1. NYT Looks at Honolulu Rail: Why U.S. Infrastructure Is So Expensive
2. Gender Queer: DoE Makes Gay Blowjob Book Available in School Libraries
3. The New County TAT Earmarks Aren’t the Real Problem
4. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 18, 2021
5. Kauai Judicial Vacancy – District Judge, District Court of the Fifth Circuit
6. Rail: Next Step is to Con You into Allowing them to Build Backwards, thus ensuring full completion to Ala Moana at any cost 
7. Contested case hearing on state’s order to suspend operations at Red Hill planned for Monday
8. Guam, America’s Forgotten Territory, Is New Front Line Against China  
9. Hawaii records 2 new coronavirus-related deaths, 972 additional infections

1. Who will be left to pay OHA Rent? Legislators Recommend Removing All Observatories from Maunakea Permanently
2. State Closing COVID Quarantine Facilities -- Says Delta, Omicron too Fast
3. Navy has been Blocked from Flushing out Water Lines for Two Weeks  
4. Kahele: Fuel Spill Caused by Operator Error
5. Hawaii records 3 new coronavirus-related deaths, 707 additional infections
6. A media tidbit from the new book about the Kealoha corruption case
7. Former HPD recruit: Injury caused by embattled commander years ago was a red flag
8. 6 men accused of violent takeover of OHA headquarters indicted on multiple felonies
9. Data shows repairs to Koko Crater trail significantly reduced emergency rescue calls

1. COVID is back: 797 New Cases Today--None backlogged
2. VIDEO: SHOPO Elects new Leaders after Alm Endorsement Backfires
3. Hawaii Unemployment Drops to 6% for November
4. COVID: Hawaii 3rd Safest State
5. Kauai Judicial Applicants Sought
6. Honolulu most expensive car rental destination for Christmas
7. UHERO: Renewed international travel restrictions reduce near-term visitor outlook
8. Water system testing since Nov. 29 shows no contamination above acceptable standards: Navy & DoH agree  
9. DoE FAIL: Nearly 20% of Hawaii high school students not on track to graduate
10. Rats Jump Sinking Railroad: Two More Stepping Down From HART Board
11. SHOPO Elections End In Shake-up For Union Leadership
12. Soft on Crime Crowd Invents New Jail Price Tag in Effort to Keep Criminals on Street
13. Island of Retaliation: Former litigant responds to Iseri’s claims that lawsuits were planned to derail 2012 election
14. AntiVax Activism Consumes AntiGMO Movement
15. Impeachment Charges Filed Against CNMI Governor
16. Hawaii Planned Parenthood affiliate ousts CEO for use of N-word

1. DOH: All Water Tests Below DoH Action Level
2. Case: NDAA Mandates Repair of Red Hill Pipes
3. First Anniversary of COVID Vaccine in Hawaii
4. Fatal Drug Overdoses on the Rise in Hawaii
5. Soaring Unfunded Pension Liabilities Threaten Taxpayers
6. Honolulu--Lowest Charitable Giving in USA
7. Inmate set up to be Killed For ‘Being A Snitch’ In Miske Case
8. Pandering: Honolulu City Council pretends to defuel Red Hill
9. City Finalizing Deal With Consultant To Help Select The Next Honolulu Police Chief
10. Saiki Shut Down Rail Audit -- Now Seeks to Blame Kondo
11. The old stadium couldn’t support itself, so what makes people think this will be any different?
12. Teen defying odds after being paralyzed in crash blamed on HPD officers
13. Newly sworn in MPD chief, deputy chief must now tackle challenge of filling vacancies
14. Kauai Drug Addicts Rise from Dead 23 Times
15. A New Program To Help Homeless People On Oahu creates 30 positions
16. Green Energy Group Ranks Honolulu Among The ‘Most Improved’ Cities
17. As Usual, the Maui Council’s Latest ‘Affordable Housing’ Scheme is Illegal
18. Dentists Could Soon Find It Easier To Move To Hawaii Under Proposed Bill

1. Hawaii Ethics and Audit Function at Lowest Level in Years
2. Blangiardi signs bill to recover lost Transient Accommodations Tax revenue and give it to Rail
3. City Sends 2022 Real Property Assessments -- Average Increase 11.6%
4. Sierra Club Moves to Intervene in DoH Red Hill Hearing
5. FBI Investigating Cyber Attack Against TheBus and TheHandi-Van
6. Hawaii Proud Boys Founder Sued over January 6 Attack on Congress
7. Cato: Hawaii second least-free state in USA
8. How the Murder Rate in Hawaii Compares to the Rest of the Country
9. How Consumer Debt in Hawaii Changed During the Pandemic
10. COVID Funds Buy Buildings for Non-Profits
11. Rail Budget Could Buy a Tesla for Every Household on Oahu
12. Stadium proposals postponed: NASED too busy lobbying Legislature
13. Kalani Hao To Be Honolulu’s New Fire Department Chief
14. Antonov to Fly Giant Water Filters from Detroit to Hawaii
15. DOH to decide if BWS, Sierra Club can participate in Red Hill (pretend) contested case hearing
16. ‘Green Fee’: Star-Adv Pushing Unconstitutional Entry Tax for Hawaii
17. Legislative Maneuver Coming?  Proposed Sites For Oahu’s New Landfill Would Threaten Drinking Water, Officials Say
18. Military Families Who Sued Over Kaneohe Soil Contamination Get Another Day In Court
19. Honolulu tech officials on ‘extreme alert’ but say city’s computer networks are safe
20. Special election ballot processing begins on Kaua‘i

1. COVID: UH Faculty Win Six More Months of Telework
2. HSTA: Union Contract Supersedes COVID Emergency Orders
3. HSTA: Pandemic Relief Money Can Go Into Our Pockets
4. Blangiardi Says ‘We Don’t Have Enough Money’ To Take Rail To Ala Moana
5. BWS: Latest test results show no sign of contamination in public water system
6. Former HPD chief admits she had no evidence of overtime abuse against former union leader
7. Desperate to Save our Precious Incumbents, Protesters Attack Reapportionment Plan
8. Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Emergency Medical Services, Queens Hospital report cyberattacks on employee data
9. Tulsi Gabbard Fame Seeker
10. More Homeless Mayhem in Chinatown

1. Former University of Guam Professor Sentenced in Bid-Rigging Scheme
2. Navy gives inside look of cleanup efforts at Red Hill Shaft
3. Why So Many Hawaii Families Are Opting Out Of The Public School System
4. Honolulu police, FBI investigate cyberattack as TheBus, Handi-Van sites inaccessible
5. Independent Audit Alleges $2M Discrepancy In Hanauma Bay Funds
6. The Spigot Of Federal Broadband Funding Is About To Open For Hawaii

1. Foreign Trade Zone Kerfuffle
2. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted December 11, 2021
3. COVID Brings More Students to Hawaii
4. Red Hill: BWS Bargaining Position
5. TMT Top Project in Decadal Survey
6. Spying and Taxes: Proposal to charge environmental fee to come to Hawaii
7. DHHL Will Build 300-400 Homes Per Year
8. Anxiety And Depression: Youth Mental Health Got Worse During The Pandemic
9. Republican Party current leading faction increasingly embracing its Nazi fringe

1. Takings, PASH, and the Changing Coastal Environment
2. Omicron? DoH Investigating COVID Cluster at Gay Nightclub
3. DOH: Red Hill Shaft Diesel at 350 Times Limit
4. NextHealth Fined $58K for Conducting COVID Testing 
5. Maui: Property Tax Relief for Long-Time Families in SMA
6. Defendant in Miske racketeering case seeking release to Custody of former Miske Employee
7. Ala Wai Boondoggle Would Have Been Useless Against This Week’s Flooding
8. Rail Plan: Start Building from Ala Moana Mall
9. Anti-Vaxxers Fall Waaaay Short on Maui Mayor Recall Petition
10. Navy says fuel contamination at Red Hill Shaft from Nov 20 spill with no indications of long term problem     
11. BWS: Halawa shaft could be shut down for years, even permanently, amid water contamination crisis

1. COVID Recovery: Hawaii Ranks 45th
2. Biden: WHIAANHPI Will Save Hawaiians
3. Billionaire Helps Solar Developers Grab More Ag Land 
4. City launches first-ever chatbot with voice recognition for customer services
5. Monsanto Agrees to Plead Guilty to Illegally Using Pesticide at Corn Growing Fields in Hawaii 
6. UH regents schedule first meeting on new Maunakea Master Plan
7. How Does Hawaii’s DOE Deal With Child Molesting Teachers?
8. Congress wants Hawaii missile defense radar up and running by end of 2028
9. Boom in Housing Prices Helps Hawaii More Than Any Other State
10. Contaminated Water Complaints Spread to Pearl City 
11. Navy Challenges DoH Water Test Results
12. In wake of well shutdowns, BWS asks residents to use water wisely to avoid restrictions
13. GPS data now evidence against HPD officers accused of chasing car, fleeing crash scene
14. Juvenile Mental Health Patients Quadruple
15. New Hawaii County Council maps set for public hearings

1. Ige Appoints Holly T.M. Shikada Attorney General
2. City waives fees and allows storm damage work to begin immediately
3. Navy Discovers Contamination at a Second Shaft
4. Greenhouse Gas Loopholes Will Save Humanity
5. Usual Anti-Military Suspects Sense Opportunity
6. Honolulu rail new plan to repair gap between rail wheels and track
7. Hawaii Co Council passes 3% TAT: New hotel tax makes up for state cuts
8. How To Get The Honolulu Police Commission Moving On New Chief
9. Tour companies lose permits for Saturday tours on Wailua River
10. CSO one step closer to decommissioning
11. Possible cyberattack takes down TheBus, Handi-Van servers

1. Navy: State has no Authority over Red Hill Tanks
2. Attack on Auditor Shows Belatti is a Lousy Lawyer
3. HART Agrees To Install Equipment To Mitigate Electricity Issues
4. Senate Confirms Connors To Serve As US Attorney For Hawaii
5. Hele-On could become free

1. Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy
2. Two More Omicron Cases Detected in Hawaii
3. Hawaii’s Healthcare Shortage: Hawaii Island Residents Concerned
4. Ethics: Officials Quietly form Non-Profit to Contract with their Department
5. $1.275M UH Buyout Would be Record: University of Hawaii's football team is miserable. Players say the culprit is head coach Todd Graham.
6. It Could Cost $10B and 30 years For The Navy To Move Red Hill Fuel
7. Navy temporarily suspends Red Hill fuel tank operations (sort of)
8. Ex-Maui police officer convicted of federal crimes arrested again in child sex sting
9. Lawsuit Alleges Honolulu Police Shot, Killed Thief and Thug With No Justification
10. Voter service center opens, ballots coming in for Kaua‘i special election
11. The median price of a single-family home on Oahu jumps to $1,050,000 from $872,500
12. More data on entities registered in international tax havens
13. University of Hawaii's football team is miserable. Players say the culprit is head coach Todd Graham.

1. Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy
2. ‘Catastrophic’ Red Hill Failure Could Lead to Development Moratorium
3. Gov. Ige joins Hawaii’s congressional delegation in calling for immediate Red Hill fuel storage closure
4. A crisis of care
5. Veto Bill 135: Sunscreen policy calls for thoughtful patience, not fear
6. The amount of heroin confiscated by police has increased nearly sevenfold since 2020

1. OHA Report: Graft is ‘Courageous and Commendable’
2. Ending Government by Fiat
3. Legislature to Resume Awarding Grants-In-Aid
4. Kauai Wipes out 1,450 illegal TVRs
5. Five Ways To Make The Hawaii Legislature More Accountable
6. Navy water sampling at Red Hill well showed petroleum contamination months ago
7. Mayor Rick Blangiardi and Honolulu City Council dodge a rail reckoning with bogus math
8. Meadow Gold seeks to expand processing plant
9. Council considers legislative priorities: Lifeguards, fees, fines, Juneteenth top list
10. ‘The Other Pearl Harbor’ of data and seizure reverberates in today’s surveillance capitalism

1. Omicron Detected in Hawaii--plus three more cases suspected 
2. Makahiki Stargazing Festival
3. Hawaii Is No Paradise if You Need Medical Care
4. Rail Bailout Comes at Expense of Other City Operations
5. State Sen. Fevella asks Gov. David Ige to address Hawaii prison shortages
6. Hawaii’s congressional delegation wants Gov. Ige to request a presidential emergency declaration over Red Hill
7. BWS shuts down its Halawa shaft as a precaution following Navy water system contamination
8. Lahaina Injection  Wells--What’s Next?
9. Supreme Court Disallows Evidence of Kahala Beach Stabbing

1. Omicron Detected in Hawaii
2. Oahu's new 'tourism tax' will affect residents, too
3. What Hawaii must do to recover financially
4. UH: 96% of our Students Believe Eco-Religion
5. Makahiki Stargazing Festival
6. FAIL: State charges against Miske co-defendant tossed out by judge (again)
7. The Search For The Next Honolulu Police Chief Follows Kealoha Model
8. One of Higa’s Cronies out at Na Leo
9. HNN sent water from the Navy’s lines to a private lab. Here’s what they found.
10. Analysis Reveals How Much Covid Hurt Local Restaurants
11. Why Hawaii Needs A 'Legacy Admissions Index' For Schools

1. DBEDT: State Economic Performance Better Than Expected
2. Health Department Detects Petroleum Product in Navy Water System
3. Third Saint from Kalaupapa? Bishops Advance cause of Brother Joseph Dutton
4. Fed Wreck's Back--And Guess Who is Pushing it
5. How Ige's Latest COVID Emergency Proclamation Affects Sunshine Law
6. Ige Seeking Two BLNR Nominees
7. Meals & Mahalo Nui to the Heroes of the Pandemic
8. Elder-Abuse: Hawaii Rankings Mixed
9. Hawaii Ranks #2 for Potholes
10. How Much Do You Need To Be ‘Rich’ in Hawaii?
11. Another Big Tax Hike to Fund Rail: Honolulu Council Approves 3% Hotel Tax For Oahu-and they already say it’s not enough
12. Fearing Contamination, Honolulu Has Slowed Pumping At A Well Near Red Hill
13. To Steal a House Seat for Themselves, Big Island Democrats Threaten Lawsuit to Exclude Military Dependents from Count
14. Honolulu Police Commission to be subject of city audit
15. Collusion and High Prices: Supreme Court to hear Paeahu Solar Case
16. GoPros, Wheelbarrows And Foie Gras: CNMI Governor’s Spending Under Investigation
17. Harsh Reality -- Carbon Taxes Promote Deforestation
18. More Hawaii tourist hotspots will soon require reservations
19. Tour operators suffer due to lack of workers
20. Hawaii ranks in top six states for health care for racial and ethnic groups
21. Honolulu Housing Authority Third Director in Two Months
22. Police commission approves taxpayer-funded defense for officers who fatally shot teen
23. In effort to reduce crime, police clear out homeless drug addicts’ encampment on Kauai

1. One Year After $4M Insider Cacao Loss--KS to 'Invest' in More Food-Related Schemes
2. U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Orders Red Hill Investigation 
3. SHOPO Contract Organizes Officers to Get Their Stories Together With Union Rep Before Filing Reports…and Much More
4. PSD Corruption Undermines HOPE Probation Program
5. Hawaii is the ‘most hostile health environment to practice in,’ physician says
6. Hickam Water System Fuel Connected to Water Well Beneath Red Hill Tanks?
7. Hawaii State Representative's DUI Trial Set for Next Week

1. Slightly Lower Vaccination Numbers After State DOH Tech Upgrade
2. State Completes implementation of new electronic time and leave system
3. October, 2021 Visitor Spending Down 15.3% from 2019
4. Convicted Cop In Kealoha Case Gets His Job Back In Arbitration--With Back Pay
5. Blindspots in network of child protections probed in wake of Isabella Kalua murder
6. Lehua and Isaac Kalua plead not guilty to murder, other charges in death of adopted daughter
7. Hilo couple faces felony child abuse charges
8. UPW Overtime Games Cause unsafe conditions:  Senator makes surprise prison inspection
9. Legislative push-back could follow “gut and replace” ruling
10. Hawaii officials advise all users of Navy’s water system to avoid using water for drinking, cooking, or oral hygiene
11. After 18 months, Puuhonua o Waianae completes first house
12. Hawaii County Cost of Government Commission to convene

Illegal Fireworks Profit ILWU Stevedores

1. Illegal Fireworks Profit ILWU Stevedores
2. Major Stephen Gerona Oversaw HPD Inaction on Isabella Kalua Case --  Accused of Sex Harassment Against Male
3. Political Corruption: What the Honolulu Council Isn’t Doing About it
4. Ige Trick: DOE Grabs $10.3m in COVID Aid from Private Schools
5. On politics and money
6. Adoptive parents of Isabell 'Ariel' Kalua to appear in court Today
7. Honolulu’s Vacation Rental Crackdown May Hurt The North Shore Surfing Scene
8. Kauai County proposal would triple garbage collection fees to pay for More Fake Recycling
9. Maui Plastic Ban Effective January 1
10. Island of Retaliation: Kauai County’s insurance premiums rising 28%
11. Lynn Finnegan should make it a point to recruit competent people as Republican Candidates

1. Tax Isn’t a Peanut Butter Cup
2. Halawa, Kalihi Affordable Housing Slow-Walked to keep prices high 
3. Science should honor the answer: ‘No’ -- Unless They Pay $50M Rent
4. Rail Witch’s Brew
5. Ambulance charges may increase on Oahu as city seeks money
6. Hawaii’s first tiny home project for the homeless ready for residents

1. Conservative Rankings of Hawaii State Legislators --2020 Session
2. Safest States During COVID: Hawaii Ranks 10th
3. Study Estimates 870 Vegans Live in Hawaii
4. Cronyism 101:  New PRP program offers training in politics, and profitable nonprofit advocacy
5. Navy Leak Not Related to Red Hill
6. Maui: Applications to be available next week for ‘aina kupuna’ tax relief
7. Kauai County Green Police ask public to report eateries not complying with foam ban

1. How Much Does the Jones Act Cost Hawaii Consumers?
2. Adoptive parents of Isabella Kalua were under financial stress before child’s death
3. Hawaii deputy sheriff uncovers cocaine scheme
4. Deadly, costly crashes lead HPD to consider pursuit policy changes
5. Maui Charter Commission Proposals to go on Ballot
6. Proposed airport hotel on Maui awaiting word on moratorium
7. Lawsuit challenges Meadow Gold’s ‘Made With Aloha’ claims

1. The hidden story of the third Thanksgiving: 1623--giving thanks for freedom
2. HART’s Cheerier Budget Possibilities Invented by Mainland PR Firm
3. Schatz:  $500 million in rail funds still available to throw on bonfire
4. 10% of State Depends on Food Banks
5. State correctional centers COVID clear
6. More Homeless violent crimes play out in Waikiki after Criminals Released for COVID

1. The hidden story of the third Thanksgiving: 1623--giving thanks for freedom
2. Lost Opportunity: Schatz Secures Extension Of $493 Million Honolulu Rail Funding Grant In Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
3. COVID: Ige allows counties to go their own way
4. Blangiardi Eases COVID Restrictions
5. Reapportionment: Statewide Public Hearings Begin November 30
6. ‘A clear red flag’: Records show adoptive parents previously investigated for suspected abuse
7. Ige pushes back against efforts to limit his emergency powers
8. Remove age bias in triage allocation plan
9. 50 Years Later, Hawaii’s Law Requiring Professional Licenses Could Be In For An Overhaul
10. Hawaii County Water Board pushing another massive rate hike
11. Maui County Mulls An Agreement Between Police And US Immigration Agency
12. Maui Antivaxxers will have 20 days to add more signatures 
13. Hawaii Should Abolish the Bar Exam so Even The Dumbest Grads from UH Richardson can become Shysters

1. Hawaii Top Ten Hospitals Ranked for Outcomes, Efficiency
2. Ethics: UH Administrator Finds $9,592.53 in a Forgotten Bank Account
3. Report: Hawaii third-worst millennial homeownership rate in USA
4. HSTA encourages teachers to apply for sabbatical leave
5. Is This the End for Gut and Replace?
6. Abuse reported years before Isabella Kalua’s death 
7. Blangiardi announces lifting capacity requirements for all large events
8. The Prosecution Of Police Misconduct Cases Essentially Stopped During The Pandemic
9. Kaua‘i special election ballots Arriving in Mailboxes Now
10. Maui residents getting a say in how the county reforms its police department
11. ‘Certificate of Need’ Blocks Cancer Center from Lahaina (Again)
12. Maui dermatologist pushes back against new proposed sunscreen ban
13. Key areas of Hawaii Kai would be drawn out of district under new election maps plan
14. Odor from Red Hill fuel release sparks 911 calls

1. Hawaii Ranks 47th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
2. 36,000 travelers flew to Hawaii on Nov. 20; highest number since July
3. Hawaii residents still back pandemic rules, poll finds
4. Blocking Agriculture: Hawaii’s regulations made it “probably the hardest in the country”
5. Navy says 14,000 gallons of fuel and water have spilled from Red Hill
6. Man locked up in Hawaii State Hospital because of mistaken identity files federal lawsuit

1. Tax Workers’ “Get Out of Jail Free” Card
2. City and County of Honolulu to ring in holiday season Dec. 4
3. After Decade, City, State Finally Eliminate Turtle Beach Traffic Jam
4. Hawaii Republicans Elect New Chair
5. Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 20, 2021
6. Harbors Division Accepts Preservationist Bid to Return Falls of Clyde to Scotland
7. Isabella Kalua Coverup Debunked:  HGEA Refusal to Work Meant CWS Virtual Home Visits Only Since March 2020
8. Latest Honolulu rail numbers are a new twist on an old shell game
9. Spying on You: HTA Wants Control of Safe Travels Database
10. Judicial Backlog Easing Now That Jury Trials are Resumed
11. Solar Farm: $1.37M Bribe Makes NIMBYs Go Away

1. COVID-19 regulations aren’t cost-free
2. 'Certificate of Need' stands in way of improving healthcare in Hawaii
3. NOAA considers new marine sanctuary off Hawaiian Islands
4. Mindless Hysteria: Maui County Council Passes Anti-Sunscreen Bill
5. Maui County Will Not Appeal Injection Well Ruling
6. Media bamboozled by more of the rail “smoke and mirrors” treatment
7. Public financing for replacing Aloha Stadium not set yet--Legislators may Approve even More Money
8. DoE Burning $400M--Massive COVID relief money accomplishes absolutely nothing
9. AntiVaxxers Needed 22,000 Signatures to Recall Maui Mayor--Only Got 3,000 
10. UH Marine Biologists Push Back Against Sunscreen Fear Campaign
11. Man accused of sexually assaulting minors while on release in 2018 murder case

1. Extreme Stinginess? A look at Accused Waimanalo Child Killers’ Bankruptcy Case
2. How is Maui Saving Hawaiian Lands?
3. Unemployment Drops to 6.3% for October
4. Sex Trafficking: Federal Grand Jury Issues New Indictment Against Leaders of Philippines-Based Church
5. Ala Wai: Corps of Engineers, City Attempt to Bamboozle Public Again
6. As With Other CWS Disasters, Latest pair of Child Killers Will Likely get Reduced Sentence
7. Miske Co-Defendant Ready to Walk Away Laughing After 5 Years of Court Delays
8. Most Hawaii elementary and middle schoolers are at least one grade level behind, testing shows
9. Spin and No promises: Rail is Hanabusa’s Clown Car
10. Hawaii County Council Approves 3% TAT Hike
11. Dirtier than Coal: PUC RFP Opens Door to Wood pellet Burning at AES
12. Incoming Maui deputy chief avoided past domestic violence charges
13. Once Again, the ACLU Whines About Saving the Huge Mounds of Garbage Accumulated by Drug Addicted Vagrants

1. Legislative Agenda: Bills to Ban Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles by 2030
2. Alaska: The Jones Act's original victim
3. 2021’s Most Obese States--Hawaii 47th
4. Rail Wheel Replacement will Keep Line Shut Down Until at Least August, 2022, to hide lack of ridership
5. Council Approve 3% TAT Hike--Half to pay for Rail ‘In Perpetuity’
6. Bill 41: Could Wipe out Thousands of Oahu Vacation Rentals
7. Reasons behind Honolulu's building permit backlog
8. Grand jury indicts adoptive parents for ‘heinous’ murder of 6-year-old Isabella ‘Ariel’ Kalua
9. Honolulu Fire Commission Restarts Search For Department Chief
10. New Maui chief picks deputy from Las Vegas
11. HPD Says It Will Take A Fresh Look At Its Vehicle Pursuit Policy
12. No opioid epidemic talk at Honolulu ex-prosecutor’s brother’s trial
13. Pentagon again struggles to produce ‘clean’ audit of sprawling operations

1. State Democratic Chair Announces Plan to Avert Anti-Vaxxer Takeover of Party
2. Ige Announces $365M in CIP
3. $40M Police COVID Ticket Overtime Sets New Record--Leaves Taxpayers On The Hook For Jacked Up Pensions
4. Agency charged with protecting at-risk keiki grappling with funding issues, staff shortages
5. Affordable Housing Latest Excuse for Slush Fund
6. Demolition of Aloha Stadium not happening until 2023 at earliest
7. HART Finds Excuses to Keep Rail Shut Down until July-2022--Build Back Bidener will Make Rail Even More Expensive
8. Lies: As Council Votes on TAT Hike for Rail -- Hanabusa Claims Oahu’s rail deficit could be cut in half
9. O’ahu 600 MW Floating Wind Turbine Study Released--Waikiki Remains Prime Target for Development
10. Come January, Hawaii residents will be allowed to carry Tasers in public
11. Kitty Simonds is an effective advocate for the commercial fishing fleet--That’s Why the Enviros are Attacking Her
12. Tiny Homes for Homeless Cost $116K Per Unit
13. Waimanalo Bumfight: One Dead, One Arrested
14. Hawaii To Update Unemployment Application After Federal Investigation
15. Hawaii County Council to consider ban on pesticide at Some County Facilities

1. Government regulations get thumbs down in Hawaii survey
2. State Financial Reports 84% Transparent
3. Kauai: Dude Allegedly Freaks out After Trailer Refused at Transfer Station
4. Pirate Law
5. Council Bill 39 -- $185M Tax Giveaway to Solar Schemers   
6. What Salary Records Tell Us About Who ‘Earns’ The Big Bucks In The DOE
7. Certificate of need stands in way of West Maui hospital
8. How Rail Will Get Millions from Build Back Better
9. Biological family of Isabella 'Ariel' Kalua considering legal action against state
10. Christopher Deedy Won’t Face Third Trial For 2011 Shooting
11. Hawaii’s pandemic travel rules could remain into next year
12. Spying on You: Did they change the rules for Saturday’s University of Hawaii football game?
13. At least 10,000 keiki have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
14. Hawaii County council districts slowly taking shape
15. Hawaii ranks last for finding lung cancer early
16. $6 for a gallon of gas: Hawaii’s most rural islands paying more for basic goods
17. Enviros Smell Opportunity After ‘Damning’ Audit Of Pacific Fisheries Fund
18. ‘Cash Grab or Moneymaker’ -- Second Charter School in violation of charter contract

1. Stabbings, Kidnapping and Feces: Homeless Drug Addicts Trash State Libraries
2. Fewer visitors to Oahu in 2020 did not cause significant drop in electricity, water and sewer consumption
3. Pushing Family Windfarm, Gary Gill Returns To Politics In Bid For State House
4. US Lawmakers Warn The Clock Is Ticking On COFA Negotiations
5. ‘Our keiki deserve it’: Calls grow for tougher sentencing in child murder cases
6. Condominium owners face steep costs to comply with fire safety measures
7. Hawaii Is Getting Even More Expensive. We Need To Do Something About That
8. UH students protest outside TKE house after alleged drugging incidents
9. Attorney: My Lawsuit cured COVID in Hawaii prisons 

1. NOT the End of Gut-n-Replace
2. Most Charitable States -- Hawaii 41st
3. Secret Boondoggle Revealed to Public After 7 Years of Planning: ‘$100s of Millions’ for Mililani Tech Center with Hotel, Retail
4. This Deputy Sheriff Was Twice Accused Of Sex Assault And Fired. Then He Got His Job Back
5. Politicians So Unqualified they don’t even measure up to the Lt Gov ‘job’
6. Union Election: UPW Tries to Find Leaders Crafty Enough to Avoid Being Indicted for a while
7. Radio telescopes could be built on Big Island
8. Civil Beat: It’s Washboard Journalism, Not Plagiarism

1. Police Allege Isabella Kalua Duct-Taped and Locked in Dog Cage Before Death
2. ‘Community Based Energy’: $27.5M in GEMS for Hawaii Democratic Party Officials, Maui Councilmember 
3. Strike Halted, Tentative Agreement Reached Between Alliance Unions and Kaiser Permanente
4. DOH: 93% of people who died from COVID in Hawaii this year were unvaccinated
5. 'Hawaii’s public agencies are not little politburos' -- Don’t gag public servants
6. Honolulu police sergeant arrested for sex assault
7. Federal Jury Awards $7M To Woman Assaulted In Court Cellblock In Hawaii
8. Shooting Review Board Says Officers Were Justified In Killing Honolulu Man After Chase
9. ‘Man’ Beat Rap on Shooting Last Girlfriend, now charged with assault, kidnapping of new girlfriend
10. Plan to reapportion electoral districts up for review
11. Capacity limits lifted, though change ‘not much help’ to some
12. State’s largest solar-battery project gets green light

1. Survey shows concern about government spending and debt
2. Hawaii Supreme Court Guts-And-Replaces The Legislature's "Gut-And-Replace" Switcheroo
3. HGEA, UPW Prison Rape Cover up: Whistleblower Alleges Prison Officials Lied to Feds
4. The latest on the federal probe into ex-city prosecutor
5. FBI agents begin digging up Waimanalo yard in search for the remains of missing girl
6. Support for County TAT Hike Drops Sharply When People Find out it will be wasted on Rail
7. DOH warns lack of proper vaccine reporting can harm state’s supply of doses
8. Kaiser Contract Negotiations Stall, Setting The Stage For A Strike

1. VIDEO: Police Allege Isabella Kalua Killed One Month Before Disappearance Reported
2. Applicants sought for Maui County Boards and Commissions
3. Cesspools: Four Years Later EPA Fines Hawaii County Again
4. Spying on You: Hawaii Insurer Testing 'Accident Predictive System' Based on 'Drive Recorder' in Cars
5. Former Kauai County Council member will serve at least 15 years in drug trafficking case
6. Josh Green Raises Money On Mainland For Hawaii Governor’s Race
7. Can Hawaii Complete an Energy Revolution by 2030?
8. DoTax Sues Oil Refiner for $10s of Millions in back Taxes
9. Department of Education finds no bias in how girl’s arrest was handled
10. Short-term rental bill advances despite ‘confusion’
11. Rapist Beats Conviction Thanks to Hawaii Supreme Court

1. Full Text: HPD Point-by-Point Debunk of ACLU After Arrest of 10-Year-Old Girl
2. 7,000 Legal Vacation Rentals on Maui in Jeopardy
3. Judge tosses claims over King’s Hawaiian rolls packaging
4. VIDEO: Police Deploy Flash-Bangs, Arrest Isabella Kalua’s adoptive parents
5. Kauai Councilmember Helped Recovering Addict Get Started on Meth Again
6. In Hawaii, Punishment For Bad Cops Often Doesn’t Stick. and they get 100K Payouts When Rehired
7. ‘Gut and replace’ not Fully Gutted by Supreme Court Ruling
8. Another Solar Project Runs into Supply Chain Problems
9. HART Finds Excuses to Keep Rail Shut Down until Mid-2022
10. The latest attempt to rein in unregulated vacation rental units could put Waikiki residential units at risk.
11. Whistleblower Says The Navy Gave False Testimony About Red Hill Fuel Facility
12. Proposed Updates To Federal Fishing Law Target Wespac
13. Kauai Styrofoam Ban Takes Effect January 1
14. Ed Case pressured to Help Biden Burn US Treasury to Ground (again)

1. State Launches ABLE Savings Program for Disabled
2. ​Kalihi Uka Elementary hosts first HIDOE school-based vaccination clinic for elementary students
3. Oahu Ambulances may now take patients to urgent care
4. Alleged Miske Gangster About to Walk Away Laughing (again)
5. Djou: Lessons For Democrats, Republicans And Hawaii From The Mainland Election
6. How Rail Got to $12.45 Billion and 11 Years Late
7. With restrictions eased, experts say Hawaii could soon see ‘wave’ of international travelers
8. DOH: No current plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccine in Hawaii public schools
9. Union: Lack of security to blame for worrisome rise in assaults on Queen’s nurses
10. Crash involving off-duty Hawaii Island police officer under investigation
11. 8 Felonies in 12 Years--Surprise: He Does it Again!
12. Never-Ending Pork for Solar and Wind Developers: Hawaii governor urges bolder climate action: Net zero is 'not good enough'
13. Ala Wai pork project back on the table

1. Good riddance to ‘gut and replace’
2. Whistle-blower complaint: Higa Admits Guilt but Cronies Still Running Na Leo
3. Proposed Hawaii Tourism Authority board rule criticized as ‘gag order’
4. Details of 2019 Maui jail riot that caused $5.3 million in damage still being withheld
5. The End Of Gut-And-Replace Won't Be Enough To Stop The Legislative Sausage
6. What we’re doing is we’re increasing the cost of homes through ‘climate adaptation’
7. Housing Price ‘Solution’?  Nope. Just Another Tax Increase
8. City council considering bill to crackdown on short-term rentals in Honolulu
9. Flacking for Wind Developers, Feds Propose to Downlist Hawaiian Hoary Bats 

1. Hawaii: Highest Cost of Moving up to Home Ownership
2. Rolling Blackouts Coming: HECO Doubles Down on Promise to Close Coal Plant
3. What is the Passenger Vessel Services Act? 
4. Hike Traffic Fines for Profit
5. Build Back Porkier: Rail, Ala Wai Flood, and More
6. How Long Can Gov. Ige Keep Invoking His Emergency Powers?
7. Prosecutors reviewing 7 shootings by Honolulu police officers
8. Honolulu Police Department’s defensiveness threatens both police and community
9. For HPD, Flubs Mean Never Having To Say You're Sorry
10. Keith Amemiya joins race for lieutenant governor
11. CORE team responds to homeless medical needs in urban Honolulu
12. Telescope Payoffs Being Negotiated Now
13. TED Talks are a Pay for Play Scam
14. Stumbles for Democrats on mainland spark enthusiasm among Hawaii Republican Party

1. DoH Orders Embry Health to Stop COVID Testing
2. JSC Announces Seven Judicial Vacancies
3. Hawaii Republican State Committee to Elect New Chair
4. Federal eyes on Honolulu Police Department?
5. Redistricting process upsets Drama Queen LoPresti
6. Fraternity under investigation after claims multiple women were drugged at parties
7. DHHL could be exempted from ‘show me the water’

1. "Gut and Replace" Held Unconstitutional
2. State Adopting Ballot Tracking System
3. City introduces amended short-term rental bill
4. HECO Suddenly Agrees to 39% Reduction in Cost of Electricity Bought from Kalaeloa Partners
5. New COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%
6. Federal Vaccine Mandate for All Employers Over 100 Workers--Already Blocked by Court
7. ‘Loss of Witnesses’ to occur as Miske case drags on in court?
8. Supreme Court ruling on New York gun control case could have big implications in Hawaii
9. FAKE: ‘Hawaii eyeing professional soccer team for New Aloha Stadium’
10. US Senate Judiciary approves Clare Connors as U.S. attorney for Hawaii
11. Judge acquits Hawaii Island woman accused of murdering foster child
12. Kakaako homeless drug thieves don’t seem to care they’re on camera
13. Civil Beat:  Fishermen Should not have First Amendment Rights
14. The carbon footprint of Hawaii Gov. David Ige's trip to Glasgow for COP26

1. SB666: Unconstitutional Entry Fee for Tourists
2. Rethinking prosecution: How San Francisco's Failure can be Imported to Honolulu
3. Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians authorize strike in Hawaii
4. Build Back Better? Hawaii Top Tax Rate to Hit 62.4%
5. Former Maui Police Officer Receives 30 Months in Prison for Soliciting Sexual Relationship for Official Acts
6. DLIR to Partially Reopen December 1
7. Court Says Hawaii State Auditor’s Working Documents Are Confidential
8. Feds to Fund Telescope:  OHA Smells Money
9. Experts baffled by governor’s decision to keep social distancing rules at eateries in place
10. Hawaii County 3% TAT advances without resident discount
11. Maui: New version of hotel moratorium gets green light from committee
12. Maui names new police chief, but hunt for head of HPD is at a standstill
13. HPD Defends Its Arrest Of 10-Year-Old Black Girl In School Dispute

1. Poll: Isle residents aware of Jones Act mostly favor its repeal or reform
2. Ige Opens Door to International Travelers Following US Rules
3. Ige Eases COVID Rules for Gyms, Bars, Restaurants
4. Pfizer Vax Immediately Available for Children 5-11
5. Chamber of Commerce leader Sherry Menor-­McNamara running for lieutenant governor
6. Fevella Sues HART Over Its Changes To Voting Rules
7. Hawaii tourism agency considers 'Visitor Green Fee' 
8. Lifelong Criminal Gets Tired of Being Homeless

1. Hawaiians: Diverse and Dispersed Yet Bound Together in Aloha
2. Honolulu Council Employee Guilty of Smuggling Heroin
3. VIDEO: DLNR Clears Homeless Camp from Coco Palms Area
4. Spewing CO2 Governor Jets off to Scotland Global Warming Confab
5. Solar Developer Abandons Big Island Project
6. Maui Council Proposal Would Outlaw 7,300 Legal Vacation Rentals
7. Maui County TAT Takes Effect
8. Congressional Delegation Squeezes Navy on Fuel Leak
9. Prison Drug Smuggling: UPW, HGEA Retaliate on Top Hawaii Prison Official After Guard Refuses Contraband Search
10. Drug Smuggling USO Prison Gang News: Former Kauai Councilman Arthur Brun to change plea in federal court
11. ACLU Sues Maui County to Keep Meth-Addled Bums on Streets
12. New Police Chief Wants To Import Successful Las Vegas Programs To Maui
13. Experts: COVID death rate for unvaccinated Hawaii residents is 20 times higher
14. Superintendent: 91% of student-athletes at Hawaii public schools are vaccinated
15. Plate lunch prices could reach $20 soon
16. Hawaii State Senate hiring for several positions during 2022 legislative session
17. Protecting Incumbents: Hawaii County Redistricting Commission looking at incremental changes
18. New ‘citizen suit’ may take aim at aging Red Hill fuel tanks
19. UH Tenure for Teachers Only?

1. Climate Change: Billionaire Pats Honolulu Mayor on Head
2. 2021 State Business Tax Climate Index -- Hawaii 38th
3. There’s nothing so permanent as a temporary government measure
4. HIDOE seeking feedback to develop financial literacy content standards
5. ‘We the Vaccinated’ -- Resistance mounts to Hawaii’s COVID-19 rules
6. Some Oahu sports parents want COVID-19 protocols gone
7. Teacher vacancies ease in Hawaii
8. How School Choice Forced one Elementary School to do Better
9. Leftover money: $52.7 million fund balance carried forward to next year for Hawaii County
10. Should A Pilot Program To Expand Homeless Services In Hawaii Be Extended?
11. ICA Delves into the Difference Between Possession and Ownership of Firearms
12. Haiku Stairs worth saving, plan options do exist