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Entries for May 2025
| Tuesday, May 20, 2025 |
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May 20, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 211 Views
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- Cleaning up Hawaii’s permitting mess
- Gov. Green on military land leases: ‘I think that we will be able to settle pretty straightforwardly’
- Activists surprised by Army’s willingness to let go of Makua Valley land lease
- Claim by Miske’s mother to represent his granddaughter’s interests denied by judge, at least for now
- Soft on Crime: After 10 State Felony Convictions, Meth Dealer Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case
- Local fireworks industry contends with possible sky-high tariffs on China
- Bill To Guard Against Imitation Hawaiian Tea Could End Up Hurting Industry
- Hu Honua Bioenergy Files (another) State Antitrust Lawsuit Against HECO
- Nuisance money: City Council approves $40K Liquor Commission settlement
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| Monday, May 19, 2025 |
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May 19, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 274 Views
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- Hawaii has third-lowest percentage of single-mother households, study reveals
- Big Beautiful Blue Collar Tax Cuts Coming—but Hawaii Legislators Want EBT Cards
- Legislators Will Try to Use EBT Card as Excuse for Special Session
- Hawaii: New housing units are coming online at the lowest rate since the 1940s
- Retirement: Social Security to be Garnished to pay Student Loans?
- Retirement: Meth-Head Finally Agrees to Accept Shelter After 40 years on Streets
- Usual Suspects: Today they are Whining About Rocket Launches from Johnston Island
- Kahuku Coach Removed Over One Complaint
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| Sunday, May 18, 2025 |
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May 18, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 632 Views
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- 2025 Legislative Also-Rans
- Rules Vote a Self-Serving Scam to Take Over Hawaii Republican Party
- Six Weeks to Deadline -- Sketchy, Blurry Plans to Pay for Aloha Stadium
- Green Campaigning in Washington DC
- Cruise Lines Claim Inclusion in Hawaii's New Hotel Tax Bill is Unconstitutional
- Kona coffee farmers devastated by loss of deported workers
- Blundering Gabbard Fiasco: Aide pressed analyst to redo intel on Venezuela gang
- Hawaii Just Won't Give Up Its Harsh Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
- Recktenwald to Retire in October
- Republicans to Elect Party Chair
- Loser Complains About GOP Selection Process
- State agency’s preschool production pipeline bulges while other projects hit roadblocks
- Soft on Crime: Steroid-induced Road Rage Guy has 20 Year Record
- We Moved From Hawaii to Italy. Our Mortgage Is Less Than Our Rent Was
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| Saturday, May 17, 2025 |
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May 17, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 1161 Views
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- UHERO: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Maui’s Immigrant Community
- Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Trump's DEI Ban
- Mindless Hysteria: Trump Cuts Almost Nothing on Maui, Becomes Excuse for Council Budget Bloat
- City Council OKs foreclosure of illegal vacation rental
- Mexican national to be sentenced for selling meth in Hawaii
- (Again) Feds to Cut DHHL Funding because it is not being spent
- DOBOR Hassles Canoe Club
- UH AD Search Firm Refuses to Interview Craig Angelos
- Hu Honua Bioenergy -- Federal Round No. 3
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| Friday, May 16, 2025 |
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May 16, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 1097 Views
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- Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court
- Hype? Hawaii Trump Cuts only $95M – Mostly at UH
- Cruise lines are signaling a fight against Hawaii's tourism tax
- Three More Army EIS Will Be Rejected Next Month
- Before Croaking, Miske names two Trustees and directs funds to granddaughter
- Carvalho, Rapozo, Kouchi for Kauai Mayor?
- University of Hawaii tuition to rise for first time since 2018
- Kona property housing 22 illegals under investigation for code violations
- University of Hawaii continues search for $500k/yr Athletics Director
- Hawaiʻi Electricity Shut-Offs Are Nearly Triple Pre-Pandemic Levels
- Five Delayed Hawaiian Electric Projects
- Hawaii Restaurant Closed for Roaches—But Who Would Know?
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| Thursday, May 15, 2025 |
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May 15, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 PM :: 1431 Views
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- Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee?
- House Passes South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act
- 14 Years Later--City Settles Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $2.1M
- After 100 days, Trump already done with Tulsi?
- Decrease in visitor tax rate sought as fear of recession looms
- Bill 43: Honolulu city council looks to use hotel tax to help lower projected sewer fee increase
- Honolulu Council Approves $41M for HGEA COVID Hazard Pay
- DOE Plan: More Top-Level Bureaucrats
- Hawaii to Update Decades-Old Financial MisManagement System
- Robots to issue 47 Million Speeding tickets per year from 177 Hawaii Speed Cams
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| Wednesday, May 14, 2025 |
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May 14, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 878 Views
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- UHERO: 75% of Hawaii Households Cannot Afford Mortgage
- Hawaii 4th Highest State and Local Taxes Per Capita
- Pacific Partnership Act to Counter China
- Disasters? Hawaii Still not Ready
- Disgraced Police Chief Louis Kealoha Still Owes Honolulu $250,000
- CNHA-Connected Governor calls Hawaii Tourism Authority ‘hot mess,’ promises reform--What Could Go Wrong?
- Uncertain financial future continues to impact East-West Center operations
- Honolulu a good place for murder—nearly 50% go unsolved
- Sabotaged signal: New images reveal homeless camp around severed cables that cut communication for thousands
- ‘Wasted opportunity?’ Maui Council questions post-wildfire pivot on homeless plan
- Alm Calls for Veto of HB126: Illegal game room assets in Kalihi turned over to state
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| Tuesday, May 13, 2025 |
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May 13, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 1792 Views
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- Residential electric bills in Hawaii and Connecticut are twice those in New Mexico, Utah
- Legislature Delivers Progress for Housing
- BWS Approves Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
- 20 Year Sentence? Federal trial begins in Affordable Housing Scam
- Governor says feds could seize military training grounds in Hawaii
- Crunch Time: Bills Die as Clock Ticks (again)
- Miske Family Schemes to Grab Illicit Fortune
- Will You be Fooled? Fake ‘Water Shortage’ Latest Trick to Keep Lahaina Fire Victims from Rebuilding
- Honolulu Can Fine Airbnb, Vrbo for Illegal Vacation Rentals. It Never Has
- ACLU: Keep Mentally Ill Homeless on the Streets
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| Monday, May 12, 2025 |
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May 12, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 1318 Views
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- 2025 Legislative Wrap-Up
- Teaching Personal Finance? Hawaii Ranks 42nd
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 9, 2025
- Another ‘Friends and Family’ Development Deal with Kali Watson, DHHL
- Bill 43 would offset Honolulu sewer fee hike with money intended for rail
- After Hurricane CNHA, HTA Needs an Exorcism
- Lahaina burn zone slowly transforming from ‘ghost town’ to big construction zone
- Who Really Owns Hawaii In 2025
- Anti-GMO Hysteria Gutted State’s Top Agricultural Commodity
- State pushing speed cam expansion despite failed bill
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| Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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May 11, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 3227 Views
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- Trump Admin: Greenland to Become a COFA Country?
- Another chance to make things right
- Neighborhood Board Elections--Voting Ends May 16
- Judicial Nominees Sought for ICA and First Circuit
- Peeling away regulations that hinder homebuilding
- Grassroot: Akina gives Legislature a 'B-'
- Yamashita Gone: Nakamura Next?
- Green Preps Future Run for Hirono’s Seat--Creates National PAC To Support 'Pro-Science Candidates'
- Lahaina Rep Elle Cochran Missed 85% of Session -- and she’s a convicted felon
- Incumbency machine protects sitting lawmakers from exposure
- Another Black Eye for Bissen--Druski Debunks Bogus Rape Complaint
- Land Board rejection of Pohakuloa EIS just another maneuver in lease negotiations
- Rate Hikes: Saltchuk Milking Young Bros
- The Miske case is winding down but not yet over
- Hawai‘i lawmakers approve $6M to support Planned Parenthood
- Lopez Outlines Strategy to Defeat Trump Climate Change Lawsuit
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| Saturday, May 10, 2025 |
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May 10, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 1398 Views
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- Another 8a Disaster: NIH Halts Operations at US Biolab After Sabotage Incident
- BLNR Rejects Army Pohakuloa EIS
- State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next
- CWS Disasters Bring No Reform: How many Dead Babies Before Legislature Acts?
- HB103: Young Murderers Deserve a Chance to Do it Again
- Power Play: After Looting HTA, CNHA reaches back in and ousts Choy
- Former police chief Kealoha released from federal prison
- Realtors Association of Maui opposes Bill 9, urges a ‘balanced approach’ to housing crisis
- In effort to force Fire Victims Out, Urban Design Review Board hears opposition to ‘modern’ homes in Lahaina
- Hawaiian Electric: SB897 key to future financial strength
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| Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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May 9, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 1368 Views
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- Campaign Contributions: Hawaii Climate Change Lawsuit Skips State's Only Refinery
- UHERO: Federal policies push Hawaii toward mild recession
- DLE Upgrades License Plate Readers
- Soft on Crime: Kidnapping, Rape, Attempted Murder? Time Served
- Soft on Crime: Steroid-Induced Tesla driver Nathaniel Radimak arrested again in Hawaii, less than a year after prison release for SoCal charges
- Behind the scenes of immigration enforcement in Hawaii
- Housing: Deed-Restriction Bills Fail
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| Thursday, May 8, 2025 |
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May 8, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 2026 Views
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- Reflections of Gene Ward
- US Navy liable for fuel leak that sickened military families in Hawaii
- Todd Eddins’ Favorite Murderer – Third Time’s the Charm?
- Honolulu city inspector with 35 convictions accused in sex-for-freedom plot
- 37% of businesspeople say Hawai‘i is stagnant, and 33% says we’re in real trouble
- Military talks options for Pōhakuloa Training Area lease
- Council Announces Plan to Trick Public into Accepting Sewer Rate Hikes
- Legislative buzz: Phrases that conceal or obfuscate
- Will Reforms Stabilize Hawaiʻi Condo Insurance Costs?
- Maui Fire Survivors Uprooted Again As FEMA Starts Charging Rent
- Seven Lahaina families back home after tragic fires
- SB104: Prison reform proposal to set limits on solitary confinement
- What happens to the poop?
- Booking.com Unable to Revive Suit Challenging Hawaii Use Tax Law
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| Wednesday, May 7, 2025 |
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May 7, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:00 PM :: 2457 Views
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- ‘By Request’ Gambling Bill got John Mizuno Ousted as Homeless Czar?
- Miske News: Union Boss sentenced to 14 years in federal racketeering case
- Tax Hike Coming? Yamashita Ousted As Chair Of State House Finance Committee
- Legislators reward selves handsomely
- Closed House Committee Meetings Violate Constitution?
- Inside Brian Schatz’s inner circle
- Big Island journalist on uncovering the housing corruption case set for trial
- ‘Where’s the money?’ Applicants wait for funds from Maui County program to help build ‘ohana housing
- Hawaii’s first psychiatric crisis center helps take burden off ERs, police
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| Tuesday, May 6, 2025 |
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May 6, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 1598 Views
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- Maui County Responsible for Lahaina Fire
- SB1396: Parts of Green Fee are Already Doomed in Court
- Hawaii County Tells Homeowner His 38-Year-Old House Is Actually Illegal
- Guam: Ex-Cop Gets 5 years for Jury Rigging
- Mayor establishes new Department of Housing and Land Management with City Council’s blessing
- Multi-State Coalition Against Hawaii’s ‘Sensitive’ Places Concealed Carry Ban
- Bissen names Meth Dealer’s Son to Maui County Board of Water Supply
- New Way to Attack Lahaina Fire Victims: Moratorium on Rebuilding Swimming Pools
- The kids need more ... indoctrination?
- US Supreme Court Ruling On Charter Schools ‘Could’ Impact Hawaiʻi
- Hawaii DoE Looking Better Only Because Mainland School Districts Are Doing Worse
- Adults Can Still Marry Teens At 15 After Death Of Proposed Ban In Hawaiʻi
- Rapist Whines About Long Wait for DHHL
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| Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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Letters to the Editor May, 2025
By Letters to the Editor @ 9:09 PM :: 1358 Views
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- Conspiracy Theorists Hijack Hawaii County General Plan
- Maui County Responsible for Lahaina Fire
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| Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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May 5, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:32 PM :: 1280 Views
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- Legislature on a housing-reform streak
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 2, 2025
- Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
- How Solid Is Hawaiʻi GOP Support For Trump Policies?
- Hawaiʻi Residents Could Face Electric Rate Hike In 2026
- Hawaii’s LNG redux: State now has opportunity for action
- 800 Vacancies at HPD
- Hawaii traffic deaths up 51% from same time last year
- SB1433: Legislators Promise More Free Needles for Addicts
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| Sunday, May 4, 2025 |
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May 4, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:31 PM :: 2416 Views
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- The Major Raid that Wasn’t
- Tar Pit of corruption shapes Hawaiʻi politics
- New Data Shows What Bills Were Lobbied The Most
- SB1202: Legislators turn political campaign accounts into personal slush funds
- After Looting HTA, CNHA Cries ‘Racism’
- ‘Let no Crisis go to Waste’ – Lahaina Fire Became Handy Excuse for Green Fee
- SB897: Cap Disaster Liability
- Math error would have hit HART hard
- Board seeks comment on proposed island name change
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| Saturday, May 3, 2025 |
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May 3, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:43 AM :: 1426 Views
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- Defeated SB401 Would Have Been Most Extreme Gun Law in USA
- HB1422: Nonprofits Exempt from Motor Carrier Law
- Feds Bust Honolulu Massage School Owner in $9.1M VA Scam
- Founder of a Kaneohe biker gang and former stagehand union official to be sentenced next week
- Hawaiʻi Legislature Adjourns - For Now
- Hawaii Legislature ends with Souza Squabbling With Republicans (again)
- Ex-UH athletic director Craig Angelos applies for AD again
- Hawaii legislature passes bill to limit police ability to chase criminals
- Hawaii Department of Education seeks input on cell phone use in classrooms
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| Friday, May 2, 2025 |
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May 2, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 PM :: 939 Views
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- Complete Debunk: Hawaii AG Files Climate Change Lawsuit in State Court
- DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Hear Hawaii ‘Gun-Free Zone’ Case
- State Launches Operation Hire Hawai‘i to Fill Vacant Positions
- Visitor Industry Expanded in March 2025
- Grassroot hails passage of bills aimed at boosting housing supply, helping Lahaina
- Hawaiʻi Consumer Advocate: Saltchuk Milks Young Brothers to Justify Fraudulent Rate Hike
- The End: East-West Center offers buyouts to 80% of employees
- Lawsuit seeks damages from Miske estate for kidnapping and murder of Jonathan Fraser
- Maui Council reverses budget course, adds $55.4 million for fiscal year 2026
- Nearly 20% of fire survivor families in FEMA rental housing have missed a payment
- Military couple demands child abuse probe at Navy daycare
- Hawaiian Electric Fuel Supply Proposal Designed to bypass Pacific Biofuel
- Motor Carrier Law Exemption for community-based transportation programs passes
- ICE Takes Aim At Illegals In Big Island's Coffee Belt
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| Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
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May 1, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 PM :: 979 Views
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- Trump Admin Sues to Block Hawaii from Taking Fossil Fuel Companies To Court Over Climate Change
- Trump Admin: Native Hawaiian History NOT Considered 'DEI'
- Hawaii legislature approves $20 billion state budget
- Health Measures up for Final Passage
- Senate Confirms Eight Judges
- SB401: Hawaii senators kill firearms bill 13-12
- City’s planned 115% sewer fee hike under Council scrutiny
- Bill to quicken rebuilding in Lahaina heads to governor's office
- PUC to Set HECO Disaster Liability Limits
- Schatz moves quickly to lock up whip race
- UH says a majority of its international students are safe amid visa policy changes
- Hawaiʻi is poised to set a new 2045 energy usage reduction goal
- Can’t Afford A Lawyer? Good Luck Getting Help On Neighbor Islands
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