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Saturday, May 31, 2025
May 31, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:19 PM :: 3301 Views
  1. Next Tulsi?  Mrs Kaniela Ing Finally makes the Big Time--with the Trump Administration!
  2. Visitor Industry Grows Again in April 2025
  3. Trump’s Plan to Land SpaceX Rockets on Johnston Atoll Naturally Spurs Eco-Lawsuit
  4. Hawaii Loses TMT: Trump Budget Redirects Telescope Funding to Chile, Where Science is Appreciated
  5. Hawaii Extends Green Energy Fees Lunacy to Ocean
  6. Car dealers frustrated by city’s 8,000 title, registration backlog
  7. Big island covered playcourt cost $1,545 per square foot
  8. Only FBI has what it takes to Clear Homeless Meth Addicts from Mapunapuna
  9. Pearl City Graves Being Robbed by Homeless Meth Addicts AGAIN
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Friday, May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 3251 Views
  1. Hawaii cops sued over DUI arrests of sober drivers
  2. Kauai Police Commission seeks public's input for new KPD Police Chief
  3. Following Biden's Lead, Trump Shuts Down Hawaii Job Corps for Second Year in a Row
  4. Lahaina Rep Elle Cochran Tangled in Lies After Missing 85% of Legislative Session
  5. KSBE Operatives Urge Governor To Veto Bills That Streamline Permitting Process
  6. Meet Miske’s “inner circle”
  7. Appeals court rules Buntenbah must forfeit $250,000 mortgage
  8. Developer Accused Of Campaign Fraud Allowed to Travel out of Country While Out On Bail
  9. Uncertain Outcomes Raised In Phasing Out Maui Short-Term Rentals
  10. Aloha Stadium $20M to demolish
  11. Parents, students call for firing of Kahuku principal after turbulent year
  12. Maui police officer arrested for sex assault
  13. Moody’s upgrades Hawaiian Electric Industries’ credit ratings, positive outlook
  14. B.J. Penn wanted by Hawaii island police after missing court date
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Thursday, May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:57 PM :: 1073 Views
  1. Can the Trump Administration save Honolulu from wasting $2.5B on Sand Island Sewage Plant?
  2. DBEDT Lowers Hawaii Economic Growth Projections
  3. Joe Gedeon Appointed to Fill Gene Ward's House Seat
  4. New Republican Chair Pledges to Focus on Winning Elections
  5. Hawaii Democrats Tout Marijuana Crackdown Legislation
  6. Hawaii Firearms Bills Passed in 2025
  7. Failed ‘Assault Rifle’ Ban a Sign of Things to Come?
  8. PUC to Require MLP to Register as Water Utility so they can be forced to choke off water supplies to drive up the cost of housing and make more people leave Maui
  9. Legislators to Abolish HTA?
  10. Maui fire survivors could see first paychecks from $4B settlement this year
  11. Hawaiʻi solar industry to be gutted as State, Federal Subsidies are Killed Off
  12. Panda Express And A Bathroom? Honolulu Airport’s $14M "Upgrades" Spark Debate
  13. Assault video exposes use of untrained guards at Oahu jail
  14. Guards Selling Drugs to Inmates:  Another Multiple drug overdose in Halawa
  15. Forced out by SHOPO, Kauaʻi Police Chief finally announces retirement date
  16. City grant program for rail-affected businesses doesn’t amount to much
  17. Lawmakers demand answers from Navy on dummy bombing plan of remote Hawaiian island
  18. AI Hallucination? Hawaiʻi Attorney Cited For Submitting A Fake Case
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:09 PM :: 547 Views
  1. Neighborhood Board Election results now available online
  2. SB1396 Green Fee: Green Signs TAT Increase, Promises to Waste it all on Global Warming
  3. Lawyer Outlines Cruise Industry Case Against Green Fee
  4. Honolulu City Council rushing 60% sewer fee hike – Afraid Trump Administration Would Eliminate Need for Sand Island Project, thus eliminating excuse for rate hikes
  5. Will Hawaii’s New $100M Climate Fee From Tourists Actually Fix Anything?
  6. Developer applies for permit to demolish Aloha Stadium
  7. Want To Diversify The Local Economy? Make Hawaiʻi Pro-Business
  8. Hawaiʻi Has A New Ghost Gun Law. Will It Make A Difference?
  9. Lunch Debt And Book Fines Are The Last Barriers To Graduation
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:58 PM :: 500 Views
  1. Delegates Elect New Hawaii Republican Party Chairman
  2. Bill 47: Hawaii County Developers to Build TVR Subdivisions  
  3. Feds bust Chinese-Canadian fraud ring operating in Hawaii targeting seniors
  4. As Big as Rail: $10.1B Sewer Rate Hike Heading for Third Reading
  5. PRP: Grab Property tax Revenues to Pork Up Aloha Stadium Project Even More
  6. ‘Experts’ Coming to Hawaii to Impose Federal Consent Decree on Prisons—Mass Release for Hardened Criminals is Next
  7. State’s Top Economist Retires
  8. Hawaii’s New Cruise Tax Is Entering Some Uncharted Legal Waters
  9. Rep Kila: Do not scrutinize DHHL.  Let them waste money as they see fit.
  10. Honolulu Sees Doubling Of Vacation Rental Registrations Under New Rules
  11. B.J. Penn arrested in Hawaii charged with abuse of family or household member
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Monday, May 26, 2025
May 26, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 547 Views
  1. VIDEO: $4000 Dela Cruz Campaign Contribution buys Shouting Match in Hilo
  2. Will Hawaiʻi's Supreme Court Curb Governor's Power To Suspend Laws?
  3. In 2026 Kauai Council will Lose Four Incumbents
  4. Zombie News: Meth Camp Returns to Amala Place Four Years after Fentanyl
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Sunday, May 25, 2025
May 25, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:44 PM :: 817 Views
  1. Keanu Sai News: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
  2. 2025 Legislative Special Funds -- 0 for 86
  3. No, we don't have low property taxes
  4. VIDEO: Honolulu Rail--We're not going to do THAT Again
  5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 23, 2025
  6. Time to fight back against antivax gaslighting
  7. Laid-off federal workers fill 62 of state’s 4,000 vacant positions
  8. Gutted Democrat Bench Thin so … Brian Schatz?
  9. 771 Medical Professionals get student loan repayment
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Saturday, May 24, 2025
May 24, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 2865 Views
  1. Hawaii: Where Clean Energy Projects Go to Die
  2. Audit: How to Speed up Building Permits
  3. Grassroot Council Testimony: Cutting Red Tape to Build Housing
  4. Bill 2591 Changes Kauai Zoning to Allow Farmers' Markets
  5. VIDEO: Grassroot legislative wrap-up tour
  6. HI-EMA Fuel Tank in Violation Since 1997
  7. 'Evil' teen bullies get taste of vigilante 'justice' after they were filmed beating disabled woman
  8. In yearlong wait for vote on short-term rental ban, Maui condo sales, prices have dropped significantly
  9. Rail line a ‘curse’
  10. 93% Reduction: Army proposes giving up leased Oahu land
  11. Hawai‘i County Council passes first reading of FY 2025-2026 budget
  12. 'Tesla road rage guy' alleged Hawaii attack is a 'failure of the system,' attorney says
  13. Trump to the Rescue: After pathetic State Judiciary Sets Hime Free,  Man who terrorized UH Manoa student now facing deportation to Micronesia
  14. Keanu Sai News: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
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Friday, May 23, 2025
May 23, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:44 PM :: 1916 Views
  1. Hawaii: A far-left state trying to hijack U.S. energy policy
  2. Trump Squeeze Leads to Suspension of 'Faculty Special Salary Adjustments' at UH
  3. UHERO Survey Documents Declining Physical and Mental Health
  4. Hawaii Mortgage Delinquency Jumps
  5. Medical Malpractice? Hawaii 5th Worst
  6. Miske Drug Overdose Death Shapes Legal Strategy to keep Money in Family
  7. Mokulele Methamphetamines News: 33-Time Loser Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case
  8. After HPD Raid, CBD Dealer Shocked, SHOCKED to Discover His Products Contained THC
  9. Total Fail: HECO ‘Time-of-Use Rates’ Abandoned
  10. Bill 47: Hawaiʻi County Council revisits more oversight on the short-term rental industry
  11. $70M to rebuild Lahaina homeless shelter?
  12. How The Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor Has Gone From Cash Cow To Eyesore
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Thursday, May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:00 PM :: 1624 Views
  1. VIDEO: Senators Grill Green over COVID Shutdowns
  2. Feds Launch Process for Potential Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Near American Samoa
  3. Anti-Development Activism Poisons the ‘Aina
  4. Lawsuit Challenges Reopening of Pacific Monument
  5. Zero homes sold within typical Maui residents’ financial reach in 2024
  6. Tax Hikes Coming: COR ‘adjusts’ projection, creating $550M Gap
  7. DHHL sitting on federal grants since 2008--$75.9M unspent
  8. Hawaii Convention Center $64M repair project in limbo
  9. ACLU Hawaii prepares to sue HPD over ‘concerning trend’ of sober drivers arrested for DUI
  10. HB126: Prosecutor Alm Pushes Back on Forfeiture
  11. Illegal gambling arrests on Oahu increased in 2024
  12. Shakedown: Surfrider’s Bogus Bacteria Report Targets Turtle Bay and Whalers Cove
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Thursday, May 22, 2025
Letters to the Editor May, 2025
By Letters to the Editor @ 1:09 AM :: 2182 Views
  • Anti-Development Activism Poisons the ‘Aina
  • Conspiracy Theorists Hijack Hawaii County General Plan
  • Maui County Responsible for Lahaina Fire
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
May 21, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:53 PM :: 2078 Views
  1. Honolulu Ranks #3 in U.S. for Micro-Housing — New Study Finds
  2. Study: More Housing Units Built-But Fewer Available for Residents
  3. Hawaii 'Clean' Hydrogen to Come from Oil Refinery
  4. Brenton Awa vs Tokuda for Congress?
  5. Alien Enemies: Gabbard Staff Pushed to Rewrite Intelligence So It Could Not Be ‘Used Against’ Trump
  6. BWS Votes to Give State Water Commission control of Oahu – First Step, dumping water into dry Waianae streambeds
  7. Lahaina: Infrastructure in Just 100 Days
  8. Congresswoman asks UNOS to change kidney allocation policy following HNN investigation
  9. Geothermal energy solutions need study
  10. Opportunity to pay less for electricity during sunlight hours yields mixed results
  11. Manager Alleges Potential Fraud In Homeless Village Construction
  12. Criminals Mailing Illegal Fireworks To Hawaiʻi Mostly Get Away With It 
  13. City moves to take over property where family has been squatting for decades
  14. HGEA finalizes $41 million COVID hazard pay settlement
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 717 Views
  1. Cleaning up Hawaii’s permitting mess
  2. Gov. Green on military land leases: ‘I think that we will be able to settle pretty straightforwardly’
  3. Activists surprised by Army’s willingness to let go of Makua Valley land lease
  4. Claim by Miske’s mother to represent his granddaughter’s interests denied by judge, at least for now
  5. Soft on Crime: After 10 State Felony Convictions, Meth Dealer Finally Catches a FEDERAL Case
  6. Local fireworks industry contends with possible sky-high tariffs on China
  7. Bill To Guard Against Imitation Hawaiian Tea Could End Up Hurting Industry
  8. Hu Honua Bioenergy Files (another) State Antitrust Lawsuit Against HECO
  9. Nuisance money: City Council approves $40K Liquor Commission settlement
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Monday, May 19, 2025
May 19, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:44 PM :: 2665 Views
  1. Hawaii has third-lowest percentage of single-mother households, study reveals
  2. Big Beautiful Blue Collar Tax Cuts Coming—but Hawaii Legislators Want EBT Cards
  3. Legislators Will Try to Use EBT Card as Excuse for Special Session
  4. Hawaii: New housing units are coming online at the lowest rate since the 1940s
  5. Retirement: Social Security to be Garnished to pay Student Loans?
  6. Retirement: Meth-Head Finally Agrees to Accept Shelter After 40 years on Streets
  7. Usual Suspects: Today they are Whining About Rocket Launches from Johnston Island
  8. Kahuku Coach Removed Over One Complaint
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Sunday, May 18, 2025
May 18, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 948 Views
  1. 2025 Legislative Also-Rans  
  2. Rules Vote a Self-Serving Scam to Take Over Hawaii Republican Party
  3. Six Weeks to Deadline -- Sketchy, Blurry Plans to Pay for Aloha Stadium
  4. Green Campaigning in Washington DC
  5. Cruise Lines Claim Inclusion in Hawaii's New Hotel Tax Bill is Unconstitutional
  6. Kona coffee farmers devastated by loss of deported workers
  7. Blundering Gabbard Fiasco: Aide pressed analyst to redo intel on Venezuela gang
  8. Hawaii Just Won't Give Up Its Harsh Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
  9. Recktenwald to Retire in October
  10. Republicans to Elect Party Chair
  11. Loser Complains About GOP Selection Process
  12. State agency’s preschool production pipeline bulges while other projects hit roadblocks
  13. Soft on Crime: Steroid-induced Road Rage Guy has 20 Year Record
  14. We Moved From Hawaii to Italy. Our Mortgage Is Less Than Our Rent Was
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Saturday, May 17, 2025
May 17, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 1849 Views
  1. UHERO: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Maui’s Immigrant Community
  2. Hawaii AG Backs Suit Against Trump's DEI Ban
  3. Mindless Hysteria: Trump Cuts Almost Nothing on Maui, Becomes Excuse for Council Budget Bloat
  4. City Council OKs foreclosure of illegal vacation rental
  5. Mexican national to be sentenced for selling meth in Hawaii
  6. (Again) Feds to Cut DHHL Funding because it is not being spent
  7. DOBOR Hassles Canoe Club
  8. UH AD Search Firm Refuses to Interview Craig Angelos
  9. Hu Honua Bioenergy -- Federal Round No. 3
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Friday, May 16, 2025
May 16, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 1452 Views
  1. Hawaii governor defends emergency housing powers at state Supreme Court
  2. Hype?  Hawaii Trump Cuts only $95M – Mostly at UH
  3. Cruise lines are signaling a fight against Hawaii's tourism tax
  4. Three More Army EIS Will Be Rejected Next Month
  5. Before Croaking, Miske names two Trustees and directs funds to granddaughter
  6. Carvalho, Rapozo, Kouchi for Kauai Mayor?
  7. University of Hawaii tuition to rise for first time since 2018
  8. Kona property housing 22 illegals under investigation for code violations
  9. University of Hawaii continues search for $500k/yr Athletics Director
  10. Hawaiʻi Electricity Shut-Offs Are Nearly Triple Pre-Pandemic Levels
  11. Five Delayed Hawaiian Electric Projects
  12. Hawaii Restaurant Closed for Roaches—But Who Would Know?
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Thursday, May 15, 2025
May 15, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:50 PM :: 1751 Views
  1. Missing Meth Money a Conflict of Interest for Bissen Appointee?
  2. House Passes South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act
  3. 14 Years Later--City Settles Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $2.1M
  4. After 100 days, Trump already done with Tulsi?
  5. Decrease in visitor tax rate sought as fear of recession looms
  6. Bill 43: Honolulu city council looks to use hotel tax to help lower projected sewer fee increase
  7. Honolulu Council Approves $41M for HGEA COVID Hazard Pay
  8. DOE Plan: More Top-Level Bureaucrats
  9. Hawaii to Update Decades-Old Financial MisManagement System
  10. Robots to issue 47 Million Speeding tickets per year from 177 Hawaii Speed Cams
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
May 14, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 1177 Views
  1. UHERO: 75% of Hawaii Households Cannot Afford Mortgage
  2. Hawaii 4th Highest State and Local Taxes Per Capita
  3. Pacific Partnership Act to Counter China
  4. Disasters? Hawaii Still not Ready
  5. Disgraced Police Chief Louis Kealoha Still Owes Honolulu $250,000
  6. CNHA-Connected Governor calls Hawaii Tourism Authority ‘hot mess,’ promises reform--What Could Go Wrong?
  7. Uncertain financial future continues to impact East-West Center operations
  8. Honolulu a good place for murder—nearly 50% go unsolved
  9. Sabotaged signal: New images reveal homeless camp around severed cables that cut communication for thousands
  10. ‘Wasted opportunity?’ Maui Council questions post-wildfire pivot on homeless plan
  11. Alm Calls for Veto of HB126: Illegal game room assets in Kalihi turned over to state
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
May 13, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:45 PM :: 2193 Views
  1. Residential electric bills in Hawaii and Connecticut are twice those in New Mexico, Utah
  2. Legislature Delivers Progress for Housing
  3. BWS Approves Kalaeloa Desalination Plant
  4. 20 Year Sentence? Federal trial begins in Affordable Housing Scam
  5. Governor says feds could seize military training grounds in Hawaii
  6. Crunch Time: Bills Die as Clock Ticks (again)
  7. Miske Family Schemes to Grab Illicit Fortune
  8. Will You be Fooled? Fake ‘Water Shortage’ Latest Trick to Keep Lahaina Fire Victims from Rebuilding
  9. Honolulu Can Fine Airbnb, Vrbo for Illegal Vacation Rentals. It Never Has
  10. ACLU: Keep Mentally Ill Homeless on the Streets
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Monday, May 12, 2025
May 12, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 1688 Views
  1. 2025 Legislative Wrap-Up
  2. Teaching Personal Finance? Hawaii Ranks 42nd
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 9, 2025
  4. Another ‘Friends and Family’ Development Deal with Kali Watson, DHHL
  5. Bill 43 would offset Honolulu sewer fee hike with money intended for rail
  6. After Hurricane CNHA, HTA Needs an Exorcism
  7. Lahaina burn zone slowly transforming from ‘ghost town’ to big construction zone
  8. Who Really Owns Hawaii In 2025
  9. Anti-GMO Hysteria Gutted State’s Top Agricultural Commodity
  10. State pushing speed cam expansion despite failed bill
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Sunday, May 11, 2025
May 11, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 3493 Views
  1. Trump Admin: Greenland to Become a COFA Country?
  2. Another chance to make things right
  3. Neighborhood Board Elections--Voting Ends May 16
  4. Judicial Nominees Sought for ICA and First Circuit
  5. Peeling away regulations that hinder homebuilding
  6. Grassroot: Akina gives Legislature a 'B-'
  7. Yamashita Gone: Nakamura Next?
  8. Green Preps Future Run for Hirono’s Seat--Creates National PAC To Support 'Pro-Science Candidates'
  9. Lahaina Rep Elle Cochran Missed 85% of Session -- and she’s a convicted felon
  10. Incumbency machine protects sitting lawmakers from exposure
  11. Another Black Eye for Bissen--Druski Debunks Bogus Rape Complaint
  12. Land Board rejection of Pohakuloa EIS just another maneuver in lease negotiations
  13. Rate Hikes: Saltchuk Milking Young Bros
  14. The Miske case is winding down but not yet over
  15. Hawai‘i lawmakers approve $6M to support Planned Parenthood
  16. Lopez Outlines Strategy to Defeat Trump Climate Change Lawsuit
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Saturday, May 10, 2025
May 10, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:20 PM :: 1629 Views
  1. Another 8a Disaster: NIH Halts Operations at US Biolab After Sabotage Incident
  2. BLNR Rejects Army Pohakuloa EIS
  3. State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next
  4. CWS Disasters Bring No Reform: How many Dead Babies Before Legislature Acts?
  5. HB103: Young Murderers Deserve a Chance to Do it Again
  6. Power Play: After Looting HTA, CNHA reaches back in and ousts Choy
  7. Former police chief Kealoha released from federal prison
  8. Realtors Association of Maui opposes Bill 9, urges a ‘balanced approach’ to housing crisis
  9. In effort to force Fire Victims Out, Urban Design Review Board hears opposition to ‘modern’ homes in Lahaina
  10. Hawaiian Electric: SB897 key to future financial strength
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Friday, May 9, 2025
May 9, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 1591 Views
  1. Campaign Contributions: Hawaii Climate Change Lawsuit Skips State's Only Refinery
  2. UHERO: Federal policies push Hawaii toward mild recession
  3. DLE Upgrades License Plate Readers
  4. Soft on Crime: Kidnapping, Rape, Attempted Murder?  Time Served
  5. Soft on Crime: Steroid-Induced Tesla driver Nathaniel Radimak arrested again in Hawaii, less than a year after prison release for SoCal charges
  6. Behind the scenes of immigration enforcement in Hawaii
  7. Housing: Deed-Restriction Bills Fail
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:34 PM :: 2252 Views
  1. Reflections of Gene Ward
  2. US Navy liable for fuel leak that sickened military families in Hawaii
  3. Todd Eddins’ Favorite Murderer – Third Time’s the Charm?
  4. Honolulu city inspector with 35 convictions accused in sex-for-freedom plot
  5. 37% of businesspeople say Hawai‘i is stagnant, and 33% says we’re in real trouble
  6. Military talks options for Pōhakuloa Training Area lease
  7. Council Announces Plan to Trick Public into Accepting Sewer Rate Hikes
  8. Legislative buzz: Phrases that conceal or obfuscate
  9. Will Reforms Stabilize Hawaiʻi Condo Insurance Costs?
  10. Maui Fire Survivors Uprooted Again As FEMA Starts Charging Rent
  11. Seven Lahaina families back home after tragic fires
  12. SB104: Prison reform proposal to set limits on solitary confinement
  13. What happens to the poop?
  14. Booking.com Unable to Revive Suit Challenging Hawaii Use Tax Law
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
May 7, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:00 PM :: 2671 Views
  1. ‘By Request’ Gambling Bill got John Mizuno Ousted as Homeless Czar?
  2. Miske News: Union Boss sentenced to 14 years in federal racketeering case
  3. Tax Hike Coming? Yamashita Ousted As Chair Of State House Finance Committee
  4. Legislators reward selves handsomely
  5. Closed House Committee Meetings Violate Constitution?
  6. Inside Brian Schatz’s inner circle
  7. Big Island journalist on uncovering the housing corruption case set for trial
  8. ‘Where’s the money?’ Applicants wait for funds from Maui County program to help build ‘ohana housing
  9. Hawaii’s first psychiatric crisis center helps take burden off ERs, police
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:15 PM :: 1934 Views
  1. Maui County Responsible for Lahaina Fire
  2. SB1396: Parts of Green Fee are Already Doomed in Court
  3. Hawaii County Tells Homeowner His 38-Year-Old House Is Actually Illegal
  4. Guam: Ex-Cop Gets 5 years for Jury Rigging
  5. Mayor establishes new Department of Housing and Land Management with City Council’s blessing
  6. Multi-State Coalition Against Hawaii’s ‘Sensitive’ Places Concealed Carry Ban
  7. Bissen names Meth Dealer’s Son to Maui County Board of Water Supply
  8. New Way to Attack Lahaina Fire Victims:  Moratorium on Rebuilding Swimming Pools
  9. The kids need more ... indoctrination?
  10. US Supreme Court Ruling On Charter Schools ‘Could’ Impact Hawaiʻi
  11. Hawaii DoE Looking Better Only Because Mainland School Districts Are Doing Worse
  12. Adults Can Still Marry Teens At 15 After Death Of Proposed Ban In Hawaiʻi
  13. Rapist Whines About Long Wait for DHHL
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Monday, May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:32 PM :: 1494 Views
  1. Legislature on a housing-reform streak
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 2, 2025
  3. Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review
  4. How Solid Is Hawaiʻi GOP Support For Trump Policies?
  5. Hawaiʻi Residents Could Face Electric Rate Hike In 2026
  6. Hawaii’s LNG redux: State now has opportunity for action
  7. 800 Vacancies at HPD
  8. Hawaii traffic deaths up 51% from same time last year
  9. SB1433: Legislators Promise More Free Needles for Addicts
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Sunday, May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:31 PM :: 2647 Views
  1. The Major Raid that Wasn’t
  2. Tar Pit of corruption shapes Hawaiʻi politics
  3. New Data Shows What Bills Were Lobbied The Most
  4. SB1202: Legislators turn political campaign accounts into personal slush funds
  5. After Looting HTA, CNHA Cries ‘Racism’
  6. ‘Let no Crisis go to Waste’ – Lahaina Fire Became Handy Excuse for Green Fee
  7. SB897: Cap Disaster Liability
  8. Math error would have hit HART hard
  9. Board seeks comment on proposed island name change
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Saturday, May 3, 2025
May 3, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:43 AM :: 1596 Views
  1. Defeated SB401 Would Have Been Most Extreme Gun Law in USA
  2. HB1422: Nonprofits Exempt from Motor Carrier Law
  3. Feds Bust Honolulu Massage School Owner in $9.1M VA Scam
  4. Founder of a Kaneohe biker gang and former stagehand union official to be sentenced next week
  5. Hawaiʻi Legislature Adjourns - For Now
  6. Hawaii Legislature ends with Souza Squabbling With Republicans (again)
  7. Ex-UH athletic director Craig Angelos applies for AD again
  8. Hawaii legislature passes bill to limit police ability to chase criminals
  9. Hawaii Department of Education seeks input on cell phone use in classrooms
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Friday, May 2, 2025
May 2, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:32 PM :: 1100 Views
  1. Complete Debunk: Hawaii AG Files Climate Change Lawsuit in State Court
  2. DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Hear Hawaii ‘Gun-Free Zone’ Case
  3. State Launches Operation Hire Hawai‘i to Fill Vacant Positions
  4. Visitor Industry Expanded in March 2025
  5. Grassroot hails passage of bills aimed at boosting housing supply, helping Lahaina
  6. Hawaiʻi Consumer Advocate: Saltchuk Milks Young Brothers to Justify Fraudulent Rate Hike
  7. The End: East-West Center offers buyouts to 80% of employees
  8. Lawsuit seeks damages from Miske estate for kidnapping and murder of Jonathan Fraser
  9. Maui Council reverses budget course, adds $55.4 million for fiscal year 2026
  10. Nearly 20% of fire survivor families in FEMA rental housing have missed a payment
  11. Military couple demands child abuse probe at Navy daycare
  12. Hawaiian Electric Fuel Supply Proposal Designed to bypass Pacific Biofuel
  13. Motor Carrier Law Exemption for community-based transportation programs passes
  14. ICE Takes Aim At Illegals In Big Island's Coffee Belt
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Thursday, May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:10 PM :: 1121 Views
  1. Trump Admin Sues to Block Hawaii from Taking Fossil Fuel Companies To Court Over Climate Change
  2. Trump Admin: Native Hawaiian History NOT Considered 'DEI'
  3. Hawaii legislature approves $20 billion state budget
  4. Health Measures up for Final Passage
  5. Senate Confirms Eight Judges
  6. SB401: Hawaii senators kill firearms bill 13-12
  7. City’s planned 115% sewer fee hike under Council scrutiny
  8. Bill to quicken rebuilding in Lahaina heads to governor's office
  9. PUC to Set HECO Disaster Liability Limits
  10. Schatz moves quickly to lock up whip race
  11. UH says a majority of its international students are safe amid visa policy changes
  12. Hawaiʻi is poised to set a new 2045 energy usage reduction goal
  13. Can’t Afford A Lawyer? Good Luck Getting Help On Neighbor Islands
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