Hawaii Daily News Read

Entries for June 2025

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

June 10, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:03 PM :: 252 Views

Lawsuit: Hawaii AG Accuses Trump of 'Distributing Machine Guns'
How Maui Bill 9 Would Destroy TVRs – and still not Create any New Housing for Local Residents
Case splits from Democrat vote on shipping bill
State Republican lawmakers meet with the White House, federal officials
Hawaiʻi County Council seeks more oversight with passage of vacation rental bill
Hurricane insurance is getting more expensive, harder to find in Hawaii
Hawaiʻi Agriculture Dep’t Moves To Broaden Allowed Agricultural Uses
SB935: Dela Cruz Cuts Judges’ Pension Benefits
Report shows use of Hawaiian language growing at home
Girl Scouts, Teachers Union Headline Kauai Gay Pride Parade
Twice-deported immigrant faces prison sentence
Drones Deliver Millions Of Mosquitos to Prevent Bird Extinctions In Hawai‘i

Monday, June 9, 2025

June 9, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:41 PM :: 285 Views

Lahaina: Hotel Unions, HSTA Join with Meth Gang to Demand Seizure of Vacation Rentals
Hawai‘i children hit hard by high cost of housing
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 6, 2025
In Hawaii Only Military Water Systems are Fluoridated
DEI Is Alive and Well in Hawai‘i
Legislature: “Not factions, they’re prison gangs.”
Maui Council gears up for pivotal vacation rental phase-out bill hearing
Green: Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill a 'Grave Violation Of Privacy'
Hawaiʻi To Settle Teacher’s Claim He Was Fired Over False Abuse Allegation
Hawaii’s ombudsman facing chronic issues
Ridding state Capitol of water leaks will not be complete by 2027
More Bogus Sunscreen: Fears and Lies
Waianae Traffic enforcement “dissuaded criminal activity, and resulted in several notable arrests”

Sunday, June 8, 2025

June 8, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:17 PM :: 476 Views

"Diversified ag" rhetoric doesn't match reality
The Unseen Stopper Committees
REPORT: Hawaii Math Instruction 'Unacceptable'
Grassroot: Democratic Congressional Staffers focus on Jones Act
Maui Council approves tax-rate hikes
More Electric Rate Hikes Coming
Council Leadership Shakeup After Sewer Fee Vote
Will Police Commission Pick Next Chief?
Officials expect federal funding to continue for Honolulu rail project
Price of Wokeism: DAGS takes on convention center project despite ‘aggressive’ timetable
'NCIS Hawaii' Studio Empty, Overgrown by Weeds
Beth Fukumoto: Holding Billions Of Dollars, These State Funds Need Scrutiny
Maui Council approves staff pay raises after contentious debate on transparency
Samoa US Nationals Illegal Voting in Alaska, Oregon, Hawaii
Teachers at Hilo public charter school put on administrative leave after raising concerns about contract breaches

Saturday, June 7, 2025

June 7, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 461 Views

Governor Green Releases 'Intent-to-Veto' List
Supreme Court to Decide: Are HMSA Physician Contracts “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable”?
Short-Staffed HPD 20-minute Wait for 911 Callers to Reach an Operator
ACLU of Hawai‘i (again) asks county leaders not to collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement
City launches funeral assistance program for COFA families
Oʻahu racetrack gets the green light
Residents want sustained enforcement on Diamond Head homeless
Remember the Office of the Ombudsman?

Friday, June 6, 2025

June 6, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:55 PM :: 1585 Views

VIDEO: Rep Elle Cochran Calls for Trump Administration to Investigate Lahaina Corruption
Hawaii’s energy future: Red tape is in the way
Mystery: Is Kouchi Really Planning to Retire from Senate?
How Much Say Should Gays Have Over What Your Kids Learn In Public Schools?
Hawaii passes bill expanding insurer of last resort, revives hurricane fund
Hawaii Expands Lobbying Law to Cover Procurement Activities
City Attorney Delays Raise Price Tag In $3.25M UPW Garbage Settlement
Man facing murder trial in death of daughter makes a plea offer
Schizo tweeker caught smuggling pound-quantities of meth into prison—2 dead

Thursday, June 5, 2025

June 5, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 PM :: 883 Views

Babylon Bee challenges Hawaii law criminalizing political memes, satire
Guilty on All Counts: Big Island Affordable Housing Fraudsters
Lawsuit Alleges More Affordable Housing Fraud
Matt Elliott selected as the next UH Mānoa athletics director
Honolulu Sewer Fee Hike: How They Voted
Mercado Kim News: Thomas Aiu Tries for Chief Again
Honolulu City Council adopts HART’s $968M budget
Key amendments proposed for vacation rental phase-out bill ahead of Council committee hearing
Lahaina Front Street building manager fights looters again and again
Blackmail: Dela Cruz, Kim Threaten UH Cancer Center (again)
New jail: Green says he will not knuckle under to ACLU
DAGS now part of project to repair Hawaiʻi Convention Center's leaky roof
Capitol, Convention Center, Stadium Are All Great Landfill Sites
HSTA Member Guilty of Child Molestation
New Hawaii law aims to better protect children from torture
Oahu jail on lockdown as officers search for contraband

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

June 4, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 1571 Views

UH: Feds Cut Funding for Sea Level Hysteria
Hawaii Child Molester Caught by Feds -- gets 41 years
Kapolei Video: Druggie Deported as Parking Lot Lawyers Interfere
Lahaina Calls for Resignation of Absent Rep Elle Cochran
SHOPO Bags 3 of 4 Police Chiefs
40% Astronomy Cuts - Beyond TMT Cancellation
Maui Council ‘Affordable’ Homes Plan—Property Tax Increase on ALL rental homes
Honolulu Council to review city’s proposed $5.14 billion budget for approval
Community Solar: Total Fail – “We just want out”
252 Days to Get Residential Building Permit
New Bill Could Offer Insurance Relief for Hawai‘i Condo and Home Owners
Milestone agreement to strengthen health care in West Hawaiʻi
EPA Terminates $14M Waianae Homeless Puuhonua Grant

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

June 3, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 PM :: 829 Views

HPD Chief Logan Quits--Moszkowicz to Return from Big Island
Hawaii 3rd Worst Economy in USA
Hawaii County Launches Community Survey
Share your feedback on HPD's compliance with CALEA and more
State Court Shakedown Extracts $700M over Mis-labeled Blood Thinners--oil companies next
Who Killed TMT?
Gay flag to fly over Hawaii State Capitol for the first time
Cost of HECO Wildfire Safety Plan Suddenly Jumps to $350,000,000
Hawaiʻi's First State Fire Marshal In Decades Has A Long To-Do List
Hawaii's film incentives stay; Governor Green vetoes controversial bill
We taxpayers won’t have a say in decisions on AD, stadium
PUC Anticipates Explosive Growth in Shared Solar
State Housing Czar Demands Church Return Housing For Homeless Elderly
U.S. defends detention, deportation of military wife in Honolulu, noting ‘unusual activity’

Monday, June 2, 2025

June 2, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:24 PM :: 507 Views

Auditor: HTA has been promising 'Destination Management' since 2005
Twenty Years of Hawaii Recycling: 10th Audit Also Exposes Fraud
Hawaii Driver Education: 59 Years Without a Plan
Honolulu Sewer Rates Are Likely To Go Up — A Lot
Maui Council Budget: Musk has left the building, and so goes our excuse for tax hikes and bloated spending
Honolulu Police Can’t Spend Entire Budget Because It Can’t Fill Positions
Following the evolution of Miske’s living trust

Sunday, June 1, 2025

June 1, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 639 Views

Red tape strangling Hawaii's energy future
Tax Liens: Light at the End?
Pearl Harbor to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII
Some Hawaii Republicans try to Rationalize their Support for BJ Penn for Governor
Senate WAM Chair Dela Cruz gets Defensive
Green Fee Tip of a Half-Billion Dollar Pyramid
Cataluna: Green Fee Doesn’t do enough to make Hawaii Like it was During COVID Shutdowns
Legislators Push Gigantic Land Swap to Grift Luxe Alii Place Offices for Themselves
Fully funded Olowalu fire station on hold over ‘iwi kupuna discovered 2 years ago in subdivision
Media to Regain Access to Police Scanners?