Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Hawai'i Daily News Read

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
July 15, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii gang enforcer gets 30 years, ending landmark case
  2. State Job Growth? 'Health Care and Food Services'
  3. HDoT Awards Contract for Removal of 'Falls of Clyde'
  4. Honolulu Rewards City Employee for Alleged Stealing – Five Years Paid Vacation
  5. Ousted Kahuku head football coach sues DOE, former team captain, and player’s father
  6. Hawaii Pushes Back on Anti-Tourism Sentiments in New Maui Campaign
  7. Man charged in meth money-laundering scheme
  8. Developer Loses Court Fight To Build Luxury Homes On 'Anthrax Graveyard'
  9. Kahala oceanfront condos face looming deadline
  10. TheBus considering pushing West Oahu riders to use Skyline to get to town
  11. Two ex-HPD officers indemnified in wrongful death suit
  12. This Common Precursor To Murder Is Too Rarely Prosecuted On Maui
  13. Investigator: Vocal Red Hill Whistleblower Faced Pushback For Speaking Out
  14. Staff shortage hinders Navy program in Hawaii tasked with cleanup of contaminated sites

Monday, July 14, 2025
July 14, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. LGBTQ Commission Pushing Green to Sign Executive Order Making Hawaii Sex-Change Kidnapping Sanctuary
  2. Discovery of unknown publications by Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus of Hawaii)
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 11, 2025
  4. Keohokalole, Tokuda Whine About Difficulties of Being in Congress
  5. State Sued for Playing Fast and Loose With Special Funds  
  6. New ownership unlikely to quench conflict over Maui water
  7. HPD: Number of illegal game rooms down in 2025
  8. ʻEwa Developer Settles Marina Case For $40 Million

Sunday, July 13, 2025
July 13, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. SNAP Cliffs Are Coming
  2. Permitting progress prevails
  3. Judicial Nominees Sought for Oahu, Maui, Big Island
  4. FBI Interfered in Legislature and ‘Let’ A Dirty Lawmaker Get Reelected  
  5. Who Framed Chief Pellitier? – no answers yet
  6. What’s Next for “Hammah”? Lance Bermudez, key Miske associate, to be sentenced
  7. Green: No Special Session Needed to Deal with Trump Cuts
  8. ‘Green fee’ questions needs answers
  9. Federal Solar Subsidies Coming to an End
  10. Hu Honua Pushing Power Deal Before ‘Clean’ Energy Subsidies Expire
  11. Shapiro: Let Hawaii voters have real choices—Knock Republicans off General Election Ballot
  12. Homeless Meth Addicts on Amala Place must leave by next week, Maui County says (again)

Saturday, July 12, 2025
July 12, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. HTA Board Positions Open
  2. VIDEO: HFD Chief Hao on the Māʻili wildfire
  3. 42 More Homeless Beds Available in Iwilei
  4. SHOPO Bags Three Chiefs—Swing and a miss on Maui
  5. Hawai‘i County Police Commission to discuss appointment of interim chief at next meeting
  6. Could this Hawaii community be the next Lahaina? Some residents fear a similar wildfire fate
  7. To Clear Out Zombies, City Council considers ‘Downtown Honolulu Business Improvement District’
  8. Maui Council advances bills for agricultural tourism and food trucks in ag districts
  9. Hawaii homeowners face hurricane insurance challenges
  10. Honolulu regulators decide not to issue any violations for railing collapse at Moana Surfrider
  11. Jury selection to begin in civil trial over fatal police shooting in Nuuanu
  12. Hawaii wannabe Trumpshooter Ryan Routh offers himself for prisoner swap with US adversaries in letter shared by judge

Friday, July 11, 2025
July 11, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Chinese Naval Vessel Spotted Off Hawaiian Coast
  2. Green Signed 313 Bills Into law
  3. Prosecutors Win on Appeal -- Maui Hate Criminals to get more time in prison after beating white man with a shovel
  4. Lahaina Strong Helping Trump Abolish FEMA--Administration Pretends to Take Mrs Kaniela Ing’s Sex-for-Food Stories Seriously
  5. Moszkowicz Forced out as Big Island Chief (now he can try for HPD Chief)
  6. Blangiardi Blindsided by Rade Vanic’s Interest in Top Job
  7. Lawmakers' Plan To Give $50M To Nonprofits May Be Unconstitutional
  8. Solar Scammers Gather on Maui for More Self-Serving Rhetoric

Thursday, July 10, 2025
July 10, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Auditor Dings Hawaii ERS Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
  2. Green Signs SB933, HB420, HB431
  3. Katherine Kealoha’s Dope Dealing Brother Schemes to Get out of Prison
  4. Deed Restrictions to Create Locals-Only Housing Market?
  5. Maui Fires Settlement: Kamehameha Schools Poised To Pay $872 Million
  6. Maui County Slow to Correct Fire Death-Trap Lahaina Roadways
  7. Lawsuit to Challenge $50M Legislative Slush Fund?
  8. Burden For Preventing Drownings In Hawaiʻi Falls On Counties — And Residents
  9. Downtown property owners willing to pay for sanitation, safety improvements
  10. Nanakuli residents want more access to emergency road
  11. Trump De-Funds One Tiny Piece of UH Manoa Global Warming Hysteria Generation System
  12. Global Warmers Claim Waikiki Stormwater Drainage System Will Fail
  13. Military watching Chinese naval ship near Hawaii
  14. Usual suspects gin up ICE Controversy
  15. Controversial CEO of Domestic Violence Action Center Steps Down

Wednesday, July 9, 2025
July 9, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Green Signs $4B Lahaina Settlement Bill
  2. SB933CD1: Shell Bill Gives Legislators $50M to Dole out to their Friends
  3. Maui County Sewer Rates Jump 9%
  4. Paid in full. Trust? Still pending.
  5. Carpenters Union Announces Plan to Harass Non-Union Contractors
  6. Good Jobs Hawaiʻi participants see significant wage gains, UHERO finds
  7. Firearm Permits Subject of Hawaii County PD Hearing
  8. Maui Bill 76: Restore Farmers' Food Truck Rights
  9. Green Signs SB1231 Giving Gays More Opportunity to Get Children
  10. ‘Wheeling’ Means UH Will Clutter West Oahu Ag land With Solar Farms
  11. Will Solar Incentives Impact Non-Participants?
  12. ‘Affordable’ Housing $2,500 / Month
  13. ‘Affordable’ Housing $556K per unit

Tuesday, July 8, 2025
July 8, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. 79.1% of Homeowners in Hawaii Will Face a Hidden Home Equity Tax If They Sell
  2. Green Signs Condo Insurance Stabilization Law
  3. OHA-Connected DTL Selected to Handle Iwilei Master Planning
  4. Feds seek forfeiture of luxury Kahala home tied to fraud conviction of former defense contractor
  5. HELCO will File New Hu Honua Power Purchase Agreement
  6. 94-year-old woman, critically injured in Maili wildfire, dies
  7. Island of Retaliation: Kauaʻi Police Chief Job Posting Gets 42 Applicants
  8. DMV promises end to registration delays in 'next few weeks'
  9. ICE agents stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii
  10. Green Signs Electric ‘Wheeling’ Law
  11. The 25 best high schools for athletes in Hawaii

Monday, July 7, 2025
July 7, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Hawaii’s Police Corruption Scandal: Cash Flow to Crooks Continues
  2. July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
  3. Building New Schools
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 3, 2025
  5. Only 48% of Hawaiʻi HS Seniors Apply for College Financial Aid –Sharply Down After COVID
  6. Maui County Gears Up For Legal Challenges From Former Employees
  7. Happy News: With No Federal Halfway House in Hawaiʻi, Inmates Remain Far From Home
  8. Maili wildfire –Many did not receive Evacuation Notice
  9. Waianae lunch turns into fast exit as diners flee from Maili wildfire

Sunday, July 6, 2025
July 6, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Green signs bills aimed at alleviating Hawaii’s housing shortage
  2. Blue State Blues: One-Party Control? In Hawaiʻi Its More Like No-Party Control
  3. What Did Green Veto?
  4. Police chief to face commission on Thursday
  5. With old ‘leaders’ ousted, Hawai‘i Tourism Authority finally resolves late invoices, interest payments
  6. Third Parties Petitioning for Hawaii Ballot Access
  7. Air Force suspends SpaceX project on Pacific atoll

Saturday, July 5, 2025
July 5, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Testimony: Bill 9 Debunked by Former AG David Louie
  2. Over 400 building permits have been issued for Lahaina rebuilds so far
  3. Honolulu rail project streamlines stations and tactics to save money
  4. ACLU Very Excited to Learn Honolulu’s Federal Detention Center to house ICE detainees

Friday, July 4, 2025
July 4, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
  2. The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July
  3. Green Finalizes Veto Decisions
  4. Green: 'Big Beautiful Bill' Cuts MedQuest and EBT Cards
  5. Hawaii prison guard gets eight years for sexually abusing inmates
  6. Homeowners Association Harasses Foster Family
  7. DPP to Launch New On-Line Permitting System
  8. Shakedown: How Can Hawaii insiders get money out of US military training lease renewal talks?
  9. New law cuts retirement benefits for judges
  10. City ‘struggling to keep up’ with car registration backlog, impacting thousands on Oahu
  11. Former Oahu prison guard sentenced to 8 years in prison for sexually abusing inmates 
  12. Retired MFD battalion chief reindicted for sexually assaulting minor
  13. Police not helping with immigration arrests –but ACLU Still Trying to Turn ‘No’ into ‘Yes’

Thursday, July 3, 2025
July 2025 Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor

Homeowners Association Harasses Foster Family


Thursday, July 3, 2025
July 3, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. In Chile, where science is appreciated, UH Telescope discovers visitor from outside solar system
  2. Maui Council panel recesses secret vacation rental deliberations until July 23
  3. Leadership overhaul continues at the Hawaii Tourism Authority
  4. Hawaii solar companies say Trump’s proposed tax credit cut is a blow to business
  5. Big Island soda theft case highlights mental health treatment gaps
  6. Crime On Oʻahu Is Down Except In One Category — Murder

Wednesday, July 2, 2025
July 2, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Lawsuit Settlement will Impose ‘Big Expense’ on Your ‘fuel, groceries, and airfare’
  2. Red Hill: BWS Sues Navy for $1.2B
  3. Hawai‘i’s state road usage charge begins for electric vehicles on July 1
  4. After Much Gnashing of Teeth, OHA Trustees Approve Amended Budget
  5. The Only Real Strategy for Tourism is to Make it Cost More
  6. After threatening $2.19M fine, DOH admits East Hawaii Urgent Care clinics have resolved paperwork issue
  7. Green Line-Item Vetoes $90M in Bogus DoE ‘Maintenance’
  8. How Oahu Lawsuit Settlement Neuters Law Against Vacation Rentals
  9. 86 drown on the North Shore of Oʻahu in Decade
  10. Maui Council advances Honuaʻula project amendments with a slim 5-4 vote in marathon session
  11. Lahaina Is Rising Slowly
  12. Girl Scouts of Hawaii's new plan to put a troop at every public elementary school in the state
  13. Maui Police arrest new MPD employee for sex assault allegations
  14. Hawaii Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill, After Calling One Of Its Provisions 'A Grave Violation Of Privacy'

Tuesday, July 1, 2025
July 1, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Obscure federal laws could preserve birthright citizenship in Alaska, Hawaii, and Territories
  2. Lawsuit Challenges “Dam Special Fund” Used to Undermine Constitutional Expenditure Controls
  3. Aloha Stadium FAIL: NASED Lists Latest Excuses
  4. May Tourist Count up 1%
  5. Puna Meth Lab Busted
  6. HECO Preps Power Safety Shutoff System for Dry Season
  7. Green Signs State Budget
  8. Visitors Donated Millions To Maui. Where Did It Go?
  9. Senate GOP scrambles to save Alaska/Hawaii SNAP carveout
  10. More Than $100 Million Cut From Hawaiʻi State Budget
  11. ‘Dehumanizing Chaos’: OHA budget pits CEO against Chair of the Board
  12. Immigration: Ed Case Thinks for Himself
  13. Prosecutors want ex-prison guard to serve 7 years

Monday, June 30, 2025
June 30, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Ethics Complaint Exposes Ties Between Maui Councilmembers, Lahaina Charity Fraud, and Lobbyists
  2. July Fourth: Freedom should include your choice of doctor
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 27, 2025
  4. Maui Police Launch Digital Firearms Registration System
  5. The Lahaina Fire is Proof that ‘Performance Based Regulation’ of HECO is a Failure
  6. Questions during Senate hearing deftly sidestepped PUC whistleblower’s allegations
  7. After 20 Years of Bumbling--Kauaʻi's Embattled Drug Addiction Treatment Center For Youth Is No Longer Empty  
  8. Kai Kahele’s OHA Spending Plan Filled With Bizarre Cuts, Changes  
  9. Fish Farm Sues State for Crippling its Business
  10. Usual Fruitcakes Freak out over Proposed Big Island Plastic Recycling Plant

Sunday, June 29, 2025
June 29, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Twenty Years of Nickels
  2. Japan buys Gulf Coast oil, Hawaii doesn’t, thanks to 1920 Jones Act
  3. Interstate telehealth to boost local medical care
  4. Gays Rewrite State Constitution, State History, and Language
  5. Legislators make appetizer of state tourism overseers
  6. Police Commission: Problem is too much Mayoral Control, not too little
  7. Taxpayers Keep Paying For Disgraced City Officials
  8. University of Hawaiʻi’s telescope dedicated in 1970 now honored for enduring impact on space exploration
  9. Hawaii Got the Slowdown It Asked For. Now It's Running Scared.
  10. Pinata: Eco Groups Start Grabbing for Green Fee Money
  11. REMEMBER?  Tulsi Gabbard was once Hawaii’s Most Popular Politician

Saturday, June 28, 2025
June 28, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. UH to tear down 3rd Perfectly Good Maunakea Telescope
  2. Should Tulsi Beware India’s Spies?
  3. No Surprise: BLNR Rejects Another Army EIS
  4. Public Utilities Commission approves whopping 18.1% rate increase for Young Brothers
  5. Puna Geothermal Venture to start ‘Repower Project’ to boost production, lower prices
  6. Senate GOP adds SNAP waivers for Hawaii in new megabill text—if State can reduce 20% Error Rate
  7. How 13 teenagers and some California lawyers rule Hawai’i
  8. Hawai‘i interstate telehealth to solve doctor shortage
  9. Minimizing Utility Rates Starts With That Goal
  10. Let’s Not Confuse Lobbying With Influence-Peddling
  11. Another Delay in Kalua Murder Case

Friday, June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025 News Read
Andrew Walden
  1. Moszkowicz will not seek Honolulu Chief Position
  2. OHA Withdraws Maunakea Litigation
  3. Lahaina Maui HI - DRONE Update - June 2025 - Is there ANY Progress ???
  4. Lahaina Meth Gang Behind ‘Out of Control’ Debate over Vacation Rentals
  5. Maui Council set to begin deliberations on short-term rental phase-out bill
  6. DPP sorts through thousands of illegal rental notices, collecting only 2% of $90M in vacation rental fines
  7. FEMA housing units bring wildfire survivors back to Lahaina
  8. Tragically, Stadium project funding won’t be lost over delay
  9. Astronomers concerned by federal cuts
  10. Government Schools: Sen. Mazie Hirono teaches us a lesson—but not the one she intended
  11. Teachers say retaliation reason for job nonrenewal at Laupāhoehoe Community Public Charter School
  12. Hawai'i 'Blue' Fee: What does it take to actually get the State to do its job?
  13. HPD officer vacancies at 461 with twice as many retirement eligible than incoming
  14. Makaha Police Shooting Caused by use of probation instead of incarceration
  15. Hawaii County Police Bust Rare Meth Lab
  16. Court for homeless meth-heads now permanent
  17. Tulsi Gabbard in Trump’s ‘Line of Fire’


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Hawaii gang enforcer gets 30 years, ending landmark case
by Court House News Monday, July 14, 2025

... drive-by shootings and armed robberies as part of the notorious Miske Enterprise ....


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HDoT Awards Contract for Removal of 'Falls of Clyde'
by News Release Monday, July 14, 2025

... The 146-year-old vessel has been docked at Honolulu Harbor since 2008 ....


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State Job Growth? 'Health Care and Food Services'
by News Release Monday, July 14, 2025

... Hawai‘i Projects 41,000 New Jobs by 2032, Led by Health Care and Food Services ....


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Discovery of unknown publications by Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus of Hawaii)
by News Article Monday, July 14, 2025

... New Evidence from the Ke Kumu Hawaii Newspaper ....


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 11, 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, July 13, 2025

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


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LGBTQ Commission Pushing Green to Sign Executive Order Making Hawaii Sex-Change Kidnapping Sanctuary
by News Release Sunday, July 13, 2025

... SB1150 failed in the Legislature, but the LGBTQ Commission still wants to grab your children.  Will Green help them do it? ....


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SNAP Cliffs Are Coming
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, July 13, 2025

... the USDA whacked our state with an $11 million fine for its huge error rate two years in a row ....


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Permitting progress prevails
by Kelii Akina Saturday, July 12, 2025

"...decisive action to address Hawaii’s notorious permitting delays...."


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Judicial Nominees Sought for Oahu, Maui, Big Island
by News Release Saturday, July 12, 2025

... The following notices were posted to the JSC website on Friday, 11 July 2025 ....


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HTA Board Positions Open
by News Release Saturday, July 12, 2025

... State Boards and Commissions Seeking Applicants ....


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VIDEO: HFD Chief Hao on the Māʻili wildfire
by Video Video Saturday, July 12, 2025

... On July 6, 2025, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 2:33 p.m. for a wildland fire near 87-253 Pa‘akea Road in Mā‘ili ....


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42 More Homeless Beds Available in Iwilei
by News Release Saturday, July 12, 2025

"...a culturally grounded, 90-day transitional housing program for working males who are striving for financial stability...."


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Chinese Naval Vessel Spotted Off Hawaiian Coast
by News Article Friday, July 11, 2025

... It is unclear how far offshore the Chinese vessel was, as is the mission it was pursuing ....


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Green Signed 313 Bills Into law
by News Release Friday, July 11, 2025

... Green took action on 313 of the 321 bills enrolled during the 2025 regular session ....


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Auditor Dings Hawaii ERS Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
by News Release Thursday, July 10, 2025

... Hawaii ERS received a 'disclaimer of opinion' ....


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Green Signs SB933, HB420, HB431
by News Release Thursday, July 10, 2025

...funding to support critical nonprofit organizations impacted by federal funding reductions....


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Green Signs $4B Lahaina Settlement Bill
by News Release Wednesday, July 9, 2025

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


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Maui Bill 76: Restore Farmers' Food Truck Rights
by Grassroot Institute Tuesday, July 8, 2025

... 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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Firearm Permits Subject of Hawaii County PD Hearing
by News Release Tuesday, July 8, 2025

... 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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Good Jobs Hawaiʻi participants see significant wage gains, UHERO finds
by UH ERO Tuesday, July 8, 2025

... 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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Carpenters Union Announces Plan to Harass Non-Union Contractors
by News Release Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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


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Paid in full. Trust? Still pending.
by News Article Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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


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Maui County Sewer Rates Jump 9%
by News Release Tuesday, July 8, 2025

... 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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SB933CD1: Shell Bill Gives Legislators $50M to Dole out to their Friends
by News Release Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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


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OHA-Connected DTL Selected to Handle Iwilei Master Planning
by News Release Tuesday, July 8, 2025

... 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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Green Signs Condo Insurance Stabilization Law
by News Release Tuesday, July 8, 2025

... 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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79.1% of Homeowners in Hawaii Will Face a Hidden Home Equity Tax If They Sell
by News Article Monday, July 7, 2025

... 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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Hawaii’s Police Corruption Scandal: Cash Flow to Crooks Continues
by News Article Monday, July 7, 2025

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


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Building New Schools
by Tom Yamachika Monday, July 7, 2025

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


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July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
by Andrew Walden Monday, July 7, 2025

...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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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 3, 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, July 6, 2025

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


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Green signs bills aimed at alleviating Hawaii’s housing shortage
by Kelii Akina Sunday, July 6, 2025

... I’ve had no choice ....


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Testimony: Bill 9 Debunked by Former AG David Louie
by Video Video Saturday, July 5, 2025

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


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The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July
by Grassroot Institute Friday, July 4, 2025

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


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The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
by Robert Thomas Friday, July 4, 2025

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


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Green Vetoes Eight of 20 on 'Intent to Veto List'
by News Release Friday, July 4, 2025

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


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DPP to Launch New On-Line Permitting System
by News Release Friday, July 4, 2025

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


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Green: 'Big Beautiful Bill' Cuts MedQuest and EBT Cards
by News Release Friday, July 4, 2025

“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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Hawaii prison guard gets eight years for sexually abusing inmates
by Court House News Friday, July 4, 2025

... 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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In Chile, where science is appreciated, UH Telescope discovers visitor from outside solar system
by News Release Thursday, July 3, 2025

... 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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After Much Gnashing of Teeth, OHA Trustees Approve Amended Budget
by News Release Wednesday, July 2, 2025

“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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Lawsuit Settlement will Impose ‘Big Expense’ on Your ‘fuel, groceries, and airfare’
by News Release Wednesday, July 2, 2025

... 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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Hawai‘i’s state road usage charge begins for electric vehicles on July 1
by News Release Wednesday, July 2, 2025

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


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Red Hill: BWS Sues Navy for $1.2B
by News Release Wednesday, July 2, 2025

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


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Green Signs State Budget
by News Release Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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


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Obscure federal laws could preserve birthright citizenship in Alaska and Hawaii
by News Article Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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


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Puna Meth Lab Busted
by News Release Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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


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HECO Preps Power Safety Shutoff System for Dry Season
by News Release Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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


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May Tourist Count up 1%
by News Release Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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


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Aloha Stadium FAIL: NASED Lists Latest Excuses
by News Release Monday, June 30, 2025

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


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Lawsuit Challenges “Dam Special Fund” Used to Undermine Constitutional Expenditure Controls
by Tom Yamachika Monday, June 30, 2025

... 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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Maui Police Launch Digital Firearms Registration System
by News Release Monday, June 30, 2025

... 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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Ethics Complaint Exposes Ties Between Maui Councilmembers, Lahaina Charity Fraud, and Lobbyists
by News Release Sunday, June 29, 2025

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


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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 27, 2025
by GovTrack .us Sunday, June 29, 2025

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


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July Fourth: Freedom should include your choice of doctor
by Kelii Akina Sunday, June 29, 2025

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


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Twenty Years of Nickels
by Tom Yamachika Sunday, June 29, 2025

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


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Interstate telehealth to boost local medical care
by Grassroot Institute Saturday, June 28, 2025

... 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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Japan buys Gulf Coast oil, Hawaii doesn’t, thanks to 1920 Jones Act
by Grassroot Institute Saturday, June 28, 2025

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


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No Surprise: BLNR Rejects Another Army EIS
by News Release Saturday, June 28, 2025

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


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Should Tulsi Beware India’s Spies?
by News Article Friday, June 27, 2025

... 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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​UH to tear down 3rd Perfectly Good Maunakea Telescope
by News Release Friday, June 27, 2025

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


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Lahaina Maui HI - DRONE Update - June 2025 - Is there ANY Progress ???
by Video Video Friday, June 27, 2025

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


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Moszkowicz will not seek Honolulu Chief Position
by News Release Friday, June 27, 2025

"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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OHA Withdraws Maunakea Litigation
by News Release Thursday, June 26, 2025

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


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Inflexible policies continue to hinder Lahaina wildfire recovery
by Grassroot Institute Thursday, June 26, 2025

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


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'Self-Certification' to Bypass DPP Delays
by News Release Thursday, June 26, 2025

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


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Forgery, Fraud and Theft: Former Top Honolulu Attorney Charged with 22 Felony Counts
by News Release Thursday, June 26, 2025

... Chapman is alleged to have engaged in a years-long scheme of forgery, fraud and theft, in which he utilized a forged will to deprive three charities of approximately $250,000 each ....


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HTA Hearing Uncovers an Old Story: The State Still Doesn’t Pay on Time
by News Article Wednesday, June 25, 2025

“... Hope you’ve got a good banker for bridge loans—because we might not pay you on time ....”


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FULL TEXT: Whistleblower Exposes PUC Parties with HECO Execs--“We are setting ourselves up for the largest cost increase to consumers in history"
by Andrew Walden Wednesday, June 25, 2025

... FULL TEXT whistlelower complaint exposes PUC - HECO Corruption ....


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Green Adds One More Bill to 'Intent-to-Veto' List
by News Release Wednesday, June 25, 2025

... Green added SB 935, Relating to Government, to the 2025 Intent-to-Veto list transmitted to Legislative leadership by the statutorily required June 24 deadline ....


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