worker housing ....

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
New report shows how outdated parking mandates inflate Hawaiʻi housing costs
By News Release @ 2:48 PM :: 1222 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... parking mandates are adding tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of construction of new homes on Oʻahu ....

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Japanese Archery Range Coming to Honolulu
By News Release @ 2:34 PM :: 879 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment

... kyudojo facility planned in the undeveloped area of Mau‘umae Nature Park in Kaimukī ....

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Hawaii DoE Disciplines Teacher for Student-Initiated Charlie Kirk Free Speech Discussion on Constitution Day
By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 AM :: 1718 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment

... the vice principal interrupted a social studies department meeting to announce that teachers are not allowed to discuss “controversial issues” and that if controversial issues arise in student discussions, teachers must “shut it down” ....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Green in DC to Meet with Army
By News Release @ 11:13 PM :: 1835 Views :: Environment, Land Use, Military

... Governor Green and Secretary Driscoll anticipate working toward a Memorandum of Understanding by the end of this year, with the goal of outlining clear parameters for a suitable land arrangement and addressing the issues most important for Hawaiʻi’s communities ....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Time for new choices on how to fix Hawaii’s shortage of housing
By Selected News Articles @ 3:58 PM :: 723 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... Our housing crisis is the result of past choices. The solution requires the courage to make new ones going forward ....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Blangiardi signs Bill 51 establishing Downtown Honolulu Business Improvement District
By News Release @ 3:45 AM :: 663 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Law Enforcement, Taxes

... funded through special assessments on non-residential property owners ....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Even on Fare-Free Weekend, Rail Ridership falls short of Blangiardi's 25,000
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 1961 Views :: Rail

... DTS announces ridership numbers for Skyline Segment 2 ....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Hawaii's Only Oil Refinery $100M 'Renewable' Fuels Deal
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 4731 Views :: Energy, Environment

... Par Pacific, Mitsubishi, and ENEOS to Establish Joint Venture for Renewable Fuels in Hawaii ....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
100th Pre-K Classroom Opens
By News Release @ 5:15 AM :: 380 Views :: Education K-12, Family

... Ready Keiki initiative marks major step toward statewide preschool for all ....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
US Senate is laying down terms for military land use negotiations in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 AM :: 746 Views :: Land Use, Military

... authorizes acquisition through exchange or lease ....

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Monday, October 20, 2025
Milk Recall: Children Sickened at More Elementary Schools
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 1529 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care

... 31 illnesses potentially linked to the product ....

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Monday, October 20, 2025
Lawsuit Filed Over Kamehameha Admission Policy
By Court House News @ 11:45 PM :: 1019 Views :: Akaka Bill, Education K-12

... The group challenges the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2006 decision in Doe v. Kamehameha Schools, which upheld the schools’ admissions policy by an 8-7 vote ....

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Monday, October 20, 2025
Hawaii State Most Affected by Government Shutdown
By Selected News Articles @ 3:06 PM :: 950 Views :: Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii is tied with MD and DC for the largest share of federal employees ....

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Sunday, October 19, 2025
SD19 Dems Send Three Names to Governor
By News Release @ 10:54 AM :: 3156 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Ethics

... On Sep 25, 2025, SD19 Senator Aquino announced he would quit Senate to join lobbying firm ....

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Sunday, October 19, 2025
Even More TANF Hoarding
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 763 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government

... federal TANF money that we haven’t spent: $452 million ....

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Sunday, October 19, 2025
Harnessing AI for Government Transparency
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:20 AM :: 592 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government

... Grassroot’s “Open Hearings” project can monitor and summarize government hearings and produce transcripts and summaries of those hearings almost immediately ....

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Saturday, October 18, 2025
Housing event showed value of collaboration
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:37 PM :: 615 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... know how to win ....

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Saturday, October 18, 2025
Former Maui resident pleads guilty in fentanyl trafficking case
By Court House News @ 5:44 PM :: 705 Views :: Maui County, Drugs

... man with 11 prior convictions, including five drug felonies in Hawaii, admitted to shipping nearly a pound of fentanyl to Maui ....

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Saturday, October 18, 2025
BBC: Harbors Division Rejected Two Offers to Save Falls of Clyde
By Selected News Articles @ 3:59 AM :: 763 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii History

... A Norwegian firm which operates heavy lift ships offered to transport Falls of Clyde back to Scotland for free, but the campaign was soon embroiled in a wrangle with the …(Hawaii Dept of Transport Harbors Division)… over insurance costs and other conditions ....

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Friday, October 17, 2025
Profitable Nonprofits: Four Legislators Oversee $50M Cash Giveaway
By News Release @ 2:06 PM :: 729 Views :: Hawaii State Government

... Rep Daniel Holt, House Finance Committee Vice Chair Jenna Takenouchi, Senate Ways and Means Chair Donovan Dela Cruz and Senate Majority Leader Dru Kanuha ...

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Friday, October 17, 2025
Hawaii on Verge of Affordable Housing Breakthrough?
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:29 AM :: 1369 Views :: Development, Cost of Living

... Legislative action in all four of Hawaii’s counties could soon help ease the state’s acute housing shortage ....

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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Falsely arrested by their own Department?  Four Sheriff Deputies File Suit
By Andrew Walden @ 9:54 PM :: 793 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement

... trumped-up the charges against the four deputies as part of a convoluted scheme to manipulate Horton as a ‘pawn’ to retaliate against the number three man in the State Sheriff Division, First Deputy Lanikoa Dobrowolsky ....

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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Defensive Gun Use Proves Armed Citizens Aren’t ‘Vampires’
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:07 PM :: 831 Views :: Second Amendment

... Hawaii and several other states passed a series of spiteful measures—including the so-called “Vampire Rule” now before the court ....

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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Hawaii Joins Democrat States' Tech Anti-Trust Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 12:33 PM :: 715 Views :: National News

(CLUE: Stupid Democrats still don't understand what turned Big Tech against them.)

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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Hold on to Your Wallet: HDOT releases transportation GHG plan
By News Release @ 2:49 AM :: 892 Views :: Energy, Environment, Cost of Living

... Lawsuit Settlement will Impose ‘Big Expense’ on Your ‘fuel, groceries, and airfare’  ....

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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Falls of Clyde removed from Honolulu Harbor
By News Release @ 2:18 AM :: 700 Views :: Hawaii History, Tourism

... the disposal site is approximately 25 miles south of Honolulu Harbor ....

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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Fed Wreck Back Again?
By Video @ 12:29 AM :: 1343 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA

... Shame On The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs For Lying Again. Theyʻre Trying To Convince You That You Need US Federal Recognition ....

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Kaiser health care workers strike for better wages
By Court House News @ 10:37 AM :: 535 Views :: Health Care, Labor

... Thousands of Kaiser employees in California, Oregon and Hawaii organized a five-day work stoppage after negotiations for higher pay and other demands stagnated ....

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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
National Republicans Sue Hawaii over Election Rolls
By News Release @ 10:32 PM :: 772 Views :: Office of Elections, Republican Party

... The RNC filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Hawaii’s chief election officer for allegedly violating the law by refusing to provide public voter roll maintenance ....

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Monday, October 13, 2025
Green Signs Energy Deal with Japanese Company
By News Release @ 11:34 PM :: 1462 Views :: Energy, World News, Tourism

... Could Hawaii be Supplied with Canadian LNG from JERA? ....

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Monday, October 13, 2025
Direct2UH streamlines admission to UH for Hawaiʻi public high school seniors
By News Release @ 11:16 PM :: 527 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education

... a new initiative that simplifies the college admissions process and removes barriers to higher education for Hawaiʻi’s public high school seniors ....

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Monday, October 13, 2025
Extend Rail? Let the people vote
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:22 PM :: 2971 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail

... city officials are now considering extending the rail several more miles ....

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Monday, October 13, 2025
DTRIC Insurance to Quit Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:13 AM :: 704 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living

... However, DTRIC will continue to administer all active policies, manage claims and meet its contractual and statutory obligations, over the next several years ....

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Sunday, October 12, 2025
Building Common Ground: Grassroot, Appleseed housing forum
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:00 AM :: 2050 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... The Oct. 15 event will focus on research and practical reforms aimed at addressing Hawaii's acute need for more housing ....

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Sunday, October 12, 2025
Delays spell doom for Lahaina as we knew it
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:48 AM :: 1117 Views :: Maui County, Development, Tourism

"How much longer is it going to take for Lahaina to get back on its feet — five, 10, 15 years?"

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