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| Friday, January 2, 2026 |
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January 2, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:36 PM :: 3002 Views
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- 9th Circuit Halts Hawaii Green Fee Tax on Cruise Lines
- OHA Launches New CIP Grant Program
- Hawaii #1 in AI-Written Essays
- To Protect 13,190 Fraudsters, Hawaii will Accept $33M SNAP Cuts
- Expired emergency food assistance funds wiped from SNAP cards
- After Two-and-a-half years, Maui County finally takes first steps towards issuing rebuilding permits in Lahaina’s business district
- Trump helps Hensel unify UH
- Oʻahu Needs Sidewalks. Should The County Be Required To Build Them?
- EMS responds to multiple possible fireworks-related injuries on New Year’s
- New Hawaii registry threatens hemp businesses with closures
- Just a Data Illusion: Is Hawaiʻi Releasing Inmates Without IDs?
- No Surprise: City aims to expand Waimanalo Gulch landfill
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| Thursday, January 1, 2026 |
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January 1, 2026 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:17 PM :: 1915 Views
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- Visitor Spending Increased in November 2025 Despite Fewer Visitor Arrivals
- PUC Approves HECO Wildfire Mitigation Plan
- Rep Quinlan: Legislators not required to Respond to Constituents
- The Wall That Heals 2026 -- Volunteers Needed
- Did Aliamanu Deaths Change Attitude Towards Fireworks?
- CNHA Scoops up $700K before HTA Dumps tourism program
- Will 2026 be the year Hawaii loses pro golf?
- Trump administration freezing child care funds to all states amid investigation into Muslim fraud schemes
- Bomb threat emailed to Oahu synagogue prompts increased security, closure
- Police Drones: What can criminal lawyers get ruled inadmissible?
- Counties Are On A Hiring Spree: Sister Isles Pay More
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| Wednesday, December 31, 2025 |
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December 31, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 8:50 AM :: 1643 Views
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- Tariffs to transgender athletes: SCOTUS cases to watch in 2026
- Hawaii’s Officials Explain Why They Think They Can Overrule the Second Amendment
- Two Hilo-Area Men Arrested for Years-Long Operation to Transport and Distribute Illegal Fireworks on Big Island
- Seven Dead in Child Welfare Hell Homes: And CWS is Doing Worse
- Maui Council set for leadership reorganization on Jan. 5
- New laws for Honolulu include start of huge increase in sewer fees
- Hawaiʻi’s Aging Condos Are A Senior Housing Crisis
- Child Rapist, Shooter pleads guilty to lesser charges – will be out soon
- Funding lapse ends Hawaii Island street‑medicine outreach
- Hawaii tow shop owners haul in success after Utah move
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| Tuesday, December 30, 2025 |
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December 30, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:27 PM :: 2837 Views
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- Class Action Suit Filed Against Maui Bill 9
- New State Laws for 2026
- HDoT App to Record Your Movements
- $50 to Take Your Kid to the Doctor
- Change at the Top of DLNR
- Judge allows immigrants to challenge ICE courthouse arrests
- Pension Spiking Scams Cost Taxpayers $434M
- State competition lowers condo insurance prices
- Future unclear on exempting many Maui short-term rentals from new law
- KSBE Tuition-Free Probate Petition Hints at Admissions Suit Strategy
- Six court cases to watch in 2026
- Hawaii solar companies brace for 30% drop after tax credit ends
- Hawaii fluorescent light bulb ban takes effect Jan. 1
- When Bail Fails To Lead To Release: Hawaiʻi’s Quiet Pretrial Paradox
- More Hawaiʻi Students Are First-Time English Learners
- Hu Honua Files Another Request to Delay Legal Proceedings Against HECO
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| Monday, December 29, 2025 |
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December 29, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:20 PM :: 1587 Views
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- Climate activists v. the U.S. energy industry: Cases to watch in 2026
- Hawaii Cruise Ship Tax Survives, but Its Voyage Will Be Stormy
- "Aloha Spirit" or the Second Amendment? Hawaii's Fantasy Hits the Supreme Court on January 20th
- Skip Dillingham: Regents Approve rail station over HCC Campus
- Keeping UH Competitive in the ‘NIL’ College Sports Landscape
- Miske co-defendants appeal long sentences
- Hawaiian Airlines Travelers Lose TSA PreCheck With No Options
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| Sunday, December 28, 2025 |
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December 28, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:57 PM :: 2085 Views
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- New year a good time to ditch harmful old ideas
- Highlights of 2025, Hopes for 2026
- Charitable Giving This Year?
- Tax Increase Planned to Pay for Executive Salary Hikes?
- Know The Source: Biden’s Open-Borders Commissioner Squares off with SHOPO
- Hawaii lawmakers plan to tinker with housing affordability, but not do anything really effective
- Obamacare Fail: Without Subsidy, Prices going up for 23,000 in Hawaii
- Hawaii’s traffic fatalities in 2025 skyrocket to 17-year high
- Zoom-Bombing Becomes a Thing for Hawaiʻi Boards
- A Voters Guide To The 2026 Legislative Session And Beyond
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| Saturday, December 27, 2025 |
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December 27, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:44 AM :: 2213 Views
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- Hawaii highest in nation for child care costs, study shows
- Legislature Opens Application Window for Grants-in-Aid
- Kauai jail relocation wrapped into state’s massive Grove Farm land purchase
- State Land Board approves final EIS for Kaheawa Wind 1 continued use for 20 years
- Hospital, workers agree on new contract, ending months-long strike
- Ewa: Electric Bills Jump to $700/mo
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| Friday, December 26, 2025 |
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December 26, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:09 AM :: 1857 Views
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- Lahaina: Tourists Better be out of Town by Sundown
- HECO to Build Giant Battery on Maui
- Did Aliamanu Deaths Change Attitude Towards Fireworks?
- DOE still has a thumb on the scale when it comes to charter schools
- Hawaiʻi Charter Schools Need Facilities
- Kauai's Next Outsider Top Cop To Take Over Department over SHOPO’s Objection
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| Thursday, December 25, 2025 |
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December 25, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 11:53 AM :: 1434 Views
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- How Christmas Came to Hawaii
- Kamehameha Schools free-tuition policy designed to protect trust against lawsuit
- Irregular Safety Inspections Found as Building Fires Rise in Hawaii
- 'Limbo Field' Would Reflect The Precarious State Of UH Football
- DHHL opens first transitional shelter for homeless waitlisters
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| Wednesday, December 24, 2025 |
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December 24, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:18 PM :: 4003 Views
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- How Christmas Came to Hawaii
- Green Fee: Court Denies Cruise Lines Motion for Preliminary Injunction
- Democrats Name Union Lobbyist, CWS Administrator, and former Senator for HD36 Vacancy
- KPD Issues Arrest Warrant in Amber Jackson Homicide Case
- Height limits another barrier to rebuilding Lahaina as it was
- ‘CON laws hurt our community more than they might help’
- Hawaii AG Fights to Keep Trannies in Female Sports
- Green Names Four to Boards and Commissions
- Mitsunaga, Rep Evslin, Rep Alcos among Hawaiʻi's Biggest Tax Delinquents
- After Five Years, Iwasa Finally Allowed to Attend Secret HART board meetings
- Domestic Abuse Allegations Prompt Democrats To Scuttle HD36 Legislative Nominee
- Baby boomers struggle with housing, food and health risks
- Kamehameha Schools announces tuition-free education for all students
- Volunteers Oversee Hawaiʻi Charter Schools. Fortunately, the DoE Has Little Say Over Them
- Prison guard’s wife arrested for allegedly threatening Moanalua official
- Man who threatened to burn house down in Puna was out on supervised release for 2 assault cases in 2024
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| Tuesday, December 23, 2025 |
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December 23, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 12:39 PM :: 2784 Views
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- Green Releases Proposed Budget
- Lawyers Use DCCA to Extract $6M from Pay Pal
- Maui Council Fails to Advance Promised Rezoning for 4,500 Bill 9 Properties
- 16% Pay hike for Hawaii County Mayor, top managers
- HART pays $41.3M to Ward
- “Kiss of Death” to Sen Stanley Chang’s ‘Affordable Housing’ Scheme
- Gen X is squeezed, caring for generations before and after
- Funding for new Big Island hospital in supplemental state budget
- Another Mentally Ill Person Charged with Murder
- Mililani man first to be compensated under Hawaii’s wrongful conviction law
- Downtown 'Hell-Hole' Building Founder Faces Eviction From His Luxury Condo
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| Monday, December 22, 2025 |
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December 22, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:53 PM :: 1855 Views
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- Senate WAM Announces Budget Hearing Schedule
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 19, 2025
- 75% of local workers now considering leaving the state
- Three candidates Vie for Plum KSBE Trustee Gig
- Hawaiʻi Charter Schools Promised A New Model. Did They Succeed?
- Kaua‘i Voters Could Decide Six Charter Amendments
- US Customs Social Media vetting proposal threatens Hawaii’s tourism economy
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| Sunday, December 21, 2025 |
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December 21, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:07 PM :: 2474 Views
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- Bill 9 Creates Legal and Economic Crisis
- Gaming This Year?
- I bet Santa would agree about CON laws
- Appointed Sen Lamasao fails in Gambit to Appoint Husband to House Seat
- Work Hasn’t Begun but … Hawai‘i Convention Center roof repair climbs to $87M — a 70% surge
- The $3B Plan for 2026 Legislative Session Centers on Tax Hikes
- Hawaii’s young adults struggle to launch amid skyrocketing costs
- HART CEO gets $350K following citywide pay raises
- Fire HMSA to Save Medicaid
- Honolulu Police Commission Still Bumbling Through the Process of Picking Someone to Pick the Chief
- Hawaii County PD chief applicants narrowed down to 11
- SHOPO: Only Insiders Need Apply
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| Saturday, December 20, 2025 |
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December 20, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:42 PM :: 3908 Views
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- Bill 9: First Lawsuit Filed
- HHS acts to bar taxpayer-funded sex-change procedures
- Kona, Kahului Most Expensive Car Rentals in USA
- Caldwell Planning Commissioner Among Four arrested and charged with gambling promotion
- Sovereignty Movement Money Laundering: Woman gets 18 months in prison for tax scam
- HART audit concludes results are positive, rail agency says (LOL!)
- Hawaii Cuts Sugary Foods, Beverages from SNAP—leads to flip-flop
- Green: $16.5M to keep Hawaii residents on Obamacare
- Honolulu Ocean Safety Commission appoints first-ever Chief of Ocean Safety
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| Friday, December 19, 2025 |
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December 19 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 10:46 AM :: 1417 Views
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- Prohibition Ends: Trump Legalizes Medical Marijuana
- Trump Restricts Tongan Travel to US
- Hitachi lawsuit is wooden stake in HART?
- Musical Chairs: Aloha Stadium Authority hires executive with ‘connections’
- Aloha Stadium pretends to begin demolition
- Poor policies lead to lack of UH football sponsors
- How Trump’s move to end marijuana prohibition could affect Hawaii
- Should A State Worker Be Able To Lease Public Property Without Bids?
- Red Hill victims win attorney fees as appeal continues
- Man accused of killing Maui police officer wants jail calls kept secret
- Another CWS Disaster: Bryson Mahoe sentenced 20 years for sexual assault of minors
- HUD Plan Leaves Hawaii Homelessness Industry Worried About How to Promote Transsexualism Among Street Kids, Operate Needle Exchanges
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| Thursday, December 18, 2025 |
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December 18, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 9:13 AM :: 1579 Views
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- End or reduce capital gains tax on housing to incentivize home sales
- 150 lbs of Meth: Kauai man second of eleven to be Sentenced
- HIDOE issues first statewide permanent bans following alleged assault of school administrator
- FAKE SETTLEMENT: Maui wildfire survivors won’t receive settlement payments before year’s end
- FAKE LAWSUIT: Maui police chief calls for apology after lawsuit dismissal
- FAKE BILL 9: ILWU Hotel Union Endorses Bissen after Bissen Signs Bill Gutting Hotel Competitors
- Hawaiʻi Building Fires Are On The Rise; Safety Inspections Aren't Keeping Up
- Hilo Park Designed to Get Rid of Bikini Islanders
- Lawmakers consider bills to streamline construction projects' lengthy historic preservation review
- Lawsuits Seek to Block DHHL Plan for Mass Evictions
- Housing stipend among the proposals to address HPD vacancies
- 50% of Hawaii County Police calls are homeless-related
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| Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
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December 17, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 1:44 PM :: 1990 Views
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- Bogus Diddy Suit Dismissed after making complete fool of Maui Mayor
- Purchasing Power: In Honolulu $100 worth only $90.71
- HGEA Demands Action by DOE After Brutal Assault on Moanalua HS Employee
- Hawaii AG Sues to Hide Data on College DEI Admissions
- Booking.com fights to revive challenge to Hawaii tax rule
- Bissen appoints Batangan to Maui County Council
- How HART Artificially Inflates Rail Ridership Numbers
- Jail Guard Charged in assault of Maunalua HS sports official
- Hawaii Officials Strategize Gun Control in Secret
- Maui Land & Pineapple fined for inadequate stream flows
- Hawaiʻi loses 10 senior wildlife scientists amid federal staffing cuts
- Hawaiian, Alaska airlines to (pretend to) use locally made biofuel
- Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Says Current Rules Are Enough To Prevent AI Abuses
- 2 pleading guilty to fraud for false claims in wildfires
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| Tuesday, December 16, 2025 |
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December 16, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:00 PM :: 2939 Views
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- Bissen signs Bill 9 into law immediately after Maui County Council vote
- Honolulu Health Care Costs 15th Highest in USA
- Charter Amendment: Exempt DPP from Civil Service
- Honolulu Charter Amendment to Streamline Housing Approvals
- Hawaii Minimum Wage Increases to $16 January 1
- Green: I Am Planning $1.5B Tax Hike
- Legislative Agenda: Mayors Propose 12.5% GE Tax Hike
- Maui County to Steal ‘only’ 1,700 Short Term Rentals? New zoning on agenda for Friday
- Crony and Convicted Felon Land Deal: Hawaiian Homes Commission to Vote Tuesday
- Wespac Looks To Expand Commercial Access To Hawaiʻi's Papahānaumokuākea
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| Monday, December 15, 2025 |
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December 15, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 2:34 PM :: 1203 Views
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- Two Telescopes Stop Paying Rent on Mauna Kea and another cancels $500M upgrade-DeFries Doesn’t Notice
- Origins of the Great Hawaiian Revival of 1836-1842
- DHHL ‘Paper Leases’ Scheme Failed Last Time, and the Time Before That
- City Council seeks web-based transparency into Honolulu finances
- “The devil is in the details” Honua Ola (again) eyes new (grossly overpriced) power purchase agreement with Hawaiian Electric
- With Obesity Growing On Oʻahu, Food Bank Push To Grab Property Tax Revenues May Go To A Vote
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| Sunday, December 14, 2025 |
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December 14, 2025 News Read
By Andrew Walden @ 3:38 PM :: 5849 Views
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- During COVID, Hawaii Life Expectancy Declined Less than National Average
- More Grief Over SNAP
- There's a new kids' market in town
- Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 12, 2025
- Did Expose save Kouchi from $35,000 Bribe Prosecution? Behind weird flip-flop on leaving Senate?
- Louie: Bill 9 will cost Maui ‘hundreds of millions’ of dollars when it loses suits
- Next Boondogle: Desalination plant on Oahu (again) nearing construction after three decades of work
- Honolulu's Housing Problem Isn't Just Supply. It's A Process
- Insurance Companies Interfere with Primary Care Doctors
- Governor plans $16.5M to cover loss of Obamacare subsidies here
- Selling Out On College Sports Is The New Career Plan
- Surveillance video shows post-game assault on high school athletics official
- On-demand ride service could replace least-popular Maui Bus routes
- Gun Control Nuts Give Hawaii High Marks
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