1.  Hawaii to Become one of the best states in terms of income tax?
2. OIP: Five Changes to Sunshine Law
3. Hawaii’s population exodus blamed partly on Jones Act
4. HDOT Seeks Bids for Removal of Falls of Clyde (again)
5. 20% Of Maui County Residents “seriously considering” leaving the state
6. It’s Working: Maui County’s vacation rentals at 49.3% occupancy in June, down double-digits from last year
7. Next Boondoggle: Plan for new Aloha Stadium development heading for early approval
8. Defense Teams' Solidarity Key In Hawaii DA's Acquittal
9. Kauai Wildfire Shows How Other Hawaii Power Safety Shutoffs Might Work
10. Hawaiʻi has a medical malpractice problem
11. The Bus Routes Cut Again due to Lack of Ridership
12. Bomb squad called to homeless encampment in Honolulu
13. Trash continuing to pile up across Oahu  

1. Temporary Injunction Allows Unlicensed Midwives to Practice
2. Desperate to Avoid Bankruptcy, HECO Joins With Wildfire Plaintiffs Asking Maui Judge to Screw Insurance Companies out of $1.4B
3. Time to end affordable housing credits? Report finds they don’t work as intended
4. Honolulu crime boss Michael Miske must forfeit $28M in assets
5. Realtor claims he was harassed out of plan to house Maui fire survivors, residents respond
6. ‘Smart Fuses’ -- HECO Grid Modernization Strategy Would Have Contributed to Wildfire Risk
7. Navy crews conduct ‘spill drill’ to prepare to wash Red Hill fuel tanks
8. Bill 39 would nix Honolulu building permit affidavits
9. HD23: Only One Candidate has a Correct Understanding of Homelessness

1. CWS Called on Hawaii Home-School Mom
2. La‘ikū temporary housing opens 16 units to Lahaina Survivors
3. Ten Years of Fighting Rapid Ohia Death
4. CWS Timeline: Shaelynn Lehano-Stone -- Another Girl Tortured and Starved to Death
5. DOJ "Unlikely to Approve" Hawaiian Airlines Merger
6. Naming Names: Campaign Contributions Pour In Just as Deals Close
7. Secret Rail Bids Are Finally In For City Center
8. Maui Moves Closer to Attempting to Steal Thousands of Short-Term Rentals to Boost hotels, Unions
9. KSBE plans 190ac housing development in Lahaina Burn Zone
10. Miske jury now considering question of forfeiture of assets
11. Big Island Mayoral And Council Candidates Survey Response on Hu Honua
12. Hawaii Has More Money For Preschool Subsidies Than It Has Been Able To Give Out
13. Kauai officials: Arson suspected in Waimea fire, latest in a string of blazes
14. Group announces tiny homes retirement plan for aging shelter refusers who change their minds at the last minute  

1. Hawaii Family Forum Primary Election Guide
2. County of Hawaiʻi Launches New Online Locator for Affordable Housing
3. Youth Challenge Academy in Hilo Changing to Job Challenge Academy
4. Court: State Cannot Enforce Helicopter Tour Regulations
5. Some Incumbents Running on their Support for Tax Cut—others Plan to Reverse it
6. Column: Thank you is in order for Hawaii tax cuts
7. Hawaii DoH Can’t Find People to take Mosquito Jobs
8. Hawaii State Spending Bills Need A Dose Of Sunshine
9. Alm Wants to Restore HOPE Probation
10. In wake of violent arrest, HPD’s Crime Reduction Units sidelined as agency reviews operations
11. Hawaii joins 20 other states with ‘very high’ COVID levels in sewage
12. Hawaii Democrats Anti-Israel Uncommitted Delegates Against Harris
13. Luxury Tranny Paid Back $520K from Campaign Contributions
14. Maui County Council approves resolution of ‘a global settlement’ for fire litigation against county
15. Hawaiian Electric plunges as no fire settlement reached
16. HECO Creates a Wildfire Safety Working Group

1. Hawaii Income Tax Cut--‘something to cheer about’
2. Feds Still Investigating Attempted Contract Killing of Seabright, Wheat
3. $20M to keep Juvenile Criminals from Suffering for their Crimes
4. Details of 2018 double homicide at Haleiwa Joe’s disclosed
5. Red Hill community group is told it won’t be disbanded
6. Hawaii Gave Up Federal Funding For Marine Mammal Protection Because Of Cumbersome Paperwork – Nobody Noticed

1. Crooks and Cronies on the Move in Primary Races
2. BIDEN OUT: President exits race, endorses VP Harris as his successor
3. Flashback: Tulsi Gabbard Torches Kamala Harris
4. Choon James: Uncontested Elections Damage Democracy
5. Hawaiian Electric releases updated electrification of transportation ‘roadmap’
6. Five Ways to Reduce Cost of Rebuilding on Maui
7. Rebuilding Lahaina: A breath of fresh air
8. OHA Tells Supreme Court: State Cannot Stop Trustees from Stealing Money
9. Felony News: Trask Still Flogging Roberta Cabral’s Geothermal Scheme
10. Trust will remain broken when accountability lags
11. Is there a deadline for exiting Shift and Save?
12. Is Growing Your Own Food Considered Agriculture? Hawaii County Says No
13. Residents Say Indefinite Closure Of Park Leading To Haiku Stairs Is Unfair

1. Let legislators know how much you appreciate tax cut
2. Hawaii Family Forum Primary Election Update
3. EPA: 'Emergency response missions on Maui are complete'
4. DHHL Finally Dumps Al Hee's Scam Phone Company
5. EPA Orders Shutdown of Seven Cesspools at Maui County Facilities
6. Lahaina: New Lawsuit Filed as ‘Global Settlement’ Collapses
7. Failed Maui wildfire settlement based on Ripping off Insurance Companies for $1.4B
8. Lahaina: ‘One ‘Ohana Fund’ hasn’t paid out a penny
9. 27-time Convicted Felon will never commit another felony
10. “It was always how you can accommodate the criminal”
11. David Letterman, Jill Biden, Josh Green to Headline Biden Fundraiser

1. Miske Convicted
2. No Bankruptcy? Hawaiian Electric Among Firms in $4 Billion Maui Fire Deal
3. Jury Convicts Miske Of 13 Counts, Forfeiture Trial Next
4. Hawaii Supreme Court Will Review Judge's Decision To Withhold Abused Girl's Case File
5. Planning director: Bill could slow down permitting process
6. Sen Dela Cruz Pushing State to buy Dole Lands
7. HECO Overuses Confidentiality to Hide Key Information
8. Hawai‘i’s Film Feast Is Now a Famine. What Happened?
9. More Delays on Maui Jail Project

1. Housing Emergency Proclamations: What has been accomplished?
2. 28 Hawaii Hospitals Ranked on Performance
3. 2024 Hawaii's First-Ever Voter Guide
4. The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades
5. HPD Officer Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
6. Maui County finds another way to delay fire report
7. Jury asks if alleged crime boss Mike Miske can be convicted for crimes he didn’t know about
8. Hawaii County Police commissioner sues Hawaii County PD and assistant chief over Concealed Carry
9. HPD Officers Who Handcuffed 10-Year-Old Can Be Sued For Using Excessive Force, Judges Rule
10. This Lahaina Family Finally Finds A House To Call Home — At Least For A While
11. Help for struggling rail businesses still months away
12. 90 days to submit a written recommendation to the council on how to address illegal gambling
13. Apprenticeship program for DoE Teachers?
14. You Can't Fix The World But You Can Do Something About Your Neighborhood

1. Tax relief in Hawaii isn’t just affordable, it’s vital
2. Hawaii Join NATO? State Department Responds
3. Nago: No HD1 Special Election After Nakashima Death
4. Green Names Climate Advisory Team
5. Weasel Words: Lahaina Front Street will not be allowed to rebuild.  Are you in a ‘Flood Zone’?
6. Federal Judge Rules Against Maui County Taking Private Land Soon For Expanded County Dump
7. Friday deadline set for prosecutors to cite specific evidence in response to Miske’s motion for acquittal
8. SB2601: Extended Reporting for child sex-abuse survivors
9. ‘Community benefits’ – How to bribe the politically connected to support wind farms
10. Chinatown Business Owners Filing Claims From June Power Outages Unsure How Much Will Be Covered

1. RNC: Shirlene Dela Cruz Leads Hawaii GOP Delegates Voting for Trump
2. Honolulu Highest Yearly Inflation in USA
3. Hawaii: Highest Electric Rates, Lowest Electric Usage
4. Kauai: Hanapepe Fire Approaches Kaumakani, Immediate Evacuations Ordered
5. Palestine Activists at UH Manoa Oppose RIMPAC
6. Who Needs Collective Bargaining? Teachers Get $10K 'Differential' for Another Year
7. Agriculture: Record Spending on Invasive Species
8. Naming Names:  Incumbents Buying Factional Allies in Legislature
9. The accident that led to Miske’s downfall
10. 80% Fake? HPD investigating complaints about false arrests by officers looking for drunk drivers
11. Hawaii Ag Agency Has So Much Money They Can’t Spend it All
12. More video monitoring on Skyline sought
13. Hawaii Drug Pricing Lawsuit Targeting PBMs Gets Tossed by Judge
14. Hawaii county homeless camp: Drug Deals and Domestic Violence

1. Mental Illness: Hawaii has Lowest Rate of Involuntary Commitment in USA
2. UH Manoa offering sexuality studies courses on ‘oceanic gender’ and ‘queer dance’
3. Hawaii’s bold tax cuts and its impact on residents
4. Condos' High-Rising Insurance Premiums Are A Top Issue In These Legislative Races
5. Miske Trial: “On most trial days, the row of seats reserved for news media has been empty”
6. Maui Still Isn't Releasing That Big ATF Report On The Lahaina Fire. Here's What They're Saying Now
7. State law extends reporting time for child sex abuse

1. VIDEO: Trump Assassination Attempt at PA Rally
2. Tax Cuts: We Need to Keep What We’ve Won
3. Housing: "You gotta let the private sector do it"
4. Governor surprises broadcasters by dropping censorship power
5. Honolulu Council acts to repeal outdated city transit ordinances
6. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 13, 2024
7. 'Most hilarious pro-Jones Act argument'
8. No Special Election: Green to appoint Nakashima’s HD1 successor, Dems to submit choices
9. Who Needs Elections? Democrats Squabble over Who to Appoint for SD22
10. Kill a Monk Seal Pup? DLNR Coverup Shields Public Employees from ‘2-minute-hate’ they unleash on others
11. New lab-test authorization is harmful to HMSA members
12. Hawaii County Morgue Overflowing with Bodies

1. Miske Lawyers Blame Wayne Miller for Everything
2. Outsider Foolishly Buys N. Shore Oceanfront Lot--BLNR Steals It
3. BLNR Destroys Kayak Business-Denies Hearing
4. JSC Seeking Five Nominees for Circuit/Family Court
5. DEADLINE EXTENDED AGAIN: Judicial Vacancy – Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals
6. Why Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam aren’t covered in NATO’s defense pact
7. Hana Highway Regulation—Another Tourist Attack: 'We're going to kill you, get out of the car, you're not getting away from us, you're dead."
8. CNBC: Why Hawaii is worst state for business
9. Hanabusa names PIG to ‘investigate’ CEO Lori Kahikina’s next contract
10. On Molokai, complaints about these downed utility poles have dragged on for years

1. Ariel Sellers Murder: Family Court Refuses to Release Secret Records “because of the impression of DHS and the family court that it might create”
2. ​‘Enough of the terror’: Prosecutors urge jury to convict accused Hawaii crime boss
3. Green says major budget reform begins next year
4. HD1 Rep Mark Nakashima Dead at 61
5. Hotel Housing for Lahaina Survivors Ends
6. Gun Industry Lawsuit Challenges Hawaii 'Public Nuisance' Law
7. Officials Write Second Amendment Out of Hawaii
8. US Senators Call for Hawaii to Join NATO
9. Ed Case Calls on Biden to Quit Race
10. “Miske believed everyone had a price and anything could be bought—He was right”
11. Hint, Hint: CNHA Free Flights to Mainland for Lahaina Families
12. New PR Firm To Sell Honolulu Rail? Some HART Board Members Say No
13. Don’t spend money burying your power lines to prevent wildfires.  Give it to the solar industry instead.
14. Haleakala Brush Fire Tests Maui’s Improved Emergency Strategy

1. Kouchi Overthrow Risk in Waianae Senate?
2. Green Signs 253 Bills Into Law
3. Under 21? State to be Sued Over Firearms, Ammunition Ban
4. Gay Socialist Teacher sentenced to 30 years for sexual assault of a minor 
5. Maui Fire, ATF officials 'clarify' process for ATF cause and origin report on Lahaina wildfire
6. Happy Lahaina Burned?  “People say our town is gone; I look at it as the opposite”
7. $70M Shakedown:  Grab for COVID ‘Hazard Pay’ Drives HGEA, UPW Endorsements in Big Island Mayor's Race
8. BATF, MFD Make up Stories to Allow County Time to Exploit Lahaina wildfire cause, origin report
9. Lahaina: 62 Families Still ‘Transitioning’ Out of Hotels
10. Closing arguments mark end of the Miske trial
11. $3M BLNR Fines Push N Shore Landowner to ‘Donate’ Property to ‘Community Land Trust’ 
12. DOH: Hawaii sees more than 1K increase in COVID cases
13. Honolulu City Council adopts city-led gambling task force plan
14. Shakedown Expert rails against Mainland food company that trademarked Hawaiian word
15. HELCO Generator Problems Largely Resolved
16. Military widow, single mother of eight faces eviction in Kapolei amid US Vets rental assistance delay
17. It begins: Police seek suspects in assault and robbery near new County-Run homeless camp in Hilo

1. Green: Out of Respect for Democracy, I will not Appoint Waianae Senator until After Primary
2. Michaels CEO Indicted: 12-year racketeering conspiracy
3. Green Signs 112 Bills Into Law
4. HB1800: Green Signs $19.1B Budget
5. Green Vetoes Seven Bills
6. HGEA Plan: Steal $12K, get rewarded with $230K paid vacation
7. Army establishes ‘environmental justice concerns’ as bargaining chip in Master Lease Negotiations
8. Begging county to clear squatters from Maui beaches
9. Maui Council: After Fires, 'the Most Critical Challenge We Face' is to … Confirm New Housing Director
10. Short-Handed Kona Public Defender's Office Won't Accept New Drunken Driving Cases or ‘Class A’ Felonies
11. Hawaii Governor Says Media Operations Should Be Protected During Emergencies
12. Aloha Petroleum: $880K and counting to Defend Against Climate Change Suits

1. Hawaii Assisted Suicide Up 50%
2. Green Signs 95 Bills Into Law
3. Koko Head Shooting Complex resuming weekday schedule
4. City, ACLU Settle Homeless Lawsuit
5. Massive Turnover at HPD as Corruption Scandals Roil City
6. Secret BATF Report in Hand, Maui County looking for fire lawsuit settlement options
7. Maui Planning Commission Slow-Walks Proposed Seizure of Minatoya List Condos
8. No action on Big Isle STVRs; Council considers proposed economic-impact study
9. Green Fee to Pay to Buy up and Demolish N Shore Oceanfront Homes?
10. Scam Alert: Major Biofuel to Electricity Contracts Are Underway
11. Hawaii Bans Deep-Sea Mining as U.S. Political Support Splits on Party Lines
12. Waianae emergency access road set to open Spring 2025
13. Prosecutors intend to use lyrics of a popular song as evidence in a murder trial

1. Hawaii's chance to expand housing freedom
2. Governor signs bill to allow temporary licenses to nurses
3. Hawaii County proposal -- good direction for Oahu beekeeping
4. New law creates opportunities for Hawaii food entrepreneurs
5. Proposed Hawaii County STR rules fraught with potential economic, legal pitfalls
6. Even After Lahaina Burns, Hawaiian Electric Prioritizes Solar over Fire Safety
7. Honolulu ranks toughest to flip homes in U.S., report says
8. An Oahu Teacher’s Futile Apartment Hunt Shows How Bad The Rental Market Is
9. Honolulu Ethics Commission Says Number Of Complaints Has Dropped
10. Irony Alert:  State can’t get EBT cash to people who are not working because DHS can’t get anybody to work 
11. No Mugshots for Deputies ‘Arrested’ in Racial Harassment Case
12. Prison Worker with 2lbs Meth: Smuggled Meth Into Arizona Facility That Houses Hawaii Inmates
13. ACLU Calls on Green to Veto Jail Construction to force Release of More Criminals onto Streets

1. July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
2. Three Hawaii Governors Call on Biden to Quit Race
3. Biden expected to make decision about future in ‘next couple of days,’ Hawaii governor says
4. The Importance of Conformity
5. Three anti-TVR measures go back before Hawaii County Council
6. Leased land vital to military readiness
7. Focus on Skyline basics, not optics
8. Officials, volunteers conduct rigorous testing of voting equipment ahead of elections
9. DoE: 1/3 of Vice Principal ‘positions’ vacant
10. New Development Begins On Former Turtle Bay Resort Land Near Kahuku Point
11. Hoping against extinction of Hawaiian honeycreeper

1. Green Signs 79 Bills Into Law
2. Dillingham Airfield Saved by 50-Year Lease
3. Former Tokai University Building Becomes Homeless 'Kauhale'
4. 'Sun Bucks' -- $177 per kid Boost on EBT Cards
5. Potential $85M from NASA for UH Hilo management of Maunakea telescope
6. After Veto Threat, Green Signs Sara Yara Bill into law
7. Tokuda Finds Way to Strip Name of Captain Cook from Post Office
8. How the US Supreme Court's corruption ruling could affect local officials
9. Maui wildfire lawsuit attorneys clash over first trial in November
10. On Kaua‘i, the Biggest Home Developer Is the County
11. County sets up encampment for homeless storm drain dwellers in downtown Hilo
12. Email scam cost a Hawaii company over $8 million last year

1. Ethics: Hawaii Socialists Illegally Lobbied for Gaza ‘Ceasefire’ Resolution on Taxpayer Dime
2. Only 31 rebuilding permits have been issued after the fire. Here’s what it took for a professional building contractor to get one.
3. Lahaina Fire Survivors Prepare To Test Maui County's Rules On Living In The Burn Zone
4. Health care facilities gear up for HECO’s ‘last resort’ power shutoff plan that kicks in today
5. Honolulu Bill To Rein In Fake Farms Threatens Real Ag Enterprises
6. Roadmap to Hawaii’s Future: Former college in Waikiki will soon house homeless
7. What happened in Hawaiʻi on July 4, 1776
8. Charles Djou plays leading role in 80th anniversary of D-Day events
9. Muslims and Anti-Semites Protest Against July 4
10. UH Gender identity researcher Milton ‘Mickey’ Diamond challenged the idea of juvenile sex-reassignment surgery
11. Hawaii among best states for USPS mail delivery
12. Beach Erosion caused by Destruction of Reefs

1. The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
2. The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July
3. City: Towing Contractor Ripped off 782 Customers
4. Schatz: $6.6M for YIMBY
5. 'Shift and Save' -- 16,000 Hawaiian Electric Customers Can Escape --if they act now
6. Green Signs 63 Bills Into Law
7. Operation 'Shine the Light' Rescues 11 Missing Children on Oahu
8. Here's a list of all the Fourth of July fireworks shows happening across Hawaii
9. ‘Defend Hawaii’ – Maui PD and EMTs Conspire to Chase ‘Hunted’ Tourist-Victims Away
10. ‘Going back to the mainland broke and broken’
11. Sheriffs Subject of Three Separate Criminal Investigations over Harassment of Black Deputies
12. HPD releases redacted bodycam footage showing DUI arrest of Officer Mariah Ah Tou
13. HD2 Residency? Petitioners appeal decision regarding Lee Loy
14. VOICES: ‘Guest house’ bill could boost Kaua‘i housing supply
15. City Employees Find Way to Keep ‘Working’ from Home—Complain About Indoor Air Quality
16. Hawaii Creates Panel To Study Mitigation Of Biz Tax Burdens
17. Appeals court grants injunction, pausing demolition of Haiku Stairs
18. Homeless Fight for Every 5^th Stolen Shopping cart

1. Hotel Housing for Lahaina Survivors Ends
2. Second observatory removed from Maunakea summit
3. UHERO: Where can Hawaiʻi diversify its economy?
4. Blangiardi: Be Prepared for Blackouts
5. Mayor signs bill limiting gifts to City employees
6. Rail: Bids for Civic Center will Come in Over $1.5B
7. Miske will not testify
8. Defend Hawaii: Mexican Mafia Still Obligated to Deal Thru Local Gangsters
9. Honolulu Council proposes city-led gambling task force
10. Lawsuit: DoE Suspends 9 Students For Bringing Nerf Gun To School  
11. Hawaiian Electric drops amid news that ATF report on wildfires has been completed
12. Seabright Mocks Hee’s Lawyers: Confirms Sandwich Isles Assets To Be Sold To Hawaiian Telcom
13. DoD: Act of Congress Required to Expose Military Medical Malpractice
14. Red light cameras to enforce speed limit starting January
15. Money News: OHA Wants To Take Over Hawaiian Royals' Burial Site

1. RIMPAC 2024 Kicks off in Hawaii
2. Five candidates are running for Hawaii’s two U.S. House districts—the fewest in the last 10 years
3. Veto? Hawaii governor under fire over authority to suspend electronic media transmission
4. ‘You’re Nothing!’: Hawaii Black Cop Was Belittled and Racially Bullied By Colleagues, Leading to Four Officers Arrested, Nine Others Placed on Paid Leave
5. Christian Good News Clubs Win Equal Access in Hawaii Schools
6. One Day's Media Debunk
7. Makawao meth trafficker gets nine years in federal prison 
8. Green Signs 51 Bills Into Law
9. Rate Hikes Coming: ‘Wheeling’ Scam will funnel ratepayer money to Wind and Solar Developers
10. LOL! HART board looks to hire PR firm to improve its image
11. Sen Karl Rhoades Suddenly Doesn’t Want Convicted Felons to have the Right to Vote or Hold Office
12. State to soon start sending out checks to descendants of DHHL beneficiaries
13. Kula fire victims still waiting for back-up power source to keep hydrants working
14. Some Maui residents trying to stop 'largest-ever' housing development in Makena
15. Big Island Planning commissions support proposal for residential beekeeping

One Day's Media Debunk

1. Supreme Court rules for broad presidential immunity in Donald Trump election subversion case
2. Green Announces Appointments, Creates Insurance Task Force
3. Green Signs 35 Bills Into Law
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 29, 2024
5. Federal Court Whittles Down Hawaii Voter Roll Lawsuit
6. Former HART Board Members Violated Sunshine Law By Discussing $1M Hanabusa ‘Consulting’ Contract In Private
7. First Amendment Groups Oppose Veto Of Bill To Limit Governor's Power To Cut Off Electronic Media In Emergencies
8. City Council Tinkers with Bill 7 affordable rental housing incentives
9. Urgent Care: Minding the gap! A local medical history
10. The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission is an Enigma
11. Hawaii Crypto Firms Exempt From MTL Requirements

1. Supreme Court overrules landmark 'Chevron' precedent on government authority
2. Freedom in Hawaii is having a moment
3. Intent to Veto: Budget Drama Continues
4. Update development standards to allow more apartment housing
5. Doomed Hawaiian Electric Seeks $1.1B Rate Hike In Futile Effort to Save Itself as Old Boy Power Center
6. VETO LIST: Green Grabs for Control of $450M
7. On Shrooms? HART, Blangiardi Dream of Extending Empty Rail Line to Manoa, Leeward
8. Sara Yara Bill to punish traffic scofflaws may face governor’s veto because Public Defender doesn’t want it
9. Navy Closure Task-Force to remove sludge from drained fuel tanks
10. Hawaii Homelessness Industry Against Opening New Homeless Shelters
11. Hawaii PD conduct state’s first-ever cannabis impaired driving Green Lab

1. Scheme to Remake Lahaina as Touristy Water Park Advances in Congress
2. Criminal Alleges Ariel Sellers Body Buried in Bumpy Kanahele’s Waimanalo Compound
3. Can Hawaii afford climate change lawsuit settlement?
4. Biki Bikeshare abandoned by owners, operation handed over to City
5. Hanabusa to Quit HART? -- Board OKs multi-year contract with CEO Lori Kahikina, subject to negotiations
6. Former Kihei Rep Denounces TVR ban
7. Father of Maui carjacking suspect points out his son was out on low bail at time of crime

1. How Mexican cartels target Hawaii with meth, fentanyl
2. Homeless people can be fined for sleeping outside, Supreme Court rules
3. Did Hawaii just pave the way for court enforcement of California's climate promises?
4. Hawaii Water Wars: If you don't claim a 'taking' you lose
5. Senate Special Session Rubber Stamps Four Oahu Circuit Court Nominees
6. 4th Hawaii sheriff’s deputy arrested -- ‘Reckless Endangering’ of Black Deputy
7. Bankruptcy Looms: Will State Finally Allow Hawaiian Electric to Use Cheap Clean Natural Gas?
8. PUC allows Hawaiian Electric to sell accounts receivable
9. A Long-Awaited Federal Report On The Cause Of The Lahaina Fire Is Just Waiting For Maui County To Release It
10. CYA News: Maui County awards contract to write secret review Aug. 8 fire response
11. Morioka Stadium: Biding Process Improved by having only one bidder  
12. Miske defense expected to rest its case on Monday
13. Join Us to Hear About the Loopholes of Hawaii’s Pay-to-Play Law
14. Family alleges HPD failed to act on child abuse claims against daycare despite evidence
15. Management Learns Nothing After Four Homeless Killed at Maui ‘Harm Reduction’ Shelter
16. He was arrested for DUI — with no alcohol in his system
17. Steve Alm: Marijuana Legalization Carries Risks For Hawaii
18. HYCF Can’t Find Anybody to Work as a Cook -- Buys Meals from Zippys
19. Hawaii records 6 COVID-related fatalities

1. May 2024: Tourism Declines Again
2. Hawaii officials argue for second chance to reinstate butterfly knife ban
3. Fate of Hawaii’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ hike hangs in balance at appellate court
4. Government says Red Hill plaintiffs are asking for too much in damages
5. State Supreme Court: Is Gov't Imposed "Church Purposes" Deed Restriction Void?
6. Lahaina – Only 23 Building Permits Issued out of 2,200 Buildings Burned
7. Hawaii Attorney General seeks Court Order Forcing MEMA Official to discuss 2018 ‘Hurricane Lane’ wildfire
8. Two Minatoya List Condo Towers About to Fall into Sea Because State, County Will Not Allow Shoreline Protection
9. Sen Brenton Awa Buys Lawnmower with Senate Allowance
10. DelaCruz Pushing Offshore Wind Farms In Kaiwi Channel
11. Couple says they survived being 'hunted' on Maui
12. Downtown Honolulu electric grid upgrade will be long, disruptive

1. Maui TVR phase-out plan unconstitutional
2. Maui TVR phase-out wrong means for good goal
3. Maui Short-Term Rentals, the Minatoya List, and Housing Supply
4. Building Benchmarking Report -- deadline extended
5. Kauai Island of Retaliation: Six Months of County Council Drama and a Year in Jail After Putin Dupe Passes Along ‘Threat’ from Schizophrenic
6. More than 100 tackle heated debate over phony pretend phase-out of Maui vacation rentals
7. Shakedown Begins: Pay the ‘Hawaiian Intellectual Property Group’ if you want to use a Hawaiian Name
8. Sovereignty Activist and Disbarred Lawyer Gary Dubin hit with major malpractice judgment
9. Judge finds ex-OCCC officer guilty of murdering his mother
10. 8 Hawaii Sheriff’s Deputies Are Now On Leave—three arrested--As A Racial Harassment Investigation Unfolds
11. Honolulu Poised To Pay Former HPD Officer Who Faced Retaliation For Affairs With 2 Female Cops
12. Hawaii Governor Would Keep Power to Halt Radio In Emergencies
13. Electricity market may open to competition in upcoming PUC docket
14. HECO denies 9 out of 10 damage claims in 2023, sparking controversies
15. The Rise of Poverty Inc.
16. 40% of fatal accidents involve cannabis-impaired driving

1. New Coffee Labeling Rules Take Effect July 1 
2. Hawaiian 'Intellectual Property' Group Convenes
3. Red Hill Whistleblower Details How Her Warnings Were Ignored Even As Disaster Loomed
4. Milton Choy Dies in Prison
5. Maui County identifies 102nd victim of deadly Lahaina wildfires
6. Supreme Court sides with advocates to restore stream flows in Maui rivers
7. Congressional Hearing to study Hawaii heritage site at Lahaina
8. DoE Hawaiian Immersion Programs Short on Teachers
9. Hu Honua Bioenergy -- Year 17 Status Update -- Federal Court Status Conference
10. Hawaii Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Pilot Program Bill Into Law
11. Soft on Crime: Eight Years Later, Still no Conviction in Triple Murder
12. Culture Police: Task Force Forms

1. 500 Lahaina Victims Still in Hotels--Deadline June 30
2. Governor reignites debate over liquefied natural gas power—but ‘Clean’ energy corporations want more Dirty Expensive Diesel
3. Honolulu Medical Examiner Flooded with Drug Overdoses
4. Fire Every Three Days:  Fire Department Says Homeless Arsonists Threaten to Torch Paia

1. Aloha Stadium Bidding Limited to One Gang of Insiders
2. Sandwich Isles Communications: Twenty Years of Criminality
3. What You Ask
4. Your Input Inspires Us 
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 22, 2024
6. Hawaii County moves toward greater freedom for beekeepers
7. Back in Court: Kaneshiro and Mitsunaga not in the clear
8. Lies Exposed: Maui short-term rentals targeted for ban were never ‘workforce housing’
9. Survey: Special Interests Have Too Much Influence In Government
10. Massive military construction dollars may flow into Hawaii
11. Blangiardi encouraging Waianae Vigilantes?
12. Mental Health Counselors Push Lahaina Survivors to Leave Island
13. Hawaii County auditor addresses unfair hiring claims
14. Hawaii County Police Commission discusses DUI complaint
15. PBS Show spotlights Communist Party member Ah Quon McElrath

1. Green: 'Intent to Veto' 17 Bills
2. VIDEO: Condo Insurance Town Hall Meeting
3. Biden Approves Kauai Disaster Declaration
4. Blangiardi signs City’s FY25 budget bills into law
5. Personal fortunes of HECO board members at risk in some wildfire lawsuits
6. HART board meeting delayed – Kahikina pushes back against Hanabusa as Bid Deadline Looms
7. Some Hawaii businesses struggle to keep up with minimum wage raises
8. Law Enforcement Standards Board Selects Its First Administrator
9. Hawaii County police response times: 40 minutes and longer
10. Nine Months at Maui Homeless ‘Safe Zone’: Four Dead out of 120 Addicts allowed to use fentanyl, stage bumfights

1. More Taxes and Fewer Lanes: Green, DoT, Eco-Lawyers 'Sue and Settle' Scheme
2. Senate Special Session to Rubber Stamp Four Oahu Circuit Court Nominees
3. Thielen: Homelessness is a Money-Spinner, Creates Thousands of ‘Positions’ in Hawaii
4. SD23: Four (Three) Governors of the Apocalypse Endorse Clayton Hee—but Unions back Ben Shafer
5. Future Of HART Line Extending Into City Center Hinges On Critical Contract Bid
6. House speaker revokes procurement authority of state auditor
7. Insurance Crisis Worsens in Hawai‘i’s “Condoland”
8. Bank of Hawaii hit by unrealized bond losses
9. HECO Files $250M Grid Resilience Application with the Public Utilities Commission
10. Chinatown businesses face uncertain claims process after lengthy outage
11. City Ordered To Temporarily Halt Dismantling Of Haiku Stairs
12. LOL!  Maui Golf Course Odor Prompts Council To Consider Repealing County Pesticide Ban
13. Committee denies extension for Kona Vistas
14. Millions of sterile male mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare bird from extinction
15. Meth Addicted Jail Guard went to Game Room Before Killing Mother

1. These Hawaii Cities Have the Highest and Lowest Cost of Living in 2024
2. Will US Supreme Court Hear 'Spirit of Aloha' Gun Rights Case?
3. Hawaii seeing a summer COVID-19 surge
4. Public funds are paying for Millionaire Miske’s expert witnesses
5. SB3202: The Honolulu City Council Fought A Bill Requiring Greater Neighborhood Density. Now It Must Carry It Out
6. Bill 23: Honolulu ethics panel lauds bill clarifying gift-giving rules
7. Community Foundation Takes Stock With Millions In Maui Strong Funds Still To Spend
8. Maui crackdown on overgrown vegetation poised to include big fines and even criminal prosecution
9. Maui Will Likely Need To Keep Lahaina Fire Debris In Temporary Landfill Much Longer Than Expected
10. Report: New medical facility needed in Kailua-Kona
11. Hawaii Co Drugged-Driving arrests questioned; county auditor forwards complaint to Police Commission
12. Soft on Crime: 17-Time loser Out on Streets—Does it Again

1. The Political Machine has decreed that there will be no Mayoral Forum in Oahu.
2. Finances of accused Hawaii crime boss examined during racketeering trial
3. Top Lobbyists Steer ‘Initiatives’ inside Green Administration
4. Kahikina Sets up Hanabusa to take Fall when Bids Come in High for Next Section of Rail
5. CRI is not voice of the people in Red Hill fiasco
6. Hawaii hotel occupancy fell in May as softness continued
7. Deputy sheriff arrested on harassment charges
8. Do Hackers Have Your Holo Card Data?
9. Hawaii Lowest Paid Nurses in USA
10. Unlicensed Care Homes Dodge Increased Enforcement In 'Cat And Mouse Game'
11. Four Candidate Residency Challenges Dismissed

The Political Machine has decreed that there will be no Mayoral Forum in Oahu.

1. Jones Act reform increasingly popular as law's effects become better known
2. Maui Council updates county’s ‘circuit breaker’ home tax credit
3. OHA has a New COO
4. ‘Land Trust’ Schemes to Grab Control of 100% of Lahaina Properties
5. Lahaina Fire Victims Could Build Temporary Homes In The Burn Zone If This Bill Passes
6. As outages continue Gov. Green wants HECO to stay strong
7. Green: Aloha Stadium Developer to be Announced Soon
8. Recidivism News: Sandwich Isles Communications Broke The Law When It Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands
9. Lee Loy candidacy confirmed
10. FBI, police investigating following extended ‘network outage’ at organization that runs TheBus
11. Trial to begin for ex-OCCC officer in 2016 murder, kidnapping case

1. Hawaii 2nd-Most Over-touristed State
2. Hawaii Beer Taxes 4th-Highest in USA
3. 7 Reasons $1 Million Will Only Last You 9 Years in Retirement in Hawaii
4. How Miske Allegedly Bribed DPP Employees
5. Censorship: House Republicans Forbidden to Quote Democrats
6. Tokuda, Case Demand DoD pay for Sex-Change Surgery for the Troops
7. Lahaina: 215 households still living in the emergency hotel program
8. Hawaii Spends More on Pre-K, Just Cannibalizing Private Preschools
9. Hawaii 2^nd-Worst State for fast Food Operators
10. Independent Monitor Warns $11 Million State IT Project Is In Jeopardy And Could Fail
11. Transfer of former Navy land in Kalaeloa falls through

1. How Urban Planning Made Honolulu 'Impossibly Unaffordable'
2. Can Hawaii afford its new income tax cuts?
3. Budgeting Backwards
4. Honolulu Inflation Picking Up Again
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 15, 2024
6. Honolulu Rail: It’s looking like a game of blame avoidance if the civic center bids come in over budget
7. Maui County trying to block AG interview related to 2018 Hurricane Lane wildfires
8. Sandwich Isles Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands Despite Orders Not To
9. Maui Is Mapping Its Wetlands To Block Lahaina Reconstruction
10. Crooks and Cromies: “time to set a place for all of them at the dinner table”
11. 2024 Hawaiʻi County ‘primaries should be a raucous affair’
12. 2024 Kauai Primary Election: ‘The real suspense is in this year’s Kaua‘i County Council race’
13. Will Paid Protesters Stop Second Surf Park?
14. Plans to demolish former PBS building provoke tempers at UH Board of Regents

1. Insular Cases: "Reject efforts to change the political status of American Samoa"
2. School Choice: Hawaii ranks no. 31 in 2024 Parent Power index
3. Lahaina Burn Zone Water Service Partially Restored
4. Will US Supreme Court Hear 'Spirit of Aloha' Gun Rights Case?
5. Poor reliability could mean penalties for HECO
6. HART ‘third rail’ to be energized to Middle Street
7. With more than 100 patrol cars on backorder, HPD officers report delays getting on the road
8. Injunction: Haiku Stairs group files appellate case

1. $11.3B Loss: Elimination of TVRs Would Drive Hawaii into Economic Depression
2. Geanna Bradley Coverup: Witness Handed Over to Alleged Killer's Family
3. ‘If you are paying into the income tax, you are going to feel this cut’
4. Hawaii Congressional Leaders Deny Supporting Shutdown Of Red Hill Oversight Panel
5. Survey: Maui Fire Survivors Cite Urgent Financial Needs And Housing Instability As Major Concerns
6. MECO Meetings & Events: Lahaina Fire - Bill Suspensions - Future Plans
7.  ‘This is a broken system’: Effort to reform Child Welfare Services gains momentum
8. 500 HSTA Members Set to Get $8,000 each—it won’t work so we need to give them more money
9. The History And Challenge Of Searching For A UH President
10. Billionaire’s Minions Miffed: The Little People Just Won’t Give up Their Cars

1. Lawsuit Challenges Honolulu Concealed-Carry Rules
2. 22% of Hawaii 8^th graders proficient in math
3. HD43 Rep Souza Rejected by Court in Bid to Silence Opponent
4. Law enforcement witnesses called to testify as Miske defense team seeks to sow doubt
5. EPA To Disband Sierra Club Controlled Red Hill Oversight Group
6. Lee Loy candidacy challenged: Petitioners claim her main residence is in a different district
7. Family of Hilo teen fatally struck by police officer claims investigators lied in official report
8. Black Sand, Kobayashi First to be Subsidized by ‘Affordable’ Housing Program
9. City expands homeless services with new Le'ahi Behavioral & Medical Respite facility

1. Civil Beat Publisher Monopolizes Federal Trade Commission
2. Green: Civil Beat Publisher will Steer Hawaii's Applications for Federal Funds
3. Six Feet Under: UH Doubles Sea Level Rise Projection (again)
4. Hawaii's Medicaid coverage for palliative care expected to save the state money
5. Court stays six Red Hill lawsuits until verdict is reached in recent trial
6. SB2516: HGEA Power Grab forced State CIO to Resign
7. 'Inappropriate behavior' alleged in lawsuit against top officials at Department of Law Enforcement
8. Honolulu Finally Fires Electrical Inspector Who Approved His Own Jobs
9. CNHA Next Scheme: Buy a Hotel
10. ‘Complete Streets’ -- Omidyar Activists Push to Control Agenda-Driven State Council
11. Activists decry Hawaii’s ‘timid’ stance on cockfighting as they push for tougher laws nationwide
12. State moves forward with plan to acquire HPU’s former Windward Oahu home
13. DHHL Is Finding It's Not So Easy To Just Buy An Apartment Building For Families On The Homelands Waitlist
14. Insanity: 27 new units for homeless crazies sit vacant for 2½ years

1. Crooks and Cronies on the Move in Primary Races
2. Judge pares down charges against accused Hawaii crime boss
3. Green: Civil Beat Publisher will Steer Hawaii's Applications for Federal Funds
4. Crime Pays:  Total Hits $24M--Honolulu to pay another $7M for ‘injuries’ in 2021 Makaha police chase
5. Rep. Micah Aiu Wrongly Claims Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Property Tax Exemptions
6. A Return To Lahaina? Camping Out On His Vacant Lot Sounds Perfect To This Fire Victim
7. FEMA extends hotel shelters through end of June—600 still in hotels
8. Land Use Commission Members and Developer Blame CWRM For Stalled Housing Project Near Lahaina
9. 'It's everywhere' labor shortage plaguing every industry
10. Why does power keep going out in Waipio?
11. BWS: COVID related water stagnation behind legionella bacteria detected at federal building
12. DHHL Plan: Use 1,300 acres to create 73 lots
13. Porn Producer Blackmails Hawaii Viewers

1. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 8, 2024
2. 2025 HART operating budget -- $123 per rider per day
3. First-term state lawmaker Sen. Brenton Awa stands out as unconventional
4. Supreme Court asks Biden administration for feedback on Hawaii Big Oil lawsuit
5. Kawananakoa Estate: “Many have been watching where the money ends up”
6. Japanese seek to unload unused timeshare units in Hawaii
7. Six ‘Core 24’ Hawaii County Council Candidates Coordinate
8. 1 in 5 Hawaii residents experience domestic violence, new study finds
9. Soft on Crime: Alleged sex offender gets out, allegedly does it again

1. Lahaina: Hundreds Remaining in Hotels to be Kicked Out Monday, June 10
2. Hawaii has a lot of room for new ideas
3. Some History Behind the Newly Enacted Healthcare GET Exemption
4. Kaneshiro Says He Needs a Pay Off – do you owe him?
5. Kahele Running to Make OHA Corruption Autonomous
6. Waters seals the getaway in City Council pay heist
7. Maui Can't Seem To Keep A County Finance Director On The Job
8. Four Maui County incumbents uncontested for re-election—‘Progressives’ target Cook in push to regain majority, block Lahaina from rebuilding
9. Pandering: Maui mayor pushes back against proposed new telescopes atop Haleakala
10. Hawaii student FAFSA applications down 20%
11. Unaffordable: Low-income rental tower mostly vacant after October
12. Bums Cause Many Fires Above Paia
13. Lawsuit over lack of Mental health care in Jails
14. North Shore Homeowners Face Fines Of Nearly $1 Million For Fighting Erosion