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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
The last time Congress created a new state
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 13188 Views :: Hawaii History

...On March 19, 1959, Congress approved Hawaii for admission to the union as the 50th state....

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Monday, March 18, 2024
AG Points Finger at Maui County: 53 Subpoenas Delay Lahaina Fire Report
By News Release @ 10:03 PM :: 76 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics

... The more Maui County is responsible, the less Hawaiian Electric owes.  And Maui County has sovereign immunity against lawsuits ....

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Monday, March 18, 2024
Hawaii Worst State for Doctors
By Selected News Articles @ 3:06 PM :: 147 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

... from the average annual wage of physicians to the number of hospitals per capita to the quality of the public hospital system ....

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Monday, March 18, 2024
Public Interest Law Firm Urges Honolulu to Change Sign Regulations to Save Businesses, Protect Free Speech Rights
By Selected News Articles @ 2:50 PM :: 133 Views :: Honolulu County, First Amendment, Small Business, Tourism

... calling on them to change a city ordinance that’s driving several popular restaurants in Honolulu’s Waikiki District out of business ....

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Sunday, March 17, 2024
Hawaii Republican leaders secretly met with Miske Hitman Lindsey Kinney
By Andrew Walden @ 11:59 PM :: 2259 Views :: First Amendment, Republican Party

... How Miske Hitman ‘Kleaned House’ in Three Political Parties ....

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Sunday, March 17, 2024
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 7:13 PM :: 242 Views :: Life, Drugs

... Recreational Marijuana Passes 'Joint' Hearing in House ....

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Sunday, March 17, 2024
Green's PLA directive will make Government Contracting Even More Expensive
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:05 PM :: 361 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Small Business

... Hawaii taxpayers are going to be paying more for state government projects under a directive issued in February by Gov. Josh Green ....

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Sunday, March 17, 2024
‘CPR king’ Abe Lee enables homeownership despite complicated legal framework
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 583 Views :: Development, Land Use

... state law allows homeowners to divide their ownership rights into separate “lots of record” for ownership purposes, but the County Department of Planning and Permitting will still only recognize the property as one lot ....

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Sunday, March 17, 2024
The Hawaii Estate Tax
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 758 Views :: Taxes

... there are bills advancing that would, if enacted, fundamentally change how Hawaii’s estate tax works ....

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Sunday, March 17, 2024
Grassroot Institute Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:56 AM :: 286 Views :: Development, Health Care, Cost of Living

... 2024 Legislature resumes session and Grassroot Institute is on the case ....

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Sunday, March 17, 2024
Lets Cut Jaywalkers Some Slack
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:58 AM :: 356 Views :: Law Enforcement

... a bill moving through the Legislature that would let pedestrians cross the street carefully and responsibly, regardless of whether they are in a crosswalk ....

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Saturday, March 16, 2024
189 Candidates Pull Papers Statewide
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 7239 Views :: Office of Elections

... Candidate filing begins on February 1, 2024, and goes through June 4, 2024 ....

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Saturday, March 16, 2024
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 16, 2024
By GovTrack .us @ 11:21 PM :: 261 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

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Saturday, March 16, 2024
HB2079 Would Legalize Child Kidnapping for Sex Change
By Selected News Articles @ 7:09 PM :: 1921 Views :: Family, Health Care, Law Enforcement

... to allow legal protections for any non-parent with sufficient access and means to remove a child of any age from their home state, and to bring them to Hawaii in the name of receiving “Gender Affirming Care” ....

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Saturday, March 16, 2024
HHFDC Selects Insiders to Develop Kapolei Parcel
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 392 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

... to award developers Ikenakea Development LLC and The Michaels Organization a long-term lease for the 19.4-acre property at Farrington Highway and Fort Barrette Road ....

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Saturday, March 16, 2024
Green Releases 'The Hawai‘i We Deserve' policy report
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 371 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

... a comprehensive outline of the Green Administration’s plans to confront key issues facing the state of Hawai‘i ....

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Saturday, March 16, 2024
Hana Joins 'Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area'
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 293 Views :: Maui County, Environment

... Kīpahulu joins Hā‘ena on Kaua‘i and Miloli‘i on Hawai‘i Island, as the third designated CBSFA in the state ....

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Friday, March 15, 2024
Blangiardi Delivers State of the City Address
By Video @ 2:12 AM :: 374 Views :: Honolulu County

 VIDEO: State of the City Address 

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Friday, March 15, 2024
SB3381 Lahaina Landgrab Bill: Akaku Hosts Community Forum
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 739 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... at Akakū Maui Community Media on Saturday, March 16th from 9:30am - 1pm ....

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Friday, March 15, 2024
State, FEMA Agree on Plan to Push Lahaina Survivors out of Hotels
By News Release @ 1:05 AM :: 753 Views :: Maui County

... survivors in NCS seeking support through the state of Hawaiʻi’s Housing solution will be given two opportunities to accept an housing option ....

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Friday, March 15, 2024
Hawaii Homeland Security Announces Plan for 'Targeted Violence Prevention'
By News Release @ 12:59 AM :: 430 Views :: Education K-12, Law Enforcement

"...a realistic and achievable path to reducing targeted violence in our schools and throughout our community....”

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
“Smaller homes on smaller lots”
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:47 PM :: 566 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... HB1630 and SB3202 would allow homeowners to subdivide their lots and build additional homes ....

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
House Passes State Budget
By News Release @ 4:30 AM :: 438 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Taxes

"... will come at an extraordinary cost ...."

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Three Gun Bills on the Move
By News Release @ 6:59 PM :: 761 Views :: Second Amendment

... two hearings for three bills coming up on Friday that will accept testimony ....

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Trump Sweeps Hawaii Republican Caucus
By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 AM :: 1067 Views :: Republican Party

... Proportionally, Kauai County has the highest turnout ....

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Hawaii bill that would increase automobile insurance draws ire
By News Release @ 4:11 AM :: 805 Views :: Small Business, Cost of Living

... The Senate passed the bill 23-2, with Republican Sens. Brenton Awa and Kurt Fevella casting the lone "no" votes ....

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
FWS Designates 119,326 acres as critical habitat on Big Island
By News Release @ 4:58 PM :: 566 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Land Use

... 119,326 acres of federal, state, private, and public lands are being designated as critical habitat for 12 species, meaning these areas have been identified as essential for the conservation of one or more of the species ....

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Breaking Cycles Symposium updates community on plans to let lots and lots of criminals back out onto the streets
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 528 Views :: Justice Reinvestment

... Approximately 70 people attended the “Breaking Cycles Symposium Update: Re-envisioning a Health, Housing, and Corrections Continuum” at the state Capitol auditorium ....

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
JSC Still Seeking Applicants for Big Island Circuit Judge
By Andrew Walden @ 4:31 PM :: 479 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary

... Notice of Second Extended Deadline for Applications for Anticipated Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the Third Circuit (island of Hawai’i) ....

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Judicial Vacancy – Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals
By News Release @ 3:03 AM :: 1470 Views :: Judiciary

... Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawaiʻi ....

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Monday, March 11, 2024
Lahaina: Purposefully Making Rebuilding Slow, Expensive, and Frustrating
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:04 PM :: 1214 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development

... Federal aid money is pouring in, but “no one seems to know where it’s going” ....

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Monday, March 11, 2024
Where to Vote: Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus Tuesday March 12
By Andrew Walden @ 12:11 AM :: 1141 Views :: Republican Party

... find your caucus location here ....

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Sunday, March 10, 2024
Water agency ID’d as major Lahaina recovery roadblock
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:09 PM :: 756 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use

... “We’ve got this long line of developers who have been trying for decades to get a permit at the Water Commission” ....

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Sunday, March 10, 2024
Bill 21: Reform emergency permitting to quicken Lahaina recovery
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:01 PM :: 610 Views :: Maui County, Development

“...amend the County’s emergency permitting statute to speed up approval times, waive building permit fees and expand the types of structures to which the statute applies....”

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Sunday, March 10, 2024
The Worst State to be Rich, Poor, or In Between
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2188 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living

... One state made the top five on all lists ....

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Sunday, March 10, 2024
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 9, 2024
By GovTrack .us @ 4:59 AM :: 634 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

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Sunday, March 10, 2024
Listening to naysayers in the housing debate
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:51 AM :: 1025 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... monsters lurk behind every corner ....

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Sunday, March 10, 2024
Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 657 Views :: Family, Health Care, Religion, Drugs

... Final House Vote on Minor Access to Gender Affirmation Care ....

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Saturday, March 9, 2024
DHS: Green Appoints Political Hack to Oversee Department Overflowing with Dead Babies
By News Release @ 4:05 PM :: 1258 Views :: Ethics, Family, Hawaii State Government

... As a state Representative from 2004 to 2023, Yamane chaired various committees including Health, Human Services, and Homelessness ....

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Friday, March 8, 2024
Soft on Crime: After 41-year Crime Spree, Child Molesting Meth Dealer Gets Something Besides Probation
By News Release @ 3:07 PM :: 1309 Views :: Hawaii County , Judiciary, Law Enforcement, Drugs

... (he got probation after being) found with methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and an unconscious minor who had no pants and displayed physical indications of sexual assault. At that time, Kinoshita was out on bail for two state felony cases ....

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Friday, March 8, 2024
Fake Minutes and Fire Secrecy: OIP Posts Three New Opinions
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 948 Views :: Honolulu County, Education K-12, Ethics

"... the executive session minutes did not convey a true reflection of the matters discussed at the meeting ..."

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Friday, March 8, 2024
OIP: Sunshine and UIPA Bills on the Move
By News Release @ 2:57 AM :: 742 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government

... we are halfway through the 2024 legislative session, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is providing this update of Sunshine Law and UIPA bills that have survived and crossed over ....

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Friday, March 8, 2024
Study: DoE Pandemic Failure will Cost Hawaii $31B
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 AM :: 1050 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, COVID-19

... Hawaii students in the COVID cohort can expect on average 3.7 percent lower lifetime earnings ....

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Friday, March 8, 2024
Audit: 100% FEMA Fail on Kauai Disaster Procurement
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 975 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics

... projects seeking FEMA reimbursement could be subject to an Office of the Inspector General’s (“OIG”) audit ....

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Friday, March 8, 2024
TAT Audit: Maui County fails to Collect Millions from Vacation Rentals
By News Release @ 1:50 AM :: 850 Views :: Maui County, Taxes

... the County recognized over $56.9 million of MCTAT revenue on its financial statements. However, as of June 30, 2022, only $40 million (1) was actually deposited ....

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
Anti-Israel 'Uncommitteds' Take 29% in Hawaii Democratic Primary
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 AM :: 1001 Views :: Democratic Party

... A total of 1,563 votes were cast statewide, with Biden receiving 1,032, or 66%, while uncommitted took 455 votes, or 29% ....

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
Kouchi in Danger After Nahale-a Debacle?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 AM :: 2771 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Politicians

... if a person who voted for Nahale-a gets ticked off enough to try and flip at least one of the votes that voted against, then they could have a shot at reorganizing the Senate ....

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
HB1675: No GE Tax on Medical Services
By Video @ 3:40 AM :: 861 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes

... supporting HB 1675 as the first step in getting rid of GET for medical services ....

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
Ways to Maximize Hawaii's Current Zoning Laws
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:09 AM :: 823 Views :: Development

... CPRs and accessory dwellings units, and how the state’s housing regulations have evolved ....

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
DBEDT Forecast: 1.5% Economic Growth for 2024
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 AM :: 749 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics

... Though visitor spending decreased by 4.5 percent in January 2024, state general excise tax (GET) collections were up by 2.4 percent during the same month, an increase which can be attributed to household spending ....

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