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Thursday, August 28, 2025 August 28, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 102 Views Federal Lawsuit Filed: Cruise Lines Challenge Hawaii’s ‘Green Fee’ as Unconstitutional Applications Open for Honolulu City Lights Display Permits 3 Big Public Projects That Should Make You Mad Schatz Calls for Increased Urban Density Elections Commission Panel Calls For A Shakeup In How Hawaiʻi Votes Court says state failed to require environmental review for GMO farm Activist Protests Pledge of Allegiance in Schools Without Force, it takes two weeks to get one homeless off street Read More..

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 August 27, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:54 PM :: 436 Views City Accepting Bids for Kalihi Rail Station TOD Development Matson still refusing EV shipments to Hawaii Legal Fake Biofuel: Hawaii Can Have 100% ‘Renewable’ Electricity This Year and it will be 99% Diesel Judge dismisses $324M Hitachi lawsuit against HART, city OHA to profit as Hawaii governor approves $1.6B Iwilei infrastructure upgrade plan Blangiardi: $100M to fix Waikiki natatorium? Term Limits? City Council chair announces run for reelection Proven Loser: Corey Rosenlee will run for Hawaiʻi House seat held by Rep. Elijah Pierick (again) Honolulu firefighters push for COVID hazard pay Overcrowding in Maui classrooms forces redistricting plan Less Than Half Of Hawaiʻi Teachers Went To High School In-State Can ‘Improvement District’ Save Downtown Honolulu's Small Businesses? Ex-HPD officer seeks reduced prison time for child sex crimes Kauaʻi Man Died On His Birthday After Airport Staff Encounter CNHA ‘Council’ Leaves Hawaii Again Read More..

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 August 26, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 PM :: 413 Views Second Amendment: “These arbitrary restrictions in Hawaii are unique and burdensome with no parallel in other states." DLE Creates Virtual Reality Capitol Security Cordon Before State Acquittals, Leader of “Murder Inc” street gang quietly plead guilty to federal charges Acid attack suspect pleads not guilty to charge some say is too light Army and governor’s response to leases ‘framework’ deadline gets pushback Lahaina: Lawyers Still Pushing ‘Toxins’ Scare Maui STRs keep Hawaii economy strong Sinking Optimism Among Hawai‘i Business Leaders State continues push to hire federal workers impacted by budget cuts Two Members Quit Just Before Elections Panel To Meet On Disputed Vote Count Read More..

Monday, August 25, 2025 August 25, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 PM :: 808 Views Supreme Court restores parental opt-out from LGBTQ Propaganda Waikiki Predator: 551 Criminal Citations and Still on the Streets Climate Change ‘Professionals’ Imaginary Problem Means Coping With Imaginary Death ADUs – City Uses Familiar Sabotage Techniques to block affordable housing Hawaiʻi is Increasingly Relying on Unlicensed Teachers to Fill Vacancies Former Maui police officer pleads guilty to federal civil rights violation What do judges do all day? Atmos Rewards Just Gutted Hawaii Flyers Read More..

Sunday, August 24, 2025 August 24, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:16 PM :: 1414 Views Are you ready for another boondoggle? Classroom Heat Hawai’i Aloha: How Rev. Lorenzo Lyons helped save the Hawaiian language Aloha Stadium project ‘may cost $5 billion to $6 billion and span 25 years’ “The County of Maui will be sued if it passes the unconstitutional Bill 9” Belatti, Awa Call for More Election Day Polling Places Civil Beat Questions Your Right to Live in Hawaii HNL Build: ‘DPP Going Backwards’ Read More..

Saturday, August 23, 2025 August 23, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:14 PM :: 2793 Views The Worst Transit Projects $100M Green Fee Slush Fund: Green Appoints Advisory Council Maui County releases 2025 human services assessment report Chinatown suspect paid $290K by the City just before acid attack Hawaiian Electric Company Rates Increases Are Expected Why opening a restaurant in Hawaii can be a bureaucratic and financial nightmare Judge in Hawaii considers legality of restrictions on access to abortion medication Hawaiʻi County Police Commission explores strategies for filling police chief vacancy Navy cleaning Red Hill pipelines in preparation for … what? Will Congress Rescue Fish Farms from Hawaii State Regulations? SHPD Recent Debacles CNHA/Hawaiian Council Becomes Green Energy Schemer Read More..

Friday, August 22, 2025 August 22, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:08 PM :: 945 Views Army to Green: 'We cannot wait' Little-Known Law Makes Hawai‘i Flights More Expensive Maui Police Release Bodycam Video Surrounding Officer Death No, Surviving Lahaina Fire Doesn’t Give You License to Kill Bill 9: Maui Council panel recommends Temporary Investigative Group on vacation rentals Puna Geothermal Venture moves forward with long-awaited upgrades New Hawaii county property tax credits for subdivision property owners 20% of 911 calls Homeless-related Read More..

Thursday, August 21, 2025 August 21, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 2714 Views Hawaii Becomes The 50th State – This Day In History Green Unveils 2025 Policy Priorities Cost of Living: Hawaii 82% Higher Than US Average Hawaii average annual tax cuts under 'Big Beautiful' Bill Emotions run high as police officer recounts shooting that killed fellow officer Honolulu Police Chief search could stretch into 2026 No Charges Against Officers In 2024 Waiʻanae Police Shooting Acid victim lost his vision in 1 eye, needs surgery on arm and shoulder Murder trial begins in Samoa over death of Gabbard Aunt and Cult Critic As Step towards abolishing prisons, Hawaiʻi Expands Effort To Keep Women Out Of Jail Hawaii attorney general’s budget increased by $4M to cover 27 Trump lawsuits How does city count rail ridership? Hawaii State Energy Office Sees LNG as Bridge Fuel to … Green Hydrogen Storage Vacasa Bought Out-- Largest Hawaii Vacation Rental Company Faces Major Shake Up Work paused on sewer pump station repairs in Lahaina Read More..

Wednesday, August 20, 2025 August 20, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 1864 Views ​UH, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency sign partnership agreement Honolulu Least Pet-Friendly City in USA Is CO2 a Pollutant? Another Glorious Triumph for the State Judiciary!   Three Alleged Gang Leaders Found Not Guilty in Jail Beating Death Green Energy? Oahu Ratepayers Paying $1,500,000,000.00 More to Burn Dirtier Fuels What will Kawakami do now? Song and Dance: Hawaii County Council Grifts 8a Money from DoD Insanity: Homeless get Really Expensive Medivac Flights, but are not forcibly incarcerated in drug treatment facilities Big Island judge to rule next month on state subpoena requesting files of disciplined police officers Hallucinating Robot Trips up Another Local Lawyer Hawaiʻi primarily votes by mail. Here's how a proposed Trump order could change that Future Of Commercial Fishing In Protected Pacific Waters In Courts' Hands Empire-Builders Want $25M to Tell us Fire Victims feel bad about their homes burning down COVID lawsuit against state DPS dismissed Read More..

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Letters to the Editor August, 2025 By Letters to the Editor @ 11:04 PM :: 1598 Views Is CO2 a Pollutant? Bill 59 Could Have Stopped Homeless Panhandling in Traffic Read More..

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 August 19, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 1535 Views Palacios' death leaves NMI vulnerable to China ‘New’ HTA board taking off with same old baggage Hawaii Basketball Coach Sentenced to Over 33 Years for Child Exploitation and Harassment of 10 Victims DBEDT Releases 2024 State of Hawaii Data Book Hawaii Named Least Affordable State for College Grads Green Smoking Something: “Another $500M will fall from sky--Aloha Stadium to be ready in 2028—will seat 38,000” After years of pie-in-the-sky promises, UH and its supporters have learned they only can believe in themselves Hawaii plans $1.4B transit-oriented development in East Kapolei Pushback Against ‘Affordable’ Housing Kapalua Sues Maui Land & Pineapple Over West Maui Water Shortage Nearly 1 In 5 Warning Sirens On Oʻahu Were Broken During Tsunami Scare Lawsuit: Another Murder Inc Murder in Halawa Acid attack suspect made civil rights, hate crime allegations Hawaii Solar Lobby Loses $61M Subsidy Hawaii County, ex-R&D director sued for favoritism Read More..

Monday, August 18, 2025 August 18, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:16 PM :: 2010 Views Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked DEI for HPD: Sneaking in Biden’s Former Border Chief as Next Honolulu Police Commissioner Round 2 for Pohakuloa Training Area resolution – Hawaii County Council wants UXO money for 8a Corps City Council pushes pair of bills to ease homeowner tax burdens First-time homebuyer program most popular among Maui fire survivors seeking aid from $1.6 billion federal grant Immigrant Sent Cash To Family In Mexico; ICE Used That To Nab Him Two Lawsuits Demand More Hawaiian Immersion Programs Read More..

Sunday, August 17, 2025 August 17, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:09 PM :: 2810 Views UPDATE: Maui Police identify officer killed in line of duty No Tax on Overtime From Koko Crater to Wahiawā: The long fight over Oʻahu’s trash PRC National Sentenced to 55 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine Kouchi Changes Mind—Will serve one more term as Senate President Army’s ‘Much More Aggressive Model’: Wrap-up Master Lease Negotiations in 60 Days Steaming in the classroom and fleeced at the ballpark Aloha Stadium: New chapter in wishful thinking TVR law goes into effect soon HPD clarifies concealed carry permit process at meeting Marine monument eco-rhetoric overwrought Read More..

Saturday, August 16, 2025 August 16, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:25 PM :: 1301 Views Maui police officer killed in line of duty UHERO: Hawaii has less inequality because nobody can get ahead Hawaiʻi County Reduces Permitting Backlog Lahaina rebuild could move along faster if ... Teenagers' Climate Plan Just a Scam--Proposed 75% cut to cruise ships designed to force more tourists into hotels Honolulu rail construction to close downtown lanes for 5 to 6 years NYT: Modulars provide ‘dignified’ havens for Lahaina wildfire survivors Permits sought for ongoing Kaheawa Wind Power operations in West Maui Read More..

Friday, August 15, 2025 August 15, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:28 PM :: 1798 Views Hawaii Statehood: Tiny 1959 opposition was anti-Japanese, not anti-American Racists in Congress fought against statehood for Hawaii Polls Showed Solid Support in Run-up to Hawaii Statehood 'Ready To Die Boys?' Multiple Oʻahu Shootings Linked To Gang AG Demands Files on Four Disciplined Hawaii County Officers HECO Plays Monopoly with Hu Honua True Colors Show: Maui Council Minority Votes Against Massive Affordable Housing Development Maui suffering from severe lack of mental health workers Waialua Fresh Eggs boosting local production Read More..

Thursday, August 14, 2025 August 14, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:45 PM :: 1991 Views 12 New Members Appointed to HTA Board Tariffs Drive up Non-Residential Constuction Costs Aloha Stadium Shrinks, completion date for slips to 2029, demolition to begin without all contracts in place  Hawaiʻi Sex Abuse Case Shows How Predatory Teachers Can Go Undetected Misleading stats obscure health care provider shortage woes Last-ditch efforts to kill Honuaʻula project amendments fail amid bickering; controversial development passes final vote Sacred Cows: Should Homeless be exempt from Fire Safety Rules? Attorney facing criminal charges is sued by a former associate Read More..

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 August 13, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:03 PM :: 1614 Views Cool Schools: How Solar Scammers Looted $120M Hawaii Red Hill Water Contamination Lawsuit Expands John Honoli’i ‘First Born’ of the Hawaiian Church Feds Investigating At Least One Prison Guard's Actions In OCCC Killing Witness fear dominates jail killing trial as testimony continues Secret Aloha Stadium Contracts Are Set For Final Vote New stadium needs new appropriation Planning panel OKs rebuild of smaller Front Street home after forcing aesthetic changes FAIL: Empty-homes tax destroyed by its own contradictions after $150M illusion vanishes Building Permit Failures to be Foundation for New Bureaucratic Empire? Why This Honolulu Housing Strategy Is Not A 'Super Successful' Program Hawaii part of 4-layer Golden Dome missile defense network Read More..

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 August 12, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:25 PM :: 1479 Views How special interests keep bad laws on the books: The case of the Jones Act. Two Years After Wildfire, Maui Homeowners Face A New Threat: Foreclosure Consumer Advocate -- HECO`s Wildfire Mitigation Plan has Significant Deficiencies Goal-line fumble on new stadium decision? HART to receive $112M state funding; the review before the reimbursement Phase 3 of Skyline Rail project breaks ground Hawaii County planning commissions to consider household hennery bill Paradise Story 1: Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and agent accused of sabotaging $240M Hawaii real estate project Paradise Story 2: Hawaii County seeks dismissal of claims against officers Hawaii court hands lenders decades-long foreclosure power Read More..

Monday, August 11, 2025 August 11, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 5:48 PM :: 1942 Views Sen Ernst Targets Honolulu Rail for Elimination Life and Death in OCCC: “Drugs, phones, whatever they want.”  Campaign Donations Plummeted During Legislative Session Maui County Reaches Grim Milestone In Fire Victim Identification Hawaii Theatre insurance premiums rise 4,500% Bus fares to rise? Running from Something? CNHA Changes Name to “Hawaiian Council” More of the “Fat Boy” story Read More..

Sunday, August 10, 2025 August 10, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 2:31 PM :: 1843 Views Encumbrance for the Stadium Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 9, 2025 Two years later, too little rebuilding in Lahaina Hawaii’s ‘green’ transportation plan: Unrealistic, inchoate, and expensive Red Tape Slows Lahaina Rebuild, Blocks Statewide Tourism Recovery SHOPO — 'We Want A Leader, Not A Boss' If Joe Logan Can’t Stand up to Rick Blangiardi, How can he stand up to street thugs? Schatz, Hirono a Fundraising Machine for National Democrats State Human Services Director Ryan Yamane Giving $1,000s to Legislators Read More..

Saturday, August 9, 2025 August 9, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 1322 Views Green: RFK Cuts to MRNA Vaccine Research 'A big mistake' Bill 59 Could Have Stopped Homeless Panhandling in Traffic Federal judge summary judgment against Trump permitting commercial fishing in Pacific marine monument U.S. Army releases land lease recommendations for training areas on Hawaii Island and Oahu Industry study says Hawaii’s timeshares generate hundreds of millions in taxes, thousands of jobs ‘We’re not going anywhere’: PBS Hawaii president, CEO addresses federal funding cut concerns Read More..

Friday, August 8, 2025 August 8, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 1:48 PM :: 2069 Views Lawsuit: Hawaii Sheriff Deputies Arrested on Charges Trumped-up by own Department—Top Brass infighting led to suicide of Deputy VA terminates union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees Two Years Later: Maui County Still Trying to Decide Whether to Let Front Street Businesses Rebuild 2 Years After Deadly Fire, Lahaina Homeowners ‘financially drowned’ Four Big Island police officers under investigation for alleged misconduct Visits canceled at Hawaii Community Correctional Center's Hale Nani - Makai due to COVID-19 A New Jail Is Critical For Hawaiʻi's Correctional System Read More..

Thursday, August 7, 2025 August 7, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 11:50 AM :: 1791 Views US, Cook Islands to Cooperate on Seabed Mining CEO and President of Hawaii Shipbuilding Company Sentenced for $29M Investment Fraud Scheme Mexican National Sentenced to 54 Months for Illegal Reentry After Ten Prior Removals and Three Illegal Reentry Felony Convictions Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Launches Aircraft Mechanic Training Program Lahaina: “No commercial buildings have been rebuilt” Hundreds of Honolulu police officers weigh in on the qualities, experience their next chief should have Honolulu property tax exemptions could ease living costs for kupuna Boring Repetitive News: Haleiwa housing project stalls after lawmakers defer action on key measure Media access to HPD radio channels receives pushback EPA plans to claw back $62M awarded to Hawaiʻi for solar projects Mayor vetoes bill regarding roadside soliciting COVID-19 cases in Hawaii still on upward trend this summer Read More..

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 August 6, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 2592 Views This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing Schatz locks up whip race Lahaina: Four Ways to Speed Recovery Two years after disaster, Maui recovery inches forward 61% of Hawaii Homeowners Sitting on $250K Capital Gain UH sets extramural funding record for 4th consecutive year Trial over jail killing reveals alleged gang control of OCCC In newly released demand letter, former police chief seeks $784K citing retaliation, ‘emotional distress’ Councilmember pushes to speed up hiring of new HPD chief Rebuilding progress: 90 Lahaina homeowners complete no-cost property surveys Mileage Fee: State DOT Caught Ripping off E-Car Owners Mentally Ill Model Dead Because she was not forcibly incarcerated in lunatic asylum Felon tied to baby’s death catches a FEDERAL Case Hawaiʻi Rarely Takes Guns From People In Crisis, Despite 'Red Flag' Law Federal judge questions merit of Trump permitting commercial fishing in Pacific marine monument Overstating Tsunami Threat May Lead Some To Ignore Warnings Next Time Read More..

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 August 5, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:06 PM :: 2571 Views Four New HART Board Members Appointed Reviving the Paniolo Spirit: A Path to Sustainable Economic Renewal on Molokaʻi Can Hawaiʻi get to 100% renewable energy? E-Cars, Hybrids Banned from Kauai County Scrapyard Three Decades of Corruption: DelaCruz Geothermal Scheme Traces All the Way Back to Unity House Some Oahu residents shocked over skyrocketing property taxes Honolulu Is Canceling Its Empty Homes Tax Study. Will That Kill The Bill? State Boards Must Release Records Showing Hiring Decisions, Judge Says Trial set for Big Island brothers suing state over wrongful conviction compensation Some Hawaii families scramble for after school childcare Nonprofit still searching for COFA citizens on Oʻahu to apply for COVID funeral aid Read More..

Monday, August 4, 2025 August 4, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:38 PM :: 1666 Views China Building Airstrip in Micronesia Tariffs Unsettling Aloha Stadium Deal? Hale Kipa’s container farm program teaches youth shelter residents how to grow weed US could require up to $15,000 bonds for some tourist visas under pilot program Soft on Crime Crowd: We don’t need to fill HPD Vacancies Two years after wildfires, Maui Fire Department’s changes to staffing, fleet, fire code aim to prevent another tragedy When Hawaii Criminals Commit Crimes in Arizona Prison, they get charged under Arizona Law Trump May Stop Hawaii from Giving Away Free Needles to Addicts Half of Cesspools Pose No Direct Threat to Water Resources Read More..

Sunday, August 3, 2025 August 3, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 6:22 PM :: 1002 Views Constitutional Expenditure Controls Grassroot views on housing reform going mainstream Case, Moylan: Stop Rebuilding Jones Act Ships in China Armed Felon Indicted After Barricading Himself in Home with Over Ten Pounds of Methamphetamine and Illegal Firearms Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 1, 2025 Honolulu police, city, SHOPO try to tackle record vacancies Hawaii film industry collapsing Hope for Hawaii, Army on land leases ‘Last minute cop out’: Parents push back against carpool app amid bus driver shortage Waikiki dealer gets 10 years for selling fentanyl in Marine’s fatal overdose Hawaiʻi County reviving program to give victims of minor crimes a louder voice, reduce backlog of cases Hawaiʻi Elections Commission Targets Drop Boxes Read More..

Saturday, August 2, 2025 August 2, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 871 Views Hawaii Sues Trump admin over juvenile sex-change Logan: Blangiardi Threatened my Family Interstate telehealth could be lifesaver for Hawaii Council on Revenues says personal incomes set to slightly increase for 2025 Hawaii public media face big cuts as CPB funding ends Slow progress for city and state climate lawsuits this week Read More..

Friday, August 1, 2025 August 1, 2025 News Read By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 1617 Views Mayor Pleased by Dismissal of Myeni Shooting Case Public Safety Power Shutoff watch: Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions Brighter Futures, Stronger Ties: US Nonprofit Drives Educational Progress in Strategically Situated Micronesia Visitor Arrivals Down 1.8% for June 2025 Wildfires: Maui PD Releases Final After-Action Report Numbers Show Beginning of Long-Term Tourism Slowdown Abercrombie Behind Challenge to Case Aloha Stadium demolition expected to start in late August Hawaiʻi Needs Lawyers. Now, Mainland Attorneys Can Practice Here Big Island Mayor Says State Won't Meet 2050 Deadline To Wipe Out Cesspools No charges for lifeguard who was arrested after stopping career criminal in Waikiki Thieves target business, homes during tsunami evacuation Socialists Love Hawaii’s Soft-on-Crime System Read More..