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| Wednesday, July 29, 2026 |
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Kauai Charter School not the First to Remove Wife of OHA Trustee
By Andrew Walden @ 9:56 PM :: 6020 Views
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"Executive Director/Principal Kanoe Ahuna gave special treatment to her husband Dan Ahuna (OHA Trustee) when she failed to reprimand him for multiple instances of using foul and abusive language toward middle school students while he was a KPCS teacher during the 2024-25 school year...."
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| Wednesday, July 29, 2026 |
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VIDEO: US Navy Sea Drone Holes Peleliu off Kauai
By Video @ 10:26 AM :: 4193 Views
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... U.S. Navy unmanned surface vessels take part in a sinking exercise in the Pacific Ocean ....
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| Wednesday, July 29, 2026 |
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Case Calls On President To Once Again Extend Jones Act Waiver
By Ed Case @ 8:46 AM :: 4371 Views
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... Rep Case says any lapse of the current Jones Act waiver will heighten disruption risk and further drive up sky-high prices ....
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| Tuesday, July 28, 2026 |
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DLIR: Welfare and Food Service to be Top Growth Industries
By News Release @ 8:26 PM :: 4204 Views
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... 28,060 net new jobs statewide ....
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| Tuesday, July 28, 2026 |
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Honolulu retiree celebrates win in lawsuit challenging City’s excessive TVR fines
By News Release @ 7:24 PM :: 4708 Views
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" ... she sued in federal court for imposing excessive fines in violation of the Eighth Amendment .... "
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| Monday, July 27, 2026 |
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3 years later: Over One Third of Maui Wildfire Victims Still in Temporary Housing
By UHERO @ 8:47 PM :: 4237 Views
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...Participants living in temporary housing declined from 40.6% to 34.4%....
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| Monday, July 27, 2026 |
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DHHL Sued Over Courtyards at Waipouli Evictions
By News Release @ 6:55 PM :: 4539 Views
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... David Kalahiki and Linda Twitchell allege that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ blood-quantum rule violates their rights by conditioning housing on ancestry ....
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| Monday, July 27, 2026 |
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Voter Service Centers Open July 27
By News Release @ 10:41 AM :: 8275 Views
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"...To beat the long lines on August 8, officials urge voters to take advantage of the opportunity to vote early...."
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| Sunday, July 26, 2026 |
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The One Dollar Solution
By Tom Yamachika @ 9:43 AM :: 4505 Views
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... the line-itemed bill, SB 2600 ....
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| Sunday, July 26, 2026 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 24, 2026
By GovTrack .us @ 6:36 AM :: 4415 Views
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... votes cast and bills introduced in Congress ....
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| Saturday, July 25, 2026 |
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Empty homes tax just empty promises
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:36 PM :: 4489 Views
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... the Commission ultimately rejected putting the issue on the ballot ....
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| Friday, July 24, 2026 |
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Five Indicted in Luke Bribery Case--will this be enough to keep Feds Away?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:53 PM :: 8028 Views
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...The most likely explanation for these indictments is that they are designed to present the minimum case capable of forestalling federal prosecutors. As always, the slogan is 'Defend Hawaii.'....
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| Thursday, July 23, 2026 |
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Indian National Arrested in Hawaii for Role in Gold Bar Elder Fraud Scheme
By News Release @ 8:35 PM :: 4867 Views
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... Harsh Fojalal Shah, 25, an Indian national, was arrested in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 20 ....
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| Thursday, July 23, 2026 |
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How rigid land-use rules are holding back wildfire recovery in Lahaina
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:44 PM :: 4662 Views
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... More than 2,200 structures were destroyed. So far, only 220 houses have been rebuilt ....
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| Thursday, July 23, 2026 |
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When safety becomes exclusion: The hidden cost of building codes
By Selected News Articles @ 3:32 PM :: 5039 Views
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... the ICC has become one of the most powerful and least transparent institutions in housing policy ....
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| Thursday, July 23, 2026 |
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BWS Agrees to Waste $6M on Useless Kalaeloa Desal Plant
By News Release @ 11:49 AM :: 4708 Views
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... The company recently received a Limited Notice to Proceed from its client, the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, authorizing the procurement ....
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| Thursday, July 23, 2026 |
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The island without childcare for babies
By Selected News Articles @ 9:45 AM :: 5023 Views
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... she’s been trying to add an additional building to run an infant-toddler center for seven or eight years, but on the island, the process is lengthy ....
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| Wednesday, July 22, 2026 |
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Maui can't delegate environmental assessment to property owners
By Court House News @ 4:20 PM :: 4576 Views
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... the rules governing what can be built near the shore have been debated among developers, environmental advocates and fire survivors trying to rebuild their homes in Lahaina ....
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| Wednesday, July 22, 2026 |
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AG Sues to Force Shutdown of HECO's oldest Oil Burners on Maui, Big Island
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 4605 Views
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... Kanoelehua Hill, Kahului, Māʻalaea and Puna generating stations were identified as the top contributors of human-caused, haze-causing pollution ....
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| Wednesday, July 22, 2026 |
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How politicians manipulate data to take credit
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:55 AM :: 4227 Views
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... How do we honestly measure the American dream? ....
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| Tuesday, July 21, 2026 |
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Hawaii Tries and Fails to make Second Amendment a 'Property Rights' Issue
By NRA ILA @ 7:16 PM :: 4607 Views
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...“Property Rights” Critique of Wolford Misleads on Facts and Law....
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| Tuesday, July 21, 2026 |
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Feds: Hawaii Homeownership 18.9% Lower Than Believed
By Selected News Articles @ 1:05 PM :: 5133 Views
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"...Hawaii’s homeowners-to-population ratio (HPOP) is 18.9 percentage points lower than its owner-occupancy rate, the largest difference of any state...."
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| Tuesday, July 21, 2026 |
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DLNR: 80 Meth Addicts Removed from Waianae Boat Harbor, 30 Still Waiting
By News Release @ 9:21 AM :: 5053 Views
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... Globalization Personified: 30 American drug addicts are sitting around waiting for Chinese workers to finish building them homes ....
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| Monday, July 20, 2026 |
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What It Takes to Retire in Hawaii at 62 on $1.5 Million Without Touching Your Principal
By Selected News Articles @ 9:10 AM :: 6099 Views
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... the tax code treats different retirement dollars very differently ....
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| Monday, July 20, 2026 |
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Upgraded HECO Waiau Plant 'can run on LNG'
By News Release @ 8:52 AM :: 4974 Views
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"...can operate on a variety of liquid fuels...and can be converted to run on liquefied natural gas if it becomes available...."
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| Monday, July 20, 2026 |
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After 18 Years of Green Energy, Oil still supplies 68% of electricity on Oahu
By Selected News Articles @ 8:43 AM :: 4640 Views
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"Perhaps electrical grids are more complicated than the mandates."
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| Sunday, July 19, 2026 |
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Trustees: Kahele Used Line-Item to Illegally Buy Support for Budget
By Andrew Walden @ 12:18 PM :: 8916 Views
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"... As the Chair and majority continue Ferreira’s leave, and weigh further disciplinary action against Ferreira, they create ongoing exposure to OHA to adverse litigation risks ...."
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| Sunday, July 19, 2026 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Opinions Designed to Inject 'Critical Race Theory' into Law?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:20 AM :: 6461 Views
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...Ketanji Brown Jackson is creating a body of “KBJ law” that other judges can cite to defy SCOTUS....
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| Sunday, July 19, 2026 |
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Why Care About the Dam Special Fund
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:00 AM :: 4902 Views
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... we are suing the State over it ....
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| Saturday, July 18, 2026 |
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Hawaii comes in first — at being the worst state for business
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:14 PM :: 4964 Views
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... Hawaii’s business climate is getting worse, not better ....
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| Saturday, July 18, 2026 |
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Hilo Internet 'Cultist' Gets 10 Years for Child Porn
By News Release @ 2:48 PM :: 4803 Views
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...Cultists members collaborated to victimize children in a systematic attempt to trigger social collapse and topple the current world order....
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| Saturday, July 18, 2026 |
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Helping Maui Rapist, Hawaii’s Top Court Unleashes ‘Unserious Screed’ Against Conservative-Majority Supreme Court
By Selected News Articles @ 1:54 PM :: 5545 Views
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"...This is nothing more than an unserious screed rather than a reasoned opinion....”
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| Saturday, July 18, 2026 |
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‘The Timing is Interesting’ -- How does Performance-Based Regulation affect HECO’s stance on LNG?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:03 PM :: 5264 Views
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...Performance-Based Regulation, adopted by PUC in 2020, (PBR) fundamentally changed HECO's financial incentives in a way that made pursuing LNG much less attractive....
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| Saturday, July 18, 2026 |
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Solar: HECO Announces Plan to Pave Koolaus in Glass
By News Release @ 9:20 AM :: 6087 Views
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Solar farm sacrifice zones.
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| Friday, July 17, 2026 |
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Marijuana: Is the Honolulu Police Department ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court?
By News Release @ 1:18 PM :: 4891 Views
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...On June 18, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that the government cannot impose a blanket prohibition on firearm rights simply because someone is, or was, a medical marijuana patient....
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| Friday, July 17, 2026 |
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Soft on Crime Hawaii Supreme Court Gives Maui Rapist a Second Chance
By Court House News @ 11:18 AM :: 5677 Views
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... The victim in the case reported that Granillo struck her in the parking lot, dragged her into his car, drove her to a beach, held her at knifepoint and repeatedly sexually assaulted and beat her before she escaped ....
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| Friday, July 17, 2026 |
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UPDATE: AG Investigators "work toward completing" bribery investigation
By News Release @ 10:20 AM :: 34985 Views
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... "work toward completing the investigation" ....
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| Thursday, July 16, 2026 |
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Green Vetoes One, Line-item Another
By News Release @ 4:21 PM :: 4764 Views
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... Green concluded this year’s bill signing period and issued his final veto decision with 266 of the 267 measures becoming law ....
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| Thursday, July 16, 2026 |
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Kauai CASPER Survey Results
By News Release @ 4:13 PM :: 4670 Views
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...Kauaʻi District Health Office (KDHO) has released its report of the 2026 Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey....
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| Thursday, July 16, 2026 |
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Soft on Crime: Lifelong Criminal Busted Again in $1.2M Fraud
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 5151 Views
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... the defendants allegedly manufactured and deposited fraudulent checks totaling approximately $1.2 million between June and August 2024 ....
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| Thursday, July 16, 2026 |
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Oahu Man Pleads Guilty to Transferring Money to Iran in Violation of U.S. Sanctions
By News Release @ 7:11 AM :: 4609 Views
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... Arash Einolghozati, 37, of Waialua, Oahu, pled guilty on July 13, 2026 ....
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Decades of policy choices make gas more expensive for Hawaii, West Coast States: Report
By Selected News Articles @ 5:48 PM :: 5336 Views
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“...most of that gap is driven by just four states: California, Hawaii, Washington and Oregon....”
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Judge stalls Turtle Bay resort redevelopment over outdated environmental reviews
By Court House News @ 2:29 PM :: 5167 Views
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"...The impacts to an endangered Hawaiian bee that moved into the redevelopment area were not included in previous environmental reviews...."
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Judge Gillmor closes Trump administration's case to stop Hawaii climate lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 2:22 PM :: 4767 Views
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... The Trump administration has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to stop the litigation ....
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Report: 'Possible Loss of Life' Due to Tsunami Evacuation Confusion
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 4866 Views
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"...Extended care medical facilities and medically fragile populations lacked individual evacuation plans and procedures...."
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Hawaii: 95% Child Care Desert
By News Release @ 11:52 AM :: 4848 Views
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... only Alaska has a worse child care availability shortfall ....
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Bill Collectors Cheer as Hawaii Enacts Medical Debt Relief Program
By News Release @ 9:46 AM :: 4885 Views
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...With the signing of SB 3025, Hawaii joins a growing roster of 27 cities and states utilizing nonprofit partnerships to purchase and forgive health care debt portfolios....
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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APA Applauds New Prescribing Psychologist Law in Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:28 AM :: 4844 Views
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"...New legislation will help psychologists provide an integrated model of care for patients, APA says...."
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| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
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Hawaii Voters to Receive Primary Election Ballots by July 21
By News Release @ 8:02 AM :: 4406 Views
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... Return your ballot as soon as possible. Ballots must be received, not postmarked, by 7:00 PM on August 8, 2026. Ballots received after the deadline cannot be counted ....
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| Tuesday, July 14, 2026 |
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Act222: Hospital ERs to Provide Real-Time Disease Data to DoH
By Selected News Articles @ 10:04 AM :: 4600 Views
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... Program provides an early warning system for emerging threats ....
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