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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
April 30, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:07 PM :: 198 Views
  1. SCR198: Screwed out of Subrogation, Insurers Urged to Serve Legislature's Agenda by Suing Big Oil
  2. Honolulu loses 2nd-Most 20-somethings of any US City
  3. Blangiardi Admin: Vancouver Tax a ‘huge administrative burden’
  4. HB477:  Modernize Hawaii unemployment insurance system
  5. SB1296: State Lawmakers Echo Bissen -- Removing A Hurdle To Rebuild Lahaina.
  6. Lahaina: Historic design rules may block ‘modern’ buildings from being rebuilt after wildfire devastation
  7. Maui Council to consider response to Young Brothers’ proposed shipping rate hike
  8. Kamaʻāina housing bill dies in Senate amid statewide affordable housing crisis
  9. Pet Projects And Low Budgets: How Lawmakers Undermine School Repairs
  10. Westside Faces More Delays As New Law Threatens Landfill Relocation
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
April 29, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 PM :: 305 Views
  1. Honolulu 3rd-Worst City to Start a Business
  2. Best States for Nurses? Hawaii Ranks 47th
  3. Hawaii Child Support Hearings Now Virtual
  4. Alaska Air reports softening demand, cuts hundreds of flights from Honolulu’s airport, HNL
  5. A quick look at the top lobbyists during Hawaii’s current legislative session
  6. June 30 Deadline Looms After Legislature Cuts Aloha Stadium Funding
  7. What The State Refuses To Say About Fatal Child Abuse Cases
  8. Here's How Many Kids Are Unvaccinated At Your School
  9. Honolulu EMS Chief Says Medics Aren't Safe In Oʻahu Prisons
  10. Supreme Court Allows Pearl City tenant back in to public housing after son attacks neighbor with baseball bat
  11. HB212: Homeless ‘Return-to-Home Program’ dies in conference committee at Legislature
  12. Knife-Wielding Homeless Psychos Terrorize Residents
  13. Pharma to Slaughter: Federal Judge Sends Hawaii Case Against PBMs Back to State Court
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Monday, April 28, 2025
April 28, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 317 Views
  1. ‘Empty Homes Tax’ Drives Rent up 37%
  2. You Got Tricked into Voting for ANOTHER Pay Raise to Honolulu City Council, Executives
  3. New Contracts Give More Than $1 Billion In Union Pay Raises (and that doesn’t include the counties)
  4. Stuck on Stupid: Failed Vancouver Tax Back for 7th Year at Honolulu Council
  5. State Legislature Advances HECO Securitization and Wildfire Liability Cap Legislation
  6. Maui Asks Feds To Flex Rules Governing $1.6 Billion Wildfire Recovery Grant
  7. Legislature Guts Kauhales, Homeless Emergency Decree Rules
  8. Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill Changes in Conference Committee
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Sunday, April 27, 2025
April 27, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:20 PM :: 1383 Views
  1. Resolutions a sign that legislators are listening
  2. HB1175: Small Victory Over Procedural Trap
  3. Judicial Vacancy Kauai Fifth Circuit--Deadline Extended
  4. Pay to Play Bill?  Yamashita and Dela Cruz refused to “release” the measure
  5. SB1571 Approved by Conference Committee--changes oversight of Hawai’i Tourism Authority
  6. Legislators Refuse to Do Anything About Long Lines at Polling Places
  7. ‘Duke’s Law’ one step closer to reality in win against agricultural land crime
  8. Just for Show: Hawaii lawmakers to vote on over 200 bills this week
  9. Government gridlock on evacuation plan frustrates Leeward residents
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Saturday, April 26, 2025
April 26 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:09 PM :: 540 Views
  1. Schatz to Replace Durbin as Whip?
  2. Hawaii lawmakers reject bill to legalize sports gambling
  3. Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Kill Pay-to-Play Bill — Again
  4. Green Fee: Conference Committee Boosts TAT by 0.75%—all receipts to be wasted on ‘climate change’
  5. Bill aimed at inflation could make shoreline development easier with no public say
  6. Chamber supports tax relief for Maui homeowners
  7. Hawaii lawmakers scurry to advance flurry of bills past key deadline
  8. Settlement in $324M Hitachi suit is coming, HART says
  9. Lawmakers hammer out changes to Hawaii’s medical marijuana program
  10. Bill to give tax credits to film industry for local productions deferred
  11. Lawmakers aim to explore nuclear power options in Hawaii
  12. Bill to expand speed enforcement program in final stages at Capitol
  13. Hawai‘i Lawmakers To Require Audit Of Green's Kauhale Homeless Initiative
  14. DHHL on track to award 2,600+ leases in 2025
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Friday, April 25, 2025
April 25, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:37 PM :: 963 Views
  1. Matson Moves to Intervene in Jones Act Lawsuit
  2. Focus should be on job growth and progress, not more and more taxes
  3. Lahaina sewer system 100% restored
  4. City spending up 83% despite fewer residents
  5. SB401: Gut-n-Replace Assault weapon ban in Hawaii heads to senate floor
  6. HB1308: Photo Finish for Online sports betting
  7. HECO Energy Bills Battle Legislative Deadline
  8. Aloha Stadium Spending Bill Dead?
  9. Budget Bill Includes $30M for New Jail
  10. After Killing Girl, Driver with 164 Violations Finally gets some Jail Time
  11. SB1571: HTA to Lose Autonomy after CNHA Cleaned it Out?
  12. Bills aimed to help sex trafficking victims
  13. Legislature Imposing Higher Electric Bills-Will Trump Executive Order Save Hawaii from Green Energy Initiative?
  14. HART eyes Iwilei, Kakaako properties to condemn for rail
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Thursday, April 24, 2025
April 24, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:49 PM :: 464 Views
  1. Republicans Give Josh Green Opportunity to Appoint his Former Office Manager as State Rep
  2. Hawaii Housing Costs 53.47% of Median Income
  3. Former death row inmate convicted of sex trafficking in Hawaii
  4. HB371: Kouchi and Nakamura Gut Pay-To-Play Bill
  5. HB1001: Bill sets aside $807.5 million for Maui wildfire claims
  6. SB1373: Sex Offenders Lose Massage License Immediately – Instead of years later
  7. FEMA cracks down on Lahaina residents not paying rent
  8. 'I thought she was safe,' Aunt of dead Laie girl speaks out
  9. U.S. Army releases final environmental impact statement for Pōhakuloa Training Area
  10. City Council Should Reconsider Its Plan To Increase Sewer Fees
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Wednesday, April 23, 2025
April 23, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:18 PM :: 1942 Views
  1. SB295: Tougher Penalties for TRO Violations
  2. Operator Syndrome: Hidden toll on first responder life
  3. SMA Commissioners Exploiting Lahaina Fire to Kick Rich Guy off Island
  4. Japan Trade Deal Negotiations Fail
  5. 9 projects with over 800 housing units could get funding from Maui County for construction, rising costs
  6. Hawaiʻi May Cut Grass On More State Land To Prevent Spread Of Wildfires
  7. Hawaii set to pay $750,000 in wrongful death settlement
  8. Plaintiff Attempts to Interfere with Police Chase, then Sues Officers
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
April 22, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 612 Views
  1. Crichton: Environmentalism is a religion
  2. Ira Einhorn, Earth Day's Dirty Secret
  3. SB1296: Apply rebuilding waivers to all Lahaina fire victims
  4. Conference Commitee Approves State Budget Bill -- Text Still Not Available
  5. Secret Conference Committee: After Budget What’s Next?
  6. “When you need a casino to make your stadium pencil out, that’s not planning. That’s panic.”
  7. Upcountry residents say vacant, state-owned apartment complex in Kula should be used to help fire victims
  8. Maui Activists Openly Campaign Against Fire Victims Rebuilding Homes
  9. Federal Cuts at UH now total $36M
  10. HB613:  OYS to run shelters for minors without parental consent
  11. FBI investigating allegation that HPD officer switched meth pipe from one meth-head to another
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Monday, April 21, 2025
April 21, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 PM :: 866 Views
  1. Town Hall: What to do about Illegal Fireworks?
  2. SB281: Will Conference Committee produce torture bill?
  3. HB900 Dead: No Lawyers for Abused Foster Kids
  4. Young Brothers Rates Push up Hawaiʻi grocery bills
  5. Maui County labor force shrinks as people leave state
  6. HB126: Watered Down Property Seizure Bill Moves Forward
  7. Act 17: Police records will answer questions for victims’ families
  8. Hawaiʻi County Council hires Mom—Then Moves To Adopt Nepotism Rules For Government Employees
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Sunday, April 20, 2025
April 20, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 1008 Views
  1. Will Trump Reform Jones Act Shipbuild Requirement?
  2. HB1369: Category Killer
  3. Grassroot Wrap-up: How Legislature handled housing, taxes, rebuilding Lahaina and more
  4. Progressives Whine Because Ed Case Thinks for Himself
  5. Ige, Lingle: Gambling’s costs far outweigh benefits
  6. UH Cancer Funding Cut by Dela Cruz and Trump Working in Tandem
  7. Look Who's Taking Big City Council Pay Raises After All
  8. Final EIS—Will Army Buy Pohakuloa Training Area?
  9. Lanai to be first island in state to have Hawaiian Homes waitlist eliminated?
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Saturday, April 19, 2025
April 19, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:49 PM :: 1748 Views
  1. Debating Jones Act defenders is like playing whack-a-mole
  2. Hawaii Egg Prices Increase Even More
  3. Republican Party announces nominees to fill Gene Ward’s East Oahu House seat
  4. Shamed at the Shoreline: When Did Visiting Hawaii Start Feeling Like a Crime?
  5. Hawai‘i County Council fills Leeward Planning Commission seat with mother of a council member
  6. Maui County water rates to Jump 50%?
  7. Hawaiʻi isn't doing well with employment: 3 findings from a new study
  8. Could Hawaiʻi go nuclear? Some lawmakers want the option investigated
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Friday, April 18, 2025
April 18, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 2265 Views
  1. Hawaii's Good Friday Holiday - What's Up With That?
  2. Trump Re-Opens Fisheries within Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
  3. Mayor Calls for Lawyers to Step Up--Needed to Commit Mentally Ill Homeless
  4. Hawaii Coral Reef Insurance Policy Renewed
  5. Second Measles Case Found on Oahu
  6. SB1166: Hawaii Democrats Cooking Up Another Climate Lawfare Scheme
  7. SB934: Dela Cruz Pork Gambit Puts Rail Project In Jeopardy
  8. ‘Precedent Setting’ -- Activists Get Another Crack at Stopping Lahaina Fire Victims from Rebuilding Homes
  9. New University of Hawaii Athletics Director's base salary could top $500,000
  10. UH loses only $30M in federal funds; only 36 research programs to be cut
  11. HPD officer arrested again in violation of restraining order
  12. Warning extended: Speed cameras catch 30k speeders weekly
  13. Radiology workforce shortage hits Hawaii hospitals with thousands of patient scans in the queue
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Thursday, April 17, 2025
April 17, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 1520 Views
  1. Representative Gene Ward's Celebration of Life
  2. American Samoa 125th Anniversary Flag Day
  3. Daughter-in-law in Hawaii crime syndicate sentenced to 7 years
  4. HVCB CEO: 'I am here to end Tourism as we have known it'
  5. Pay Hike Mania: Maui mayor’s salary to outpace Hawaiʻi governor’s until mid-2028
  6. Online sports betting’s illusory value not worth human toll
  7. UH: Senate Robs Cancer Center to Line Contractors Pockets with Unnecessary CIP
  8. City to lose only $11 million in federal funding
  9. The State Spent Millions On Housing For The Homeless. Show Us The Receipts
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
April 16, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:01 PM :: 1207 Views
  1. 139,000 small businesses in Hawaii could face significantly higher taxes
  2. DLNR Attempts to Clarify Ocean Commercial Use Permitting Status
  3. Court backs mosquito suppression plan to save Hawaii’s rare birds
  4. How many people are receiving substance use treatment in Hawaii?
  5. ‘We don’t have a slush fund’ – HTA probed for $11M of purposeful late payments to HVCB
  6. Anti-Technology Protesters Cause Hawaii Economic Decline
  7. SB1202: Campaign Funds can be used to line pockets of friends and family
  8. Rail fiasco is one of the biggest deceptions in Hawaii history
  9. After Clearing the Trannies out of Female Sports, Maybe Trump will make Hawaii DoE Build Female Lockerrooms
  10. Wisdom: Measles vaccinations increase after Oahu child infected
  11. 100s of Volunteer Lawyers Needed to Commit Mentally Ill Homeless
  12. Police shut down cockfighting derby in Waianae
  13. Hawaiian Ocean View Has Abandoned Cars As Far As The Eye Can See
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Tuesday, April 15, 2025
April 15, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:04 PM :: 1907 Views
  1. Former death row inmate on trial for sex trafficking charges in Hawaii 
  2. 367 Guns Turned in at 'Buyback' Event
  3. Hensel: How Trump is Affecting UH
  4. Sister’s testimony offers clues to what happened to Ariel Sellers’ body
  5. Hawaii’s ‘Renewable’ Fossil Fuel Get Rich Scheme
  6. Commission manipulates aquifer data to jack up cost of housing in West Maui
  7. Voting Blind: Why Lawmakers Don't Know The Cost Of Bills Before They Vote
  8. More than 400 bills still alive as end of Legislative Session nears
  9. Green Signs Two Gun Bills into law—two more pending
  10. Keeping Christians Out of Schools Could Cost Hawaiʻi $100k
  11. How China's Military is Quietly Gaining Control of the Pacific
  12. Honolulu DCS Director Scores Free Trip To Poland ‘to approve colors’ of new licenses
  13. Councilwoman denies public safety conflict over relationship with fire battalion chief
  14. Several international students at UH have visas revoked
  15. Appeals court rules Maui mosquito release can proceed to help control avian malaria
  16. Transair to resurrect Hawaii cargo business after defeating FAA shutdown
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Monday, April 14, 2025
April 14, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 1343 Views
  1. Waianae Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Methamphetamine Distribution and Operating Illegal Chicken Fights
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 11, 2025
  3. Community input is sought to guide state wildlife action plan
  4. Federal Judge Won't Make Bribery Investigations Public
  5. State Water Commission Announces plan to Block Lahaina rental housing construction ‘for years’  
  6. Case Family Conspires with State to Ensure Housing not Built on Kauai Land
  7. Speedier Reviews, Quicker Honolulu Building Permits? Not So Fast
  8. City fails to collect $100M in TVR fines
  9. Cruise Lines Threaten Lawsuit Over Hawaii’s 11% 'Cabin Tax' Proposal
  10. Pay Raises: Honolulu Opened Floodgates, More to Follow
  11. Neighbor island businesses worry of shipping rate hike, tariffs
  12. Sports betting: All or Nothing in Conference Committee?
  13. Hawaii Governor calls for increased NZ leadership amid US funding freeze
  14. Lahaina Burning to the Ground Fooled 6% More into Believing Global Warming Hype
  15. Navy seeks to reactivate wells closed during Red Hill crisis
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Monday, April 14, 2025
April 14, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:58 PM :: 296 Views
  1. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 11, 2025
  2. Community input is sought to guide state wildlife action plan
  3. Federal Judge Won't Make Bribery Investigations Public
  4. State Water Commission Announces plan to Block Lahaina rental housing construction ‘for years’  
  5. Case Family Conspires with State to Ensure Housing not Built on Kauai Land
  6. Speedier Reviews, Quicker Honolulu Building Permits? Not So Fast
  7. City fails to collect $100M in TVR fines
  8. Cruise Lines Threaten Lawsuit Over Hawaii’s 11% 'Cabin Tax' Proposal
  9. Pay Raises: Honolulu Opened Floodgates, More to Follow
  10. Neighbor island businesses worry of shipping rate hike, tariffs
  11. Sports betting: All or Nothing in Conference Committee?
  12. Hawaii Governor calls for increased NZ leadership amid US funding freeze
  13. Lahaina Burning to the Ground Fooled 6% More into Believing Global Warming Hype
  14. Navy seeks to reactivate wells closed during Red Hill crisis
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Sunday, April 13, 2025
April 13, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 PM :: 3889 Views
  1. Supporting Government’s Central Services—the Grand Skim of Things
  2. WSJ: Lahaina's Lessons for Los Angeles
  3. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
  4. Grassroot 'legislative wrap-up' tour starts May 13
  5. Pay to Play Keeps your Electricity Expensive and Dirty: DelaCruz Steers Geothermal Money to Convicted Felon Campaign Contributor
  6. Buckle Up, The Legislature's Frenzied Final Act Is About To Begin
  7. No ‘Moving On’--It’s the unlearned lessons that defeat a better Hawaii
  8. Remembering Hawaii's Gene Ward: A Politician of Passion and Prayer
  9. Shoplifting: 1,000s of Cases Produce Only One Conviction
  10. Anti-Fluoridation Nut News:  RFK is Just Like the Honolulu Council
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Saturday, April 12, 2025
April 12, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 1515 Views
  1. Why are "blankety blank" tax-hike bills even allowed?
  2. Salary Commission Chokes on Some of its Pay Hikes
  3. Counties could lose some oversight over affordable housing developments
  4. Hawaiʻi lawmakers plan special sessions to address federal funding cuts
  5. Hawaii to reopen hurricane relief fund after two decades of inactivity
  6. Historic Hawaii Theatre pounded by insurance crisis
  7. Legislative update: Senate budget omits UH priorities
  8. State Legislature poised to pass sweeping weapons ban
  9. Hawaii Governor Signs Bill To Speed Marijuana Record Expungements Process
  10. Will Board of Education require financial literacy for Hawaii students?
  11. Another Day in the DoE: McKinley employee banned from school grounds following sex misconduct allegations
  12. Waimanalo Gulch Continues—No Surprise: Hawaii lawmakers advance bills banning landfills over aquifers
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Friday, April 11, 2025
April 11, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:52 PM :: 1784 Views
  1. Kauai, Maui zoning changes would help farmers, food trucks
  2. Pay Hike Mania: How Salary Commission conspired to push ‘market leader’ pay raises
  3. Department of Justice May Intervene Against Honolulu ‘Big Oil’ Lawsuit
  4. Kauaʻi Businesses Fear 'Breaking Point' With Latest Young Bros Rate Hike
  5. Cruise Industry: TAT on Cruise Ships is Unconstitutional
  6. Hawaii EV owners to be soaked by new road charges starting July
  7. HB371 heads to secretive Conference Committee: Would Ban Campaign Contributions from State Contractors
  8. As Always, Film industry wheedles for higher tax incentives
  9. Pandering to HSTA, Senators Reject BoE Nominees without DoE Experience
  10. Hawaii DoE Anticipates Little Effect from Elimination of US Dept. of Education
  11. After Sitting Empty for Three Years, apartments will soon be home to Oahu’s most vulnerable
  12. Camp Leaders Move Themselves Into Houseless Village in Wai‘anae
  13. In effort to release more meth dealers onto streets, ACLU seeks required recording of police interrogations
  14. Case sides with Republicans on bill requiring proof of citizenship
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
April 10, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:46 PM :: 1682 Views
  1. History Repeated Leads to Suffering
  2. AG: 2,200 Concealed Gun Permits in Hawaii
  3. Hawaii County Honokohau Sewage 'Sue-n-Settle'
  4. Activists Grab for Control of Water in Effort to Make Housing Even More Unaffordable
  5. HECO Rescue?  SB897 and HB1001 head for Secretive Conference Committees
  6. Hu Honua Financial Backer Increases Ownership Share of HEI
  7. Lawmakers Listen to Usual Excuses from Child Welfare Services after recent deaths
  8. ACLU Demands Transsexual Access to Maui Prep Students
  9. ACLU Hawaiʻi Misinformed On Warrantless Arrests Bill
  10. Safety concerns mount at Oahu’s largest jail with fence lines in need of repair
  11. State police force plan gains traction, but funding, staffing still concerns
  12. RFP Launches State’s latest Attempt at a Tech Overhaul
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
April 9, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:31 PM :: 1615 Views
  1. CNN: Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii
  2. First Measles Cases Arrive on Oahu
  3. 10 reasons Lahaina rebuilding has been so depressingly slow
  4. Testimony: Grassroot Bills on the Move
  5. Hawaii Taxes: $145K salary needed to take home $100K
  6. Hawaii Homes More than Double US Average
  7. Kouchi, Nakamura Agree: Legislators will not have to vote on Massive Pay Hike
  8. Lahaina Ferry Pier Rebuild Named Best of 2024
  9. Several Tax Hike Bills Head into Secretive Conference Committees
  10. Bill formerly known as $1,000,000,000 Ratepayer Financed Wildfire Fund Heads to Conference Committee
  11. “Slimy with a capital S” -- Gun owners say they were ambushed by assault weapons bill
  12. How Does Hawaii Gov. Josh Green Feel About Gambling?
  13. Asset Forfeiture Bill Fails
  14. Hawaii Senate Passes Bill To Let Doctors Recommend Medical Marijuana For Any Condition They See Fit
  15. ‘Nobody Needs These Activists’: Some oppose Lahaina home rebuild permit request
  16. HB431: Robust funding for homeless kauhale
  17. Details limited on City and County of Honolulu plans to purchase Shark's Cove property
  18. ‘He’s in shock’: Attorney says complaint by former player led to Kahuku coach’s dismissal
  19. Data Dive: These Jobs Were Once In High Demand In Hawaiʻi. Not Anymore
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
April 8, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:11 PM :: 1558 Views
  1. SB401: House Approves Gut-n-Replace Gun Ban Bill
  2. Deadline for Real ID Hawai‘i driver’s license is coming soon
  3. HPD officer accused of leaking information to suspects in deadly fireworks explosion—so he gets reassigned to Records Division
  4. Hawaii Tour Chopper Crashes: FAA Coverup?
  5. Hawai‘i Tourism Authority chair recommends putting audit probe ‘to bed’
  6. ICE detaining COFA migrants after arrests
  7. Real Solutions Needed To Fix Police Recruitment Crisis
  8. State and Honolulu County in negotiations over major land deal
  9. 2026 Hawaii House Analysis: Democrats Maintain Their Reign
  10. Hawai‘i County settles Injection Well Sewage Lawsuit
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Monday, April 7, 2025
April 7, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 2248 Views
  1. Hawaii most expensive state to raise a child
  2. Young Bros Wants ANOTHER Massive Rate Hike--Hearings Set
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted April 5, 2025
  4. Unions Angered by Carpenters ‘Blackmail’ Campaign
  5. Child abuse cases in the islands rise between 2023, 2024
  6. How will Abolition of US DoE Affect SPED Students?
  7. $28,500 to COFA Migrant Denied Gun Permit By HPD
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Sunday, April 6, 2025
April 6, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:21 PM :: 2918 Views
  1. Taxing Capital Gains
  2. Turns out you can fight city hall — and win!
  3. HCR100: Mandatory LGBTQ Training for State Agencies
  4. Armed Drug Dealer From Oahu Sentenced to 170 Months in Federal Prison
  5. Armed Drug Dealer Who Sold Fatal Dose of Cocaine to U.S. Marine Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison
  6. Mexican National Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison for Narcotics, Firearm, and Immigration Charges
  7. DHHL: “I know you guys are trying to play around with the money”
  8. Pay Hike Mania:  89% for Maui County Officials
  9. Hawai‘i Convention Center’s 2-year repair schedule risks millions in lost group trade
  10. ‘The Stopper Committees’: Are Bills Sent To Money Committees Just To Die?
  11. Legislature Day 46—Bills already on Governor’s Desk
  12. Where can I check school’s vaccination rate?
  13. Arson at Mayor Wright Apts
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Saturday, April 5, 2025
April 5, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 862 Views
  1. Corruption: Civil Suit Against Kaneshiro Thrown Out of Court
  2. Conservative Legal Foundation Sues to Stop 'Illegal' Trump Tariffs
  3. UH Mānoa launches national search for athletic director
  4. HB1001: $4B Maui wildfires settlement bill moves toward secretive Conference Committee
  5. Maui County’s proposed short-term rental ban is still awaiting a decision, but already business in the industry is falling
  6. Schatz, Hirono Vote for Arms Embargo Against Israel
  7. Council questions Honolulu transportation director about rail audit
  8. State considers changes to permit process for coastal single-family homes
  9. Police investigate officer-involved shooting in Kona; no serious injuries
  10. Lawmakers, parents urge change after school ‘death list’
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Friday, April 4, 2025
April 4, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:33 PM :: 1514 Views
  1. Hawaii DoH: Get Measles Vax Without Losing Religious Exemption
  2. Report: 34% of DoE Students 'Chronically Absentee'
  3. Hawaii AG Sues Trump Admin over Voting Rules
  4. Green Appoints Nakasone ICA Chief Judge
  5. Gene Ward dies after serving in Hawaii’s Legislature for nearly 30 years
  6. Hurricane Fund to Provide Insurance Relief for Condos?
  7. SB281: Hawaiʻi Legislature Moves To Define And Criminalize Torture
  8. Council committee confirms Emergency Services director after supporters come out in force
  9. Maui Council To Take Up Bill Phasing Out Vacation Rentals This Summer
  10. 84 Illegal Weed Stores in Hawaii
  11. Legislature: No funding for Makakilo emergency route
  12. Fence held up by wooden posts at OCCC raises concerns
  13. Hawaii County police detective found guilty of perjury
  14. Kauaʻi mayor seeks exemption from possible state ban on landfills near aquifers
  15. Filmed in Thailand, ‘The White Lotus’ May Cost Hawai‘i Taxpayers $550,000
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
April 3, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 2035 Views
  1. SB401: Gut-n-Replace Brings Gun Ban Bill Back from Dead
  2. Hawaii #1 Tax Burden in USA
  3. UHERO: Hawaiʻi migration trends show more balance than expected
  4. HB1308: Sports Betting Bill Passed by Senate Ways & Means
  5. Hope Bancorp Completes Merger With Territorial Bancorp
  6. Hawaiʻi HS class of ‘24 ties record 86% grad rate, college enrollment up
  7. Senate advances program to return homeless to mainland
  8. How I Became An Unthinking Soldier In The War On COVID
  9. HB1231: Registration tax could increase 50% for Hawaiʻi vehicles over 4,000 pounds
  10. Big Island Becomes a Sanctuary for Illegal Aliens?
  11. Highlands Int. School kept Child Molester Working for a year after he was caught
  12. City’s ‘monster homes’ enforcement improves, audit states
  13. No Surprise: New bills force Honolulu to keep using Waimanalo Gulch
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
April 2, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 1271 Views
  1. Hawaii AG Sues DHHS to Keep the COVID Money Flowing
  2. Maui transient vacation rental phaseout means fewer jobs
  3. Hensel: How Trump Executive Orders are Affecting UH System
  4. Green Appoints Water Commissioner and Circuit Court Judges
  5. DHHL project is victim of sea rise panic
  6. City’s proposed sewer fee increase hits roadblock in council
  7. HB371: Government reform bills move ahead at Hawaii Legislature
  8. Navy plans treatment plants to put fuel-contaminated Hawaii water back in service
  9. More red light cameras could be on the way for Oahu
  10. Milolii homeowner wins lawsuit against county
  11. Maui County Council Digs Into The Mayor's $1.5 Billion Spending Plan
  12. City Plans To Finish Waiʻanae Police Station, But It May Not Mean More Cops
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
April 1, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:52 PM :: 995 Views
  1. Hawaii: Work 17 days of month to afford mortgage payment
  2. ‘Long and tortuous path’ continues in Hawaii bioenergy dispute
  3. Barking Sands: Next step in Hypersonic Missile Defense  
  4. Goats and Sheep are best Way to Control Wildfire Fuel Load--DLNR Shoots them dead
  5. Hawaii Road Taxes Cover 97.2% of Spending
  6. 50-State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2025
  7. Hawaii Egg Prices Nearly Double Mainland
  8. HB300 Highlights: Senate WAM Passes Budget Bill
  9. SB1150: Trans Activists Cry over lost opportunity to kidnap children legally
  10. Expungements: More Hawaii Criminals Hide their True Nature
  11. ‘Progressives’ Whine About Tax Cuts
  12. Green pushing gambling at $800M Aloha Stadium
  13. Irony Alert: Not enough workers to deal with uptick in Hawaiʻi SNAP benefit applications
  14. DHS Having Trouble with $124M plan -- Robots to Cut Welfare Checks for the Humans
  15. HB441: 12.5% cigarette tax hike clears key Hawaii Senate committee
  16. Governor withdraws two nominees from Molokai Island Burial Council
  17. Other claimants enter government’s civil forfeiture case targeting Mike Miske’s assets
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