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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
October 23, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:26 PM :: 137 Views
  1. OHA to Take Control of Kahana Valley Living Park?
  2. Mainland Drug Gang Busted Quickly After Foolishly Coming to Hawaii
  3. Honolulu 2nd-Lowest Mortgage Delinquency Rate in USA
  4. Hawaii 2nd-Fewest Job Openings in USA
  5. After 45% Rate Hike: Young Bros wants Annual Automatic Rate Hikes
  6. Surprise:  59,000 Properties affected by new Flood Maps
  7. Tulsi Gabbard says she’s re-joining GOP
  8. Viral attack on Walz features fake Hilo Resident
  9. Hawaii Catholics: Voting is a Moral Obligation
  10. Kauai Open Spaces Fund to Become Slush Fund for Eco-Groups?
  11. Settlements Recommended after arrest of 10-year-old girl
  12. Hawaii man accused of lying for money to help Afghans enter the U.S.
  13. EA for Keaukaha project contains references to scammy startup company
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
October 22, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:25 PM :: 296 Views
  1. ‘Green energy transition’ is a myth
  2. UH Faculty Approve Contract
  3. Honolulu Airport 'Achieves Carbon Accreditation'
  4. Condo insurance premiums up 1000%
  5. Stop Pretending Oil is Going to Disappear
  6. Kauai Island of Retaliation: Fired Hawaii Deputy Prosecutor Advances First Amendment Lawsuit
  7. Rare court filing puts trial on hold for 4 HPD officers accused in near-fatal crash
  8. Case against community members at nurses lockout dismissed
  9. HECO narrowly avoided cutting power in West Maui last week. What happened?
  10. As Part of Plan to Keep Waimanalo Gulch Open, Honolulu Pretends to Revive The Idea Of Shipping Trash Off Island
  11. Maui County trying to collect millions in overdue visitor lodging taxes
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Monday, October 21, 2024
October 21, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:24 PM :: 231 Views
  1. Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission: Republicans OK as long as they don’t spend any money defeating Hawaii Democrats
  2. Maui County Releases Draft of Lahaina Long-Term Recovery Plan
  3. SD22: Star-Adv Endorses DeCorte for Waianae Senate Seat
  4. DHHL Burns $90M Finding Excuses to Not Build 600 Homes
  5. 30-year waiting period behind poor affordable housing sales
  6. Insurance Prices Threaten An Affordable Housing Oasis In Hawaii
  7. State Thinks Its Multimillion-Dollar Food Hub Is Finally Happening
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Sunday, October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:35 PM :: 1408 Views
  1. Emergency: Stop Amending Building Codes
  2. Autocorrect, Now Pay Up!
  3. No Criminal Charges for sexual abuse of foster children
  4. Scatter and Survive: Inside a U.S. Military Shift to Deny China ‘Big, Juicy’ Targets
  5. Affordable Homebuying Process Tangled in Red Tape
  6. Kokua Line: Will my home need flood insurance?
  7. “Inside Airbnb” provides data to assess the impact of short-term rentals
  8. Three arrested for trespassing at Kauai construction site
  9. State to renew push to replace overcrowded Oahu jail
  10. Oahu Vision Zero plan outlines most dangerous corridors, intersections
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Saturday, October 19, 2024
October 19, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 284 Views
  1. Has Statehood Benefited Native Hawaiians? Sam King debates sovereignty activists at UH Law School
  2. Just Build More Homes
  3. How old plumbing rules hinder homebuilding on Maui
  4. Hawai‘i County Council approves vending, permitting reform bills
  5. ‘Mothers are dying:’ Mental health advocates say inflation driving spike in maternal suicides
  6. University of Hawaii faculty ratify new contract
  7. Maui’s recycled water conversation continues
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Friday, October 18, 2024
October 18, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:37 PM :: 1703 Views
  1. UH regents unanimously select Wendy Hensel as next UH President
  2. Sen Mercado Kim co-authors NCSL Report on Higher Education
  3. Federal jobs in Hawaii and Alaska—Sounds like a dream. So why are they so hard to fill?
  4. New AG Website: Help Getting the Insane Committed  
  5. FEMA unveils updated Flood Risk Maps for Oʻahu
  6. DBEDT, HHFDC navigate transition following SMS collapse
  7. A Better Deal for Territorial? Blue Hill Asks Shareholders to Reject Hope
  8. Justice Department Appoints US Attorney to Oversee Hawaii Election Complaints
  9. She Begged The State To Save Her Grandkids. Instead, One Is Dead
  10. Vacant House Tax Worked!  Vancouver houses now average $2M
  11. Hawaiian Electric Industries May Avert Bankruptcy
  12. MECO Avoids West Maui "Red Flag" Power Outage
  13. Huge Gaps Persist In Details About Police Support For Westside
  14. No environmental impacts detected from Maui wildfire debris dump site, county says
  15. Bill to allow guest houses on Kauaʻi to address housing shortage passes in committee
  16. Maui County housing prices reach all-time high 
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Thursday, October 17, 2024
October 17, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:53 PM :: 1560 Views
  1. Discussion: How to reduce permit delays
  2. Fact-Check: Hawaii Shipping--Unpacking Hawaii’s Maritime Supply Chain
  3. Red Flag: Hawaiian Electric shuts off power in West Maui
  4. Fixing Hawai`iʻs Housing Crisis - A Visit With Peter Savio
  5. Hawaii County Council Votes to permit roadside vending
  6. ‘Empty homes’ tax fraught with pitfalls and unlikely to work
  7. HD20: Grandinetti Celebrates Terrorism Against Indigenous Hebrews of Israel on 'Indigenous Peoples Day'
  8. Trump Election Strategy: Hawaii Election Commission Devolves into Chaos
  9. County approves building permits for Kahoma Village reconstruction in Lahaina
  10. Upcountry Maui fire victims await change as cesspool restrictions block rebuilding
  11. Securities Case Over Hawaiian Electric Company's Wildfire Readiness Dismissed
  12. Closed door meetings in UH president selection process prompt community backlash
  13. Kona Rabbi’s lawsuit against county appears headed for settlement
  14. Concerns over school bullying at Kealakehe High School in Kailua-Kona
  15. Westside Shooting Victim Fights To Walk Again As Her Family Seeks Justice
  16. Navy says EPA report that found low-level contamination proves water is ‘safe’
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
October 16, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:07 PM :: 816 Views
  1. CATO: Josh Green Ranks 7th in Fiscal Policy
  2. Young Brothers seeks 45% rate hikes
  3. HHFDC ‘Affordable’ Units ‘an embarrassment’
  4. Hawaii Legislature Rarely Uses Its Own Process To Investigate Lawmakers
  5. Honolulu Council adopts possible worker hazard pay
  6. SHOPO Senses Opportunity to Remove Maui’s ‘Outsider’ Chief
  7. Wilcox Medical Center nurses to picket Wednesday
  8. North Shore Development On Fast Track Thanks To 2022 City Decision
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
October 15, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:42 PM :: 382 Views
  1. Meth poisoning leading cause for fatal overdoses in older Hawaiʻi residents
  2. Public Input Sought for Hawaiʻi Gas Rate Increase
  3. Hawaii PUC probing utility’s role in deadly Lahaina wildfire
  4. Kauai County UPW to receive 15% COVID ‘hazard’ pay
  5. Hawaii bracing for shortage of IV and dialysis fluids after Hurricane Helene disrupts production
  6. Hawaii to Become Full Mountain West Member in 2026
  7. 5,810: Lawmakers Introduce Too Many Bills
  8. Homeschooling in Hawai‘i
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Monday, October 14, 2024
October 14, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:28 PM :: 650 Views
  1. Hawaii household expenses up $1,234 per month since 2021
  2. UN report exposes escalating threat of organized crime in the Pacific
  3. Search and Destroy: Hawaii laws and regulations driving inflation
  4. 58% of Hawaii’s youngest children live with criminals and lunatics
  5. Homeless Camp: Fires, Guns
  6. ‘Affordable’ housing so repulsive nobody wants to buy it--State agency bails out developer
  7. Hensel Picks up Key Support—Chancellor Decision This Week?
  8. Hawaii Renewable Energy Zones
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Sunday, October 13, 2024
October 13, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 1490 Views
  1. The $4 Billion Maui Wildfire “Settlement”
  2. Permitting nightmare on Big Island
  3. SMS Cash Catastrophe: State Contracts in Limbo
  4. LNG fuel for shipping is necessary for regulatory compliance
  5. A Supreme Court case in Hawaii could raise gas costs for us all
  6. Reelect Keli’i Akina: OHA’s only Honest Trustee
  7. Reelect Roth Hawaii County Mayor: Stop HGEA Money Grab
  8. Vote No: Gay Marriage Constitutional Amendment
  9. The More Restrictive the Voting System, the Higher the Turnout
  10. Finalists for University of Hawaii president to meet regents, pick likely coming soon
  11. Gov Green Moves to Las Vegas
  12. Airports Division Too Busy Buying Influence to Run Airport
  13. $1.6B Subsidy to KSBE—TOD Infrastructure Deal
  14. Gig Scraping Perfectly Good Telescopes off Mauna Kea comes with ‘Premier Office in Hilo’
  15. $1.5M to Family of Criminal who Fought Police and Lost?
  16. 40-time loser does it again—gets probation: Guess What Happens Next
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Saturday, October 12, 2024
October 12, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 660 Views
  1. The Voter Guide for the 2024 General Election is here!
  2. Socialists Team up with Hawaii Judiciary to Expunge Dozens of Criminal Records
  3. Tentative Agreement Reached on UH Faculty Contract
  4. Discrimination lawsuit leads to Federal Oversight of Honolulu Liquor Commission
  5. 600 Open Beds at Homeless Shelters—Sweeps needed to Fill Them
  6. Data breach impacts thousands of current, former state employees
  7. New e-bike rules may appear before year’s end
  8. AI Robots to Control Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement
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Friday, October 11, 2024
October 11, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:47 PM :: 900 Views
  1. Affordable Housing: Green Signs 9th Emergency Proclamation
  2. Department of Law Enforcement Establishes Gun Tip Line
  3. EPA Fines Daiso for Illegal Pesticides
  4. LGBTQ Commission Established within DHS
  5. Eco-Lawyers Pledge to Hunt Aquarium Collectors to Extinction
  6. SMS Research Out of Business?
  7. Evidence against newly identified suspect in Dana Ireland case to remain secret
  8. Some Hawaii Schools Ban Cell Phones In Class. Should More Follow?
  9. Honolulu mayor to veto controversial fireworks bill
  10. Council scrutinizes fire sprinkler tax credit measure
  11. Work on Coco Palms project could be halted by mortgage broker seeking ‘owed’ $1 million commission for securing funding
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Thursday, October 10, 2024
October 10, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:53 PM :: 725 Views
  1. Hawaii Home Prices up 342% -- over and above the rate of inflation
  2. Honolulu Is the City with the Highest Inflation
  3. Case Pushes Back Against 'Misinformation on Federal Disaster Relief'
  4. I’m Living in My Own ADU
  5. Fake Lahaina Settlement: Facts not on Green’s Side
  6. City council postpones decision over proposed $1.5M settlement in deadly police shooting
  7. Life Sentence for Meth-addict Jail Guard who Murdered Mother after visiting game room
  8. Plans begin for Kamehameha III Elementary to move to Kamehameha Schools’ Kuʻia lands
  9. After 20 Years, DHHL Says it will soon Demolish Bowl-o-Drome
  10. Kauai Council ‘Solution’ for affordable housing—A Tax Hike
  11. Honolulu council approves bill to relax fireworks regulations
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
October 9, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 1312 Views
  1. VIDEO: Hawaii Shipping--Unpacking Hawaii’s Maritime Supply Chain
  2. Manufactured Homes for Lahaina Fire Recovery
  3. Identifying a Nightmare for Both Right and Left
  4. UH: Hensel Shows she can Outmaneuver Academic Race Hustlers
  5. HART gives green light to begin design phase for next Honolulu rail segment
  6. Honolulu Airport 4th Worst
  7. Rapist gets OCCC work furlough – now on the lam 
  8. Hawaii Prisons are Full of Lunatics
  9. Hawai‘i’s electricity problems expose a failed energy transition strategy
  10. Handling human remains: Local forensic company breaks silence on Lahaina disaster response
  11. Roth signs bill to expand housing availability
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
October 8, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:20 PM :: 1361 Views
  1. Database: More than 13,000 gender reassignment procedures on minors between 2019-23
  2. One year after the wildfires: Rents up 43%, Poverty Doubles
  3. Tour Boat Operators Hit Hard by Insurance Increases
  4. Will FBI Finally Release 11,790 pages of Hawaii Legislative Bribery Files?
  5. Sentencing of Miske & Asociates
  6. Hawaii's Lagging Fire Preparation Hurts Hawaiian Electric (HE)
  7. Critical Locked Gate Overlooked In Investigation Of Maui Fire Evacuation
  8. Hawaii Supreme Court Says Insurance does not Cover Oil Companies Climate Change Lawsuit Defense Costs
  9. DLNR Continues with plan to let North Shore Houses fall into Ocean
  10. ‘It’s a safety issue’: After years of bird-based eco-restrictions, some on Kauai want night football games back
  11. Hawaii Water supplier American Water Works says systems hacked
  12. How many construction cranes dot Honolulu's skyline?
  13. Over Chief’s opposition, city offers $1.5M settlement in police shooting case
  14. Honolulu Morgue Flooded with Drug Overdoses, hiring new personnel
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Monday, October 7, 2024
October 7, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 PM :: 679 Views
  1. Financial State of the States--Hawaii Ranks 45th
  2. Imagine Maui being an even more expensive place to live than it is now
  3. Honolulu empty homes tax proposal advances out of Council committee
  4. UPDATE: Territorial Bank Postpones Merger Vote
  5. $500M of COVID Money but Test Scores For Hawaii Students Show Little Progress
  6. Speaker Negotiations: Elephants Like Peanuts
  7. EPIC fail? Homeowner sues county over building permits
  8. DHHL Grants Itself Building Permit After Sitting on Empty Apartment Building for 23 Years
  9. State Pays $20M Student Loans for Health Care Workers
  10. City seeks $115,000 to defend against civil rights suit
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Sunday, October 6, 2024
October 6, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:47 PM :: 1566 Views
  1. Game Over for Fake Settlement? Lahaina Fire Insurers Find a Way into Federal Court
  2. More on the Empty Homes Tax
  3. To bee or not to bee?
  4. Green Terrified by Lahaina Insurers Move to Federal Court
  5. Rail Chief Outmaneuvers The Hanabusa
  6. How long will noisy rail work persist in middle of the night?
  7. Managing Failure: Clash erupts over Hawai‘i Tourism Authority budget request  
  8. Council bill seeks to ease permit restrictions for ag lot owners
  9. Usual Suspects Pretend they have found New Way to Attack Military
  10. Fear and Anger: City stops Developer from developing residential units next to Turtle Bay Resort
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Saturday, October 5, 2024
October 5, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 810 Views
  1. Hawaii is the Only U.S. State Not Investing in Manufactured Housing
  2. OHA Seeks Candidates for Burial Council Vacancies
  3. 20 US Cities That Spend the Most on Groceries Every Month (18 are in Hawaii)
  4. Bad news for Tesla and America: Chinese E-Car maker is all over Hawaii
  5. Student enrollment in Lahaina has plummeted over 20% since the 2023 wildfire
  6. Maui County Refusing Water and Sewer Connections to Lahaina Front Street Apartments
  7. To Drive Locals Out, Advocates pushing to keep rents at $4000 a month on Maui
  8. HPD threatens to seize property to combat illegal game rooms
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Friday, October 4, 2024
October 4, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 854 Views
  1. VIDEO: Finalist for UH President pushes 'Critical Race Theory'
  2. City Now Accepting Grants in Aid Applications
  3. Digital States Survey: Hawaii Grade A-
  4. UH earns strong bond rating, saving millions of dollars
  5. Territorial Bank Postpones Merger Vote
  6. Insurance Companies Ask Federal Court to Shut Down State Judiciary’s Sham ‘Settlement’ Hearings
  7. Lahaina Wildfire Liability Issues Not Resolved
  8. Hawaii’s tourism goals unlikely to keep up with inflation
  9. HART requests $1 billion appropriation from state
  10. DPP Stonewalls: Did Corrupt Building Inspectors Block Marconi Developers?
  11. Hawai'i Gas holds public hearings on proposed 17.6% rate increase across islands
  12. Increased Hawaii park surveillance without public approval
  13. Homeless kauhale units still without power, city says
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Thursday, October 3, 2024
October 3, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:54 PM :: 1193 Views
  1. FULL TEXT: ATF Lahaina Fire Report
  2. Hawaii Voters Can Track their Mail Ballot 
  3. Hawaiian Electric Stock Jumps after federal report classifies Maui fire as accidental
  4. Will HGEA Money Grab Defeat Mayor Mitch Roth?
  5. Green defends water panel vacancy-filling protocol
  6. Jake Smith sentenced
  7. From call bonuses to step raises, ‘everything’s on the table’ to retain veteran EMS field crews
  8. Experts say timing of worker strikes are calculated
  9. Kapolei Homeless Whine About Overdevelopment
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
October 2, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 904 Views
  1. DHHL Begins Signing its own Building Permits
  2. Green Appoints Takamine to Labor Board
  3. BATF Report on Cause and origin of Lahaina blazes to be released Today
  4. Kapi’olani, nurses reach tentative contract deal
  5. HECO Finally Able to Shut Down 70-year-old Oil-Fired Generators
  6. Key witness against Miske to be sentenced
  7. Honolulu police report alarming increase in ghost gun crimes
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
October 1, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 835 Views
  1. Aloha Stadium: Deadline Passes Again
  2. August Tourism 88.4% of Pre-COVID Numbers
  3. Hawaii Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Atomic Energy Act
  4. In effort to Force Release 100s of Criminals back on to the streets, ACLU-friendly Legislators plan to Block OCCC Construction (again)
  5. Shaping Tomorrow’s Coverage: Governor Green says re-ignition caused Lahaina wildfire
  6. Alii Trust Agenda:  Hawaiian Activist Groups Demand Governor Appoint Anti-Development Water Board Member
  7. SNAP benefits to decrease in Hawaii for second year in a row
  8. Nurses at Maui’s main hospital vote for strike if they don’t get more help
  9. Pesticide Ban a total fail at Maui County Parks, Golf Courses
  10. Hawaiʻi Council Considers Repealing Military Exemption From Nuclear-Free Law
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Monday, September 30, 2024
September 30, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:24 PM :: 3183 Views
  1. After Kiddie Porn Indictment, Kamakana Villages Residents Demand New Management
  2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 28, 2024
  3. Territorial Bank Rejects Buyout from 'Unnamed Investors'
  4. AGAIN: Another CWS Nightmare--Abused Girl Starved and Beaten to Death
  5. Trickery: Will you be suckered into Voting to Give More Pay Raises to the Honolulu City Council?
  6. Survey: Maui Residents Say County Response To Lahaina Fire Falls Short
  7. Lahaina: Push is on to eliminate all Front Street Businesses
  8. State leaders look to Kauai park to learn how to manage overtourism
  9. Financing Falls Through: DHHL abandons low income beneficiaries in desperate effort to acquire Kauai rental complex
  10. Longshore workers might go on strike, which could cause shortages of popular goods
  11. For Real this Time? State receives 6 bids to remove Falls of Clyde
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Sunday, September 29, 2024
September 29, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:15 PM :: 916 Views
  1. I. T. E. M. (Incompetence Takes Everyone’s Money)
  2. Will rent stabilization reduce housing costs? Hardly.
  3. Hawaii’s 14 Largest Cities Ranked by Cost of Living
  4. Schatz: Democrats risk losing financially struggling young progressives over housing
  5. Rebuild of homes destroyed in Kula fire runs into costly Cesspool upgrades
  6. Maui lawmaker says millions of gallons of recycled waste water are going unused daily
  7. Miske Gang: A job with benefits--Food, drinks, and protection
  8. Mafia News: Hawaii film tax credits keep thugs ‘working’
  9. Activists Admit: Homeless Sweeps make bums accept shelter
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Saturday, September 28, 2024
September 28 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:17 PM :: 2050 Views
  1. Lahaina: DoE Abandons Kamehameha III School Site
  2. JSC Seeks Nominees for Oahu First Circuit Judge
  3. Gamblers behind push to get Hawaii out of Mountain West
  4. Bits of the Miske backstory
  5. Kapiolani Medical Center nurse lockout forces family to flee
  6. Federal mediator joins negation talks between locked-out nurses and Kapiolani Medical Center
  7. New Hawaii coffee law hurting Kona businesses
  8. Honolulu Council mulls bill to allow some banned ‘consumer fireworks’
  9. City proposes working group to study e-bikes
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Friday, September 27, 2024
September 27, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:56 PM :: 1396 Views
  1. Hawaii’s legislature does the unthinkable, for a blue state: Slashing taxes
  2. BLNR Gives Maui County Control of EMI Water
  3. Hawaii Family Forum General Election Voter Guide
  4. Boondoggle Deflates UH Football: “Without a stadium, we’re not even in the conversation”
  5. Total Fail: Hawaii not offered Pac 12 Berth
  6. Without Laughing, Board projects new Aloha Stadium’s completion for 2028 season
  7. Navy seeks to substantially increase training, testing at Barking Sands missile range
  8. Hawaiian Electric loses ‘virtual power plants’ –but they didn’t amount to much, anyways
  9. State receives six bids for Falls of Clyde removal from Honolulu Harbor
  10. Honolulu Bank Proxy War Heats Up On Bishop Street
  11. Volunteers To Help Waianae Traffic Scofflaws Clear Up Legal Woes 'Without Fear Of Arrest'
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Thursday, September 26, 2024
September 26, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:59 PM :: 973 Views
  1. Lahaina Fire BATF Report to be Released Weds Oct 2
  2. Tokuda: Committee Approves Bill to Make Lahaina Federally Controlled 'National Heritage Area'
  3. Coqui Frogs Invade Oahu Mountaintop
  4. Money Management: More Lahaina Millions for CNHA
  5. State Supreme Court: No TVRs on Ag Land
  6. Maui Planning Department launches expedited SMA exemption process for Lahaina parcels
  7. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Arguments on Fake Lahaina Fire ‘Settlement’
  8. Honolulu Empty Homes Tax Hike Proposal Advances
  9. Victory: Maui rent stabilization stopped before it’s started
  10. Humane Society Shelters Overflowing because of ‘high cost of living and lack of affordable pet-friendly housing’
  11. Waianae Shootings: ‘Comprehensive’ Health Center sees $500K Grant opportunity
  12. Hawaii ACLU: Jews should stop defending themselves
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
September 25, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:32 PM :: 1068 Views
  1. Nurses Locked Out: Green Calls for Federal Mediation
  2. Registration Opens for 2024-2025 Hawaiʻi LifeSmarts Competition
  3. Aloha Stadium Boondoggle Backfires: Hawaii left out of Pac-12?
  4. Keeping Land Prices High-- Honolulu City Council's Bill 64
  5. Hawaiʻi has yet to recover to pre-pandemic job numbers, report says
  6. The University Of Hawaii Is About To Get Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars To Do Military Research – look who supports it
  7. Waianae Mass Shooting: Silva’s Father was a Murderer Too
  8. Retirement Planning: How many homeless people on Oahu are seniors?
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Tuesday, September 24, 2024
September 24, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 1266 Views
  1. Hawaiian Electric to Dump 54M Shares on Stock Market
  2. Rule Change will put 14,000 more families on food stamps
  3. Vacant Homes Tax Is Not Good Public Policy
  4. City Council still trying to figure out how to waste COVID money
  5. Maui Water Wars: Eco-Lawyers aim to eliminate all agriculture this week
  6. $20 million verdict in Ewa marina case is restored on appeal
  7. Plans for drug addiction center scrapped after partner accused of forgery
  8. Pearl City unattended rifle case hits Prosecutor's Office
  9. Developer wins Arbitration in Navy Water Lawsuit
  10. 1,800 Local 5 workers begin open-ended strike at Hilton Hawaiian Village
  11. Probe Massachusetts welfare money spent in Hawaii
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Monday, September 23, 2024
September 23, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:37 PM :: 1452 Views
  1. Trump Attempted Assassination Suspect is 'active registered voter' in North Carolina, Hawaii
  2. Is Jones Act unconstitutional as it applies to Hawaii, Alaska?
  3. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted Sept 20, 2024
  4. ‘Insane’ Oahu offshore wind farm plan gets ‘really angry meeting’
  5. Political Connections Pay Off – CNHA profitable non-profit raking in the money
  6. The Military Wants New State Land Leases. How will CNHA get money out of them?
  7. Part of the Plan: Scholarships help Lahainaluna graduates afford to move to the mainland and attend college outside Hawaii
  8. Resort Builder has been sued by Eco-lawyers Again and Again
  9. ‘Affordable’ housing rents for $83 per square foot–with no parking
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Sunday, September 22, 2024
September 22, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:33 PM :: 2295 Views
  1. 25% of Hawaii DoE Students Chronically Absentee
  2. Hawaii Budget Primer
  3. Hawai‘i County Council takes big step toward adding more housing
  4. Lahaina Fire: AG Report Shows Maui Officials Were Warned Again and Again—Did Nothing
  5. What a Surprise: Artificially Imposed Water Restrictions mean more Lahaina Families Leaving Hawaii
  6. Lahaina National Heritage Area is a tool for County, State to Seize Your Property
  7. Recession News: Protesters now run Tourism Industry, Mauna Kea, and Lahaina
  8. How Maui County's Deed Restrictions May Be Affecting Access To Housing
  9. Hawaii teacher: DOE is 'incompetent' amid payroll issue
  10. Council approves ohana regulation changes
  11. Supreme Court Orders new Trial in Tourist Murder
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Saturday, September 21, 2024
September 21, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:02 PM :: 2006 Views
  1. Most-read article: ‘Why is Hawaii so expensive?’
  2. New Administrator for SHPD
  3. Concealed Carry Ruling Boosts Property Rights?  
  4. Another Alleged Maui Bomber Arrested--also a repeat offender
  5. Millions in Rail Cost Overruns Hidden in Operating Budget—every year
  6. Mauna Kea telescopes ripped out as ritual ‘acknowledgment of privilege’
  7. Data consultant on how Native Hawaiians are getting priced out of paradise
  8. No timeline for Hawaii Supreme Court to rule on evidence in Dana Ireland murder case
  9. AES Hawaiʻi claims successful bat deterrent system at Oʻahu wind farm
  10. Convicted Felon Edmund Silva Sells Another Fake Hawaiian Kingdom Ambassadorship to Nigerian Prince
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Friday, September 20, 2024
September 20, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:49 PM :: 1653 Views
  1. Lassner: Feds Investigating Anti-Semitism at UH
  2. Lagging Maui recovery, slower overall Hawaiʻi growth, UHERO forecasts
  3. Hawaii Concealed Carry Decision Appealed
  4. CNHA buys 'Hawai'i Stage' Event Production Company
  5. Rep Alcos Hit with $12,500 Ethics Fine
  6. Hundreds of teachers get free money from the sky after DoE fails to cut paychecks for a month
  7. Votes Lined up for New House Speaker Nadine Nakamura
  8. Family mourns death of child; blames Kapiolani Medical Center nurse lockout for poor care  
  9. Governor apologizes to former water commission deputy at Native Hawaiian Convention
  10. Neglect: “Only Waianae looks like Waianae”
  11. Man who killed Waianae Valley shooter describes moments leading to deadly rampage
  12. This Maui Board Was Created To Improve Transparency. Now It’s Accused Of Doing The Opposite
  13. Territorial Savings rebuffs offer, doubles down on sale to Los Angeles bank
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Thursday, September 19, 2024
September 19, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 PM :: 2290 Views
  1. Feds to Target Honolulu Domestic Violence Gun Prosecutions
  2. PRP Report: Silver Tsunami Creates Construction Workforce Shortfall
  3. UPW Insiders Stealing Money (again)
  4. Hawaiian Electric shares drop sharply after $250M stock offering plan
  5. PUC Questions Hawaiian Electric about Broken Power Pole at Origin of Lahaina Fire
  6. Hawaiian Airlines Takeover: Acquisition By Alaska Will Mean Loss Of Some Non-Union Jobs  
  7. Progressives:  Make Housing Affordable by … Taxing Housing 5%
  8. Self Defense News: Law Abiding Gun Owner who Saved Lived by Ending Waianae Rampage will not be Charged
  9. Police Commission Urges HPD Chief To Use Social Services, Not Just Force, On Westside
  10. Hawaii Gun Control Nuts Have no Real Data on so-called ‘Gun Violence’
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 1546 Views
  1. Healthy habits for a healthy economy
  2. DoT Approves Alaska-Hawaiian merger--with conditions
  3. Nurses Lockout: Green says both sides must request his help
  4. UH Mānoa exceeds 20K students for the first time in over a decade
  5. Lahaina Padded 8a Contracts: $5,700 to junk a burned car
  6. CNHA Convention reaching for 8a Contracts Statewide
  7. City will not pretend to consider Military Land for next garbage dump
  8. Eco-Lawyers Aim to Destroy Hawaii’s Last Commercial Dairy
  9. Meth Head Gets Parole Again And Again: Now Convicted of Attempted Murder Again
  10. 17 Time Loser Finally Gets a Real Sentence--15 years in federal prison for drug, gun crimes
  11. HPD Corporal charged with false reporting after crash that seriously injured motorcyclist
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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:30 PM :: 1141 Views
  1. Central Pacific to Buy American Savings?
  2. Hawaii is 2024’s 2nd Worst State for Teachers
  3. Maui County Council asks Legislature to Dump Water in Ocean in Effort to Keep Housing Scarce and Expensive
  4. Maui Push For Rent Control Bill to Make Things Even Worse
  5. DHHL Project to Kick 100s of Affordable Renters off of Kauai
  6. FBI Audit Slams HPD Unvalidated DNA methods—criminal cases affected
  7. What a Concept! To Reduce Waianae Crime—HPD Flooding the Zone with Cops
  8. Will Medical Bum Flop Keep Homeless from Clogging up Emergency Rooms?
  9. Six Months to Clear 44 Bums from Farmland outside Wahiawa
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Monday, September 16, 2024
September 16, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:46 PM :: 986 Views
  1. Hawaii Connection--FBI Searching Kaaawa Home of Alleged Would-be Trump Assassin
  2. Lawyer:  Jones Act Is Unconstitutional—here’s why
  3. ‘I can help, I love both sides,’ Governor Green to mediate Kapiolani lockout?
  4. No Computer Science for 90% of DoE HS Students
  5. New Scanner catches legal mail used to smuggle meth into Hawaii Prisons
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Sunday, September 15, 2024
September 15, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 1166 Views
  1. State Workers Have Immunity – Even Without Being Trump
  2. Tax Hikes Coming: Socialist Legislators Launch 'Peoples Budget'
  3. US House Passes Pacific Partnership Act
  4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 14, 2024
  5. Plumbing the depths of Maui’s housing shortage: Can small changes have a big impact?
  6. Maui County Corp Counsel furious over interviews released in AG Maui report
  7. ABC special misrepresents facts about Maui, Lahaina
  8. Kapi’olani locks out hundreds of nurses after one-day strike
  9. Cost of Living Summit to address outmigration of Hawaii’s young professionals
  10. Rental housing tower for DHHL beneficiaries ready to rise
  11. ‘Top Two’ Primary Would have Stopped Tranny
  12. Some hikers blame ‘rancid’ toilet facilities for norovirus outbreak on Kalalau Trail on Kauaʻi
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
September 14, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 4:41 PM :: 1338 Views
  1. Will Taxes be Increased to Fund 'Vacant Positions'?
  2. Aloha Stadium Closure to blame for uncertain future of Hawaii football
  3. Will BWS Sue Navy? $1.2B Red Hill claim still under review
  4. Maui lawmaker proposes legislative action on nurse-patient ratios amid nurses strike, lockout
  5. Will City Regulate E-Bikes to Death?
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Friday, September 13, 2024
September 13, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:05 PM :: 990 Views
  1. AG Lahaina Fire Report Rips Maui's 'Siloed Command Structure'
  2. Debris cleared from 100 percent of residential properties in Lahaina Impact Zone
  3. Secret ATF Report Remains Hidden: Federal Investigators Still Won't Say What Caused The Lahaina Fire
  4. Mayor says its wrong to blame city property enforcement for Waianae mass shooting
  5. Hawaii Supreme Court Justices grill county attorneys over new evidence in Dana Ireland murder case
  6. Strike set for 7AM Friday after negotiations between nurses, Kapiolani Medical Center end without a deal
  7. Maui Ethics Board Says Water Authority Appointee Has No Conflict of Interest
  8. Bill would Stereamline Naturalization Process for American Samoans
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Thursday, September 12, 2024
September 12, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 7:13 PM :: 1292 Views
  1. Hawaii Man Arrested for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
  2. Q-Anon Cult Leader Loses Hawaii Real Estate License
  3. Honolulu CIA man will serve 10 years for espionage involving China
  4. Common Cause Thinks Hawaii Congressional Delegation is Nearly Perfect
  5. Kouchi not running for reelection in 2026—Kawakami to take seat
  6. Waianae councilmember warns of rumors swirling following mass shooting
  7. Army Pacific Command Nominee Blocked over Cancer Coverup
  8. Republicans Optimistic About West Oahu Races
  9. Crime Pays: Convicted Hawaii Defense Contractor Will Attend Harvard While Awaiting Sentencing
  10. Hawai‘i’s Cost of Living Needs to Be Lowered, Say Survey Respondents
  11. Hawaii Attorney General Lopez to present Maui fire phase two report Friday
  12. Hawaii Supreme Court hears oral arguments on evidence in 1991 Dana Ireland murder case
  13. Another Raise for Unions without Collective Bargaining--Honolulu City Council backs HPD reimbursement plan
  14. Cesspools: Too Environmentally Harmful To Keep, Too Expensive To Get Rid Of
  15. City Knows Its New Half-Million-Dollar Beach Shower Isn’t Working Right
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
September 11, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 1177 Views
  1. Hundreds of public school teachers still unpaid
  2. Hawaii Water Service Operations Manager Recognized Nationally for Response During Lahaina Fire
  3. Warning Labels on Social Media: Hawaii AG Joins 41 States
  4. Two Finalists for UH President named, public forums scheduled
  5. Despite 2021 threat, police chose not to arrest suspect accused in deadly Waianae shooting
  6. Hawaii condo owners begin to feel insurance rate increases
  7. Maui Whistleblower Lawsuit Could Cost Taxpayers Up To $450,000
  8. ‘We need a solution’: Hawaii parents frustrated over school bus shortage
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024
September 10, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:24 PM :: 1286 Views
  1. Hawaii Net Loss of 8,896 Residents During COVID
  2. Feds: “Housing on Maui is challenging to say the least"
  3. Presidential Race: Who is on the Ballot in Hawaii?
  4. Hawaii Voters Asked To Lock In Gay Marriage
  5. Green Gets to Appoint HD1 Seat All Over Again
  6. Forclosure for Kakaako ‘affordable’ housing so repulsive nobody wants to buy it
  7. Oahu's latest ‘affordable’ rentals -- $1740/mo for a single with no parking and no w/d
  8. Bulldoze Borneo: West Oahu refinery seeks to develop plant-based biofuels
  9. Three months after blackouts, Chinatown businesses still waiting for relief
  10. Slushfund: Hawaii Nonprofits Get Money From OHA After Delay
  11. Tourism: Mindless Mindfulness
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Monday, September 9, 2024
September 9, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:02 PM :: 2336 Views
  1. The FBI Continues To Stall On Releasing Hawaii Lawmakers' Bribery Investigations 
  2. Lahaina Strong Sells out to Hawaiian Electric:  Grabs for Millions from ‘Community-Based’ Energy Plan
  3. Waianae Shootings May Spur A Push To Change Hawaii’s Self-Defense Laws
  4. HNA files injunction to stop ‘morally indefensible’ lockout
  5. For more enjoyable, drama-free vacations -- Skip Hawaii
  6. Sidestepping Anti-5-G Nuts: Proposals would take County out of approval process for cell towers
  7. Hawai`i Shared Solar Projects in Deep Trouble
  8. Latest Plan to Renovate Natatorium
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Sunday, September 8, 2024
September 8, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:07 PM :: 3164 Views
  1. Give Me Your Documents
  2. Hawaii County beekeepers rejoice at Council's passage of Bill 144
  3. County Councils Consider tax relief, housing, simpler permitting and roadside vending
  4. Identifying Regulations that Hinder Lahaina Rebuild
  5. “Everybody knows you’re probably going to die before you ever get to the top”
  6. West Oahu is a new Republican ‘stronghold’
  7. Hawaii legislature to see 11 new faces even before November election
  8. Stand your ground here and get 40 hours of lockup
  9. St. Francis Healthcare pensions face chopping block
  10. Hilo mother charged in child abuse case
  11. County buys refrigerated containers to store bodies; Morgue at Hilo hospital is overcapacity
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Saturday, September 7, 2024
September 7, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:55 PM :: 802 Views
  1. Investment Bankers: How to Force Lahaina Insurers into Accepting Smaller Settlement
  2. Costco Raises Membership Fee But It's Still 21 Percent Cheaper Than 1983
  3. Study: Hawaii Has the Best Budgeters in the U.S.
  4. Hawaii Solar: Seven Years Later the Deal Suddenly Changes
  5. Election 2024: Christian Voters Pledge to Participate
  6. War on the Rocks: U.S. Maritime Policy Needs an Overhaul
  7. Lets Make it Even Worse!  High rents on Maui prompt advocates to push rent control bill 
  8. 4,500 affordable residential units secure building exemptions under emergency proclamation
  9. HART board OKs new contract for CEO Lori Kahikina with 22% raise – requires her to attend ‘management training’
  10. No contested Honolulu city races on general election ballot
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Friday, September 6, 2024
September 6 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 6:31 PM :: 1364 Views
  1. DBEDT: With Tourism Down, Growth Remains Anemic
  2. Hawaii’s Cloak-and-Dagger Lore
  3. 9th Circuit Bans Guns in Hawaii's Bars and Beaches
  4. Kona Hospital May Lose Trauma Designation--Patients wait 100 days
  5. Lawless Waianae: Family targeted in mass shooting says Police, City Did Nothing After 2021 Complaints
  6. Saiki to be named Insurance Commissioner?
  7. Lahaina Modular homes arriving at Kahului Harbor this weekend
  8. Lahaina Homeowners want insurers to pay more for wildfire smoke damage
  9. Rate Hikes Coming: Hamakua Energy plans to convert power plant to 100% phony ‘renewable’ fuels
  10. Honolulu Council wheels out e-bike measures
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Thursday, September 5, 2024
September 5, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 5:12 PM :: 1678 Views
  1. Report: Maui County plumbing rules hinder Lahaina Rebuild
  2. Insurance Institute: How to make the New Lahaina More Fire Resistant
  3. Unions pursue law changes to boost membership
  4. HPD Coverup? Police allegedly called to scene of Waianae shooting before it happened—did nothing
  5. HART City Center Guideway Already Over Budget
  6. Agencies answer how $3 billion in recovery aid being used on Maui
  7. CWS Fail: More lawsuits, settlements and verdicts
  8. Hawaii Visitor Fee Faces 2025 Comeback: What's Next?
  9. City Council passes Navy resolution over ‘emergency state’ on contamination plume
  10. Charges dismissed in case of the 2019 takeover of OHA’s headquarters
  11. Carbon Taxes would enable Hu Honua
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
September 4, 2024 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:28 PM :: 2172 Views
  1. Is the US Department of Justice still ‘investigating’ the Maui Wildfires?
  2. Hawaii is 2024's 6th Least Innovative State for Education
  3. Dueling Parties and 20 years of DPP fines at Lawless Waianae Shooting Site
  4. Where is Jake Smith?
  5. As Another Trump Election Looms, Hawaii Elections Commission Meetings Descend into Farce
  6. What a Loser!  Clayton Hee Burned $167K on Failed Senate Race
  7. Some Small Businesses In Kailua Town Are Closing As Costs Continue To Climb
  8. Council bill could ease housing shortage
  9. Roadside vendors bill stalls
  10. ‘Never heard about this level of domestic violence’ until Hawaii: Schofield resident
  11. Chinatown Homeless: ‘It’s like the night of the living dead’
  12. Massachusetts welfare dollars spent in Hawaii, Virgin Islands, Alaska: ‘What the hell is someone doing in Hawaii?’
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